Hard Ride to Fredericton

After a pleasurable stay with the Furzes's in Moncton we got our wheels rolling and began our trek towards Fredericton. This leg of the trip showed us that the wind is truly our enemy as we make our way westward and constantly face the easternly winds. Despite everyone's suggestions to travel the other way, we continue on westward. This is proving to be a challenge, but we're doing our best to be as aerodynamic as possible and are considering losing some of our excess baggage. We worked hard into the wind and made it to Cole's Island, but not before enjoying some spaghetti courtesy of  Mrs. Furze on the side of the road. Our Coleman burner worked fine and the mosquitos were kind enough to join us for dinner. We ended up traveling about 100kms and were about to make our way to a camp ground when we decided to settle on a random inlet just off of the road. So a thank you goes out to the anonymous people who owned that land. After a somewhat comfortable sleep we awoke and were able to make our earliest start of the trip: 9:30am. Though that may seem like a late start for the day to most of you, we made up for it with a long, hard day of biking into the wind, again. We stopped somewhere in Sheffield for lunch at Casey's Diner and enjoyed some fantastic grub. The last leg of the journey was a tough one as we traveled along the river the entire day, but besides the wind it was a beautiful day and we both got sunburns on our legs. Though the tight bike shorts are good for biking they do little for sun protection.  We arrived in Fredricton and are currently staying with our good friend Thomas McArthur, who has been kind enough to lend us a place to stay, some food to eat, and some great company. Next stop Florenceville to visit our friend Michelle. Until next time...

Cheers