Day 10 - The road ends - travelled 468km

We woke up to a beautiful sunrise on the Cumberland Bay -the picture is of the sunset the evening before... We stopped at the local Tim Horton's for a quick coffee and off we went - in the wrong direction. Not because we are retarded, but the GPS definitely is a little slow, so we turned around after about 20 minutes and turned it off, and followed the roadmap.

Our second stop was at a car repair shop on the way to the New Brunswick Nova Scotia border.

We opted for the Trans Canada Highway once we reached the New Brunswick border and drove on the highway with no exits for what seemed forever. We stopped at a gas station and sat under a tree to review our roadmap once again, wondering if there was another way to go. I decided that it was time to trade in my dual sport for a Gold Wing, because highway riding is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Once we filled up our bikes, we took the next exit to the scenic route and ended up on the river route #102 West.

The views were scarcely memorable, but there was at least a few nice lakes and rivers along the way. Just outside Fredericton, we came across this hydro dam which was quite impressive.

Once again, we were off and following highway 102, when we literally reached the end of the road. There was actually a sign! At the end of the road, there is also a Motel, which looked very similar to the one used in the movie Vacancy.

We travelled quite a while and didn't seem to see any accommodation anywhere, except for the motel from hell, and the areas through which we travelled seemed deserted. Not a family restaurant, or even a golden arch for miles... Guess you have to stay on the tourist routes, which I thought would be the scenic river route, but, whatever.

Our lessons learned for the day:

Lesson 1: Know how to make emergency stops on all types of terrain, i.e. next to a highway with uneven pavement, on gravel shoulders, and into unsuspecting people's driveways. These are often required when one forgets to close one's top box, or when one forgets to tie one's helmet, or just in general when one misses the often not-so-clear signs next to the high speed scenic routes.

Lesson 2: If you are using the driving for dummies routes, i.e. the Trans Canada Highway, buy a Gold Wing.

Lesson 3: Don't let your mouth drop open when you see a sign "The Road Ends", calmly make a u-turn.

We found a motel with a restaurant which was amazing and we paid a little extra to make sure we could update the blog and charge all the (now very low) batteries we need to charge.

Tomorrow we're off to do another fast long day of Trans Canada Highway riding to get to Quebec City for a cheap night on the town.