Day 31
With the weather being as crappy as promised I took advantage
to down size and edit pictures, get caught up on some writing and emails. It
was a quiet and peaceful day with Angela and Patrick scarcely around. I
revelled in taking some time to myself to just sit on the deck and admire the
birds and the tranquility. Motorcycle
Retreat…no better description for this place!
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| A peaceful and serene place |
I had some camembert and crackers I had purchased the day
before for my supper…after the lobster feed of the night before I was scarcely
hungry and I took my tired but happy and contented bones off to bed.
Day 32
The morning started of very over cast, foggy and gloomy but
you could see the skies were attempting to clear. Angela and Patrick filmed a
motorcycle awareness video with me, I finished packing up my gear and stowing
it on the bike just as we heard Daniel Ross’s bike begin the ascent up the
driveway. After two years of conversing
by email I was to finally meet the man behind Cabot Trail Biker and the fabulous Tee
Shirt!
After Daniel had a tour of Patrick and Angela’s Retreat, we
bid farewell, shared hugs and off we went.
I really had a hard time leaving the Middle
River’s Cabot Trail Motorcycle Retreat. This is one special place,
run by very special people. Please check out their web site and if you are
thinking a trip to ride the Cabot Trail is in your future, may I recommend that
you try this place for your accommodations at least one night…book well in
advance because this place has become very popular and has a lot of repeat
guests!
Middle River's Cabot
Trail Motorcycle Retreat
Phone: (902) 295 1087
Email: info@ctmcretreat.com
Web Site: http://www.ctmcretreat.com
Phone: (902) 295 1087
Email: info@ctmcretreat.com
Web Site: http://www.ctmcretreat.com
Patrick had suggested that Daniel and I take the back highway
to Mabou, the home of the Rankins and so we did, what a wonderful twisty little
road, this whole place is so darned pretty.
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| Red Shoe in Mabou |
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| Red Shoe Pub for tea |
We stopped at the Red Shoe Pub for tea, this pub is owned by
members of the Rankin Family and is filled with all sorts of memorabilia. Daniel gifted me with a Red Shoe Tee Shirt
and pretty soon we were heading outside. We ran into two riders who had just
come off the trail and were heading to Daniel’s store in Antigonish to pick up
their Cabot Trail Tee Shirts. We had a great conversation about the shirts, the
riding and the scenery and then parted ways leaving them to their lunch and us
heading to Daniel’s store. My Schedule was tight on this day and due to the
heavy fog that delayed our departure we were running about 2 hours behind – I
was supposed to be seeing the kids from the Bike Klub in Moncton.
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| The Dark Sky |
We pulled in to Daniel’s shop and he took me on the grand
tour. I met his gal Betty, she is the admin for Ross Screenprint and I was
introduced to so many other really nice and friendly employees and I kick
myself that I can not remember all of their names. After the grand tour of his business and us
going back outside to film his motorcycle awareness PSA and I had Ali call Marc
Mazerolle to let him know I was leaving. After Daniel and I were done filming,
Ali called me back to say that Marc had to cancel because it was getting too
late in the day and between summer jobs and weddings, the kids couldn’t wait
that late in the day. While I was sad
that I would not get to see the kids this trip, I was grateful not to have to
push myself and to drink in the last of the Cape
Breton region before heading back in
to Moncton.
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| Embroidery machines hard at work |
With some new found time one my hands, I decided to stay and have lunch with Daniel, his wife was gracious enough to share their anniversary with me by letting Daniel show me around. We stopped in at a great little restaurant and had a bite to eat and Daniel got a call from his wife about his son’s hockey game time…so like any good bike trip, plans change, kid’s come first and off went to stop in at Alex’s hockey game where I met Daniel’s wife Shauna.
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| At the Hockey Rink |
But not before Daniel and I could discuss some business and he has agreed to start producing the Belt Drive Betty line of clothing here in Canada. I am extremely happy about this alliance for as with Alanna from ArtaTude out of Hinton AB, where I get all of my hand out promotional materials, I am now hooked up with another biker in business to get my clothes made!
If you are looking for great Tee Shirts, hats, hoodies etc,
why not give Daniel and his team a try!
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| Soon Daniel and I would part company |
(800)905-3388 Sans Frais
(902)863-4630 Phone
(902)863-6448 Fax
www.rossscreenprint.com
After a bit, we headed out on the bikes to where Daniel and I
would part company and I would continue on to Moncton…
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