When we couldn't find much open in Arachat, we made a decision to spend most of the day exploring this island (which looked quite interesting).
So after a quick discussion, we headed for Isle Janvrin, which is at the end of an archipelago going out from Isle Madame.
The going was again up and down, but the road was not bad. The area was settled, but pretty isolated, and the community seemed to be dying. We ate our lunch behind e Community Centre, at some picnic tables in front of a stage set up (as my wife discovered on the internet) for the yearly festival that is held there.
We had done about 60 km, and I at least wanted to do some more. We decided to bike along the eastern shore of the island, where there was a paved road around the end of the island. At first, at my suggestion, we took a dead-end road, and had to turn around. A very nice gentleman gave us good directions, and we were back on our way.
Another note: I am amazed at the number of apple trees along the roads. They are everywhere! Different kinds likely, since they are different colourings and different sizes. How they got there? Along the Confederation Trail in PEI, there were apple trees apparently there from people throwing apple cores out their windows. And apples were prized, because they keep well, have a sweetness to them, and grow easily in the climate.
We had a good ride around by Rocky Harbour (which was settled by Irish), and then back towards the causeway leading to the mainland. Bruce met us and we drove the rest of the way. Overall we had biked over 86 km. Pretty good.
Supper was in the cabin, fresh corn, a nice salad, and a rotisserie chicken from the local Foodland store.
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Location:St. Peters, Cape Breton
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