SNM Tour Day #63
Just after we woke up it started to rain and that was a harbinger for a very moody Nova Scotia morning. Both the run and the cycle were in the rain which kept on unceremoniously throughout the day. The winds were quite strong and gusty at times, non-existent at other times. The saving grace was that the temperature was quite reasonable, so it was wet without the cold. The other positive was that the Sunshine Beast got a very good washing ala nature (one less thing to do).
It was a weird day of road kill, I try not to focus on this aspect BUT we passed by 8 dead raccoons spread over a 40 km span and then passed by 8 dead porcupines in the next 40 km thereafter. Lots and lots of tires and car wreckage in the ditches, not sure what this means about Nova Scotia highways which seemed quite reasonable overall from a cycling perspective.
We made it from the ferry crossing at Caribou to just past Port Hastings Cape Breton. When we were crossing the causeway to get to Cape Breton, on our right was beautiful blue sky, with a bit of sun in the distance. On our left was the ugliest grey sky you could imagine which appeared to be moving very quickly. 10 minutes later I was cycling in sheets of hard rain and as we had actually done our planned mileage (and I was trying to get in an extra few kms) we called it a day, turned back and drove to our campsite.
Tour Day Sponsor is Jeanette Mandrusiak (Eric's good friend from the University of Calgary) - thanks so very much for your kind and generous support!! I spent some time with her when she was Security and I was the "official" medical doctor for the one and only Ozzy Osbourne (when he came to Calgary in 2008). If you ever want to hear a real bizarre story, ask me about the "B-12 injection" some day.
We are in our 9th province - so it must be time for another Canadiana Quiz
so..........
Match the province with the following three provincial features
A - British Columbia
B - Alberta
C- Saskatchewan
D - Manitoba
E- Ontario
F - Quebec
G- New Brunswick
H - PEI
I- Nova Scotia
For me, the provincial mineral (or distinct mineral if they don't have one)
for Monique - the Provincial Flower
and for Eric, the provincial motto
1. Nickle / Prairie Crocus / Glorious and free
2. Jade / Pacific Dogwood / Splendour without diminishment
3. Petrified Wood / Wildrose / Strong and free
4. Potash / Western Red Lilly / From many peoples, strength
5. Indium / Purple Violet / Hope was restored
6. Iron Oxide / Mayflower / The small under the protection of the great
7. Amethyst / White Trillium / Loyal she began and loyal she remains
8. Roche / Blue Flag Iris / I remember
9. Stilbite / Lady's Slipper / One defends and the other conquers
First answer with the correct pairings takes 1st prize - this is the easiest quiz of the Tour (honest), so go for it
Random Quotes of the Day
Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together
Irisa Hail
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all things that make you want to live to be a hundred
Woody Allen
Bridget & Steve McCanny (of Parks Canada fame) enjoyed listening to your CD...Good luck on the rest of the tour...We suggest:
ReplyDelete1 D - Manitoba
2 A = BC
3. B - Alberta
4. C - Saskatchewan
5. G - New Brunswick
6. H - PEI
7. E - Ontario
8. F - Quebec
9. I - Nova Scotia
You're obviously riding too fast (and that's likely a good thing if you're careful) such that you have time to devise yet another challenge to your cadre of armchair tour afficionados. So here goes:
ReplyDelete1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. G
6. H
7. E
8. F
9. I
Pretty sneaky to put Ontario and PEI next to each other in the list! It's been kinda comforting to see that bringing all that rain gear has worked out so well, you're better prepared (thanks Monique) than the US Rider Cup Team! Take care,
bandb
You're all correct
ReplyDeleteMcCannys of Canada Park's Fame were first to post so will claim victory to this quiz
B+B a close second
everyone thanks for all the comments, and thanks for playing along