….2 Wheels To East Coast

Well we are back in Nova Scotia. After spending 1.5 hrs at a yamaharley dealer getting my bike checked out, we managed to get back on the road around 12:00 and headed on towards Truro NS. It seems that I have a rear ignition coil that is starting to go South and the only thing I can do is ride until it fails. These things are not readily stocked and it seems that Yamaha has them on backorder so even if I did need one now I couldn’t get it it. Not to sure. I can get the bike up to any speed I want if I give it normal acceleration, but If I just twist the throttle to the max in one twist it sputters as it accelerates. At 120 - 130 Km/hr the engine purs like a kitty on cracknip (not that I’m doing 120 km that often ) The sun is shinning bright and the weather has warmed up. I actually got to ride without a jacket today. Last night we stayed at a Quality inn in Sydney that had a great room, but the food and service sucked the big one. They didn’t really care either. So for those of you that are thinking of staying here, I wouldn’t. I’m writing this because I told them I would, because their service and attitude sucked, and the fact that they didn’t care just made it more……………..crap. Even the “continental” breakfast was crap. I mean, I could have found something better in the lobster traps that are stacked up on the docs. It’s nice that they have a FREE continental breakfast for the guests, but fruit loops, rice krispies, stale cinnamon buns, and dry toast does not constitute a continental breakfast. At least they could have had some Oatmeal, but no, when mom had ordered it, the cook looked disgruntled. I would to if I had to actually do some work while I was working.

Luckily the rest of the day was icing on the cake. We had a great ride around Bras D’Or lake, stopped at a great Fish ‘n’ chips restaurant in Big Pond NS (where I snapped the pic for Stress Relief) and had a great supper at the hotel we are staying at now in Truro.

Tomorrow we are making our way down to Peggy’s Cove and Lunenberg and then over to Digby to take the ferry to Saint Johns. I’ll keep you posted.

Useless fact of the day: There are passing lanes on all hills in NS. This is useless to you if your not in NS.

Funny Fact of the day: Don’t try the stress relief remedy below if your not stronger than the other person.