As we roll along highway 7 we never seem to be too far from people. On average every 200 meters there will be some kind of costal residence or business that has been sparsely scattered along the way. However if we were to walk 200m north, with the exception of a few small towns, we would find ourselves in wilderness. This means that we've had gorgeous views of the ocean and colourful Maritime homes, and have seen many coastal communities.
The disadvantage to this kind of back route is that we've had to deal with unrelenting hills. Big ups and downs are now pretty standard to us. In this region we're meeting constant and quick climbs and drops that slow our advance a bit. Also, as some as you may have noticed with our late post for yesterday's ride, cell reception is non-existent down here. So far on our journey we've had some pretty incredible luck and we have to thank Rogers for that. Short of backcountry BC, up until now we've never been skunked on a signal. Even through Northern Ontario, as long as we were within range of people we had reception, which was more than we expected.
Tomorrow is another day of big climbs as we cut through the province to the north shore and advance towards Cape Breton and Sydney.
I'm sure you guys will hit lots of BIG hills in Cape Breton! Watch out for moose, be safe, have fun these last few days... I miss you guys, it's time for you to come home!!!
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