Puffin

Today we hung out in the area. The winds were pretty bad so it would have been pretty rough to ride to our next destination. On the site seeing tour we stopped at the Marconi Museum. Apparently its the "mecca" of wireless technology according to Uncle Floyd. It was the location of the first transatlantic broadcast.

It had some nice views too!

Here are our bikes!

In Baddeck, we were going to check out the Alexander Bell Graham museum but there was an obnoxious fee to enter and it looked pretty lame so we decided to go eat instead. Below is a picture of our sea food chowder.

Here is my "artsy" picture of a rail we passed. I had to walk through some brush to get here and while I was walking I thought to myself, "This would a perfect place for a snake..". What do I see right after I thought that? A snake! Freaked me out and I ran on the tracks. Luckily he was just as afraid of me and slithered away. All I saw was his tail.

Me and the sea...

Another "artsy" photo.

Here you can see how boats get through the rail!

Here is where Santa gets his mail at Christmas Island.

For dinner we went back to Governor's Pub and Eatery. It's really hard to find a place to eat in Sydney. Practically all the restaurants don't have a website let alone decent reviews.

Tonight we got some artichoke and spinach dip.

For dinner I ordered the curried seafood linguini. It was very tasty.

My dad ordered the seafood chowder,

Uncle Floyd went crazy and ordered the Thai peanut chicken stir fry. He said he enjoyed it.

Hopefully tomorrow we'll see some whales!

Ello Govena'

Arrived at Sydney, Nova Scotia from Saint John, New Brunswick. It was a brutal ride. Constant rain and a tease of a blue sky to the East that we never seemed to reach.

I was super hungry when we arrived to our destination 385 miles later. I picked out the Governor's Pub and Eatery. Looked like they had a good spread from the looks of their website. For appetizer I ordered the steamed mussels in garlic butter and white wine sauce. Very tasty.

Lots of Irish things in this place...

For my entree I ordered the fish n' chips made with haddock. It was awesome. I've never had such a fresh fried fish.
My Dad ordered the reuben which was awful. No thousand island dressing and the bread wasn't grilled and it was soggy. The soup of the day, some kind of barely was really good.

Uncle Floyd got the haddock on roasted potatoes.

Here is a silly guy getting his picture taken with the waitresses.

Found Scuba Steve in the hotel room...

Super Bass

Here are our whips. Left is my Dad's bike and right is mine.

Here is Uncle Floyd's!

From Paramus, NJ we headed to Alan's in Maine!

I slept on a cot next to a standup bass...I was then woken up by a rooster.

Alan like's Volvo's..He has a 1967 Volvo he plays around with.

Here are our lovely hosts! Babo photobombed this picture.

The three motorcyclists!

First Stop

Its that time of the year again where my Dad, Uncle Floyd, and I venture off on our bikes on another adventure. The destination this trip is Nova Scotia. I hear its pretty up there so I bought the big camera to capture some pictures.

Our first day brought us to Paramus, NJ. If you haven't been here, you're not missing too much. Really, I had more fun in Newton, Kansas.

For dinner I picked out the Bistro 55 located on route 17. I saw a picture on yelp of the fried olives and decided I must try them.

They were good but with all fried things I felt like I had an oily pool sloshing in my stomach after eating them.
For dinner I had the bistro burger. Apparently its grass fed cow. It was a pretty good burger. The cole slaw with it was better than most I've had. Had a little tang or something in it. I like to thing it was horseradish.

What I should have ordered was the Duck Confit Grilled Cheese. I had a bite of my Dad's and it was crazy good. Just juicy duck fat and cheese. I could blend it and drink it.
Uncle Floyd had the salmon. I think it was served with some kind of jicama salad, I may be wrong. It looked good though. They had some fancy beers at this place too. Most of them from Brooklyn Brewery but there were some from Dogfish Head as well as Unibroue.
I was tempted to order some seafood, but I'll save that for when get farther up north where I know there will be some fresh crustaceans and the like.