Scout Vélotour 2007

After a good night’s sleep at Denise and Phil’s, I planned to start at 6 am to get to

Cape
Tourmentine before the heat.  Well, there was quite a thunderstorm at that time.  So, I had a good breakfast with Phil, and did an interview with Denise.  We needed to record the fact that she was so happy to receive “Un BEAU TENOR” as her first visitor from “Les Chansonniers d’Ottawa” and not a member of the Bass section.  The latter are known to be rather uncultured.  (Ha, Ha).I stopped for another breakfast at my restaurant (Fred’s) at Cap Pelé.  I must say that there really is generally better quality and warmth of service in restaurants operated by French-Canadians.  I’ve seen this in
Ontario, Québec and Acadie.  Fred’s kept up this trend as well.Route 15 (

Cape
Tourmentine.  It was packed gravel, so not too bad.  There was too much traffic on the road – there was a “shift change” occurring on
PEI, so there were hundreds of RV’s, trailers, etc, rushing on and off the island.I took a quick spin through Port Elgin, which was a bustling centre of commerce early in the 20^th century, thanks to FRED Magee.  However, like many NB towns, it is quickly becoming a ghost town.  The TransCanada Trail passes through the town, but the bridge over the river is broken with no evidence of plans to fix it.It was a real thrill to see the
Confederation
Bridge rise in the distance, and to stop at the Jouriman Centre to see the

Attantic
Ocean.  Woohoo!!  It was a beautiful afternoon and there are several places to just sit and enjoy the views.

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