Morrissey
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So the Wife and I have been planning a trip to Nova Scotia all winter, but we were planning to take the truck. Due to some of our Family's health etc, we won't be spending as much time visiting as we originally though. Today, the Wife says to me she'd really like to take the bikes instead of the truck! Woo hoo! So now our plans have totally changed, as has the route we will take. Originally we planned to super-slab it all the way there and stay in Canada. Now we are going to be making a detour at the start of the trip to Sterling NY to go to the Renaissance Fair that my Wife loves so much. So, any suggestions on a scenic twisty route through New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine en-route to New Brunswick?
We will be leaving on July 22 around 5pm and riding down to Sterling, NY. Then we will leave Sterling on the Sunday and hope to arrive in our final destination of Windsor, Nova Scotia either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. We don't want to push the pace too much, probably keep it to 500-600km a day. We want to make sure we get to enjoy the scenery along the way. Google maps is showing us that it is just over 1000 miles and approximately 18hrs if we take the highways. We are hoping to avoid the highways and stay scenic but we don't want to be taking dirt roads either.
We will be consulting with CAA, and Road Runner Touring Magazine as well.
Once we are in Windsor we have to visit for about 3 days, then its off to Sydney River (Cape Breton) to visit for a couple of days. While in Cape Breton we will ride the Cabot Trail, possibly splitting the trail up over 2 days to really enjoy the scenery. Then from there we will be sticking to the highways mostly and staying in Canada to get home. We will be stopping at Hopewell Rocks to see the tide on the way home.
We've got 14 or 15 days to do the trip and I don't think we've over estimated the time line, so I'm looking forward to your suggestions!
Cheers.
We will be leaving on July 22 around 5pm and riding down to Sterling, NY. Then we will leave Sterling on the Sunday and hope to arrive in our final destination of Windsor, Nova Scotia either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. We don't want to push the pace too much, probably keep it to 500-600km a day. We want to make sure we get to enjoy the scenery along the way. Google maps is showing us that it is just over 1000 miles and approximately 18hrs if we take the highways. We are hoping to avoid the highways and stay scenic but we don't want to be taking dirt roads either.
We will be consulting with CAA, and Road Runner Touring Magazine as well.
Once we are in Windsor we have to visit for about 3 days, then its off to Sydney River (Cape Breton) to visit for a couple of days. While in Cape Breton we will ride the Cabot Trail, possibly splitting the trail up over 2 days to really enjoy the scenery. Then from there we will be sticking to the highways mostly and staying in Canada to get home. We will be stopping at Hopewell Rocks to see the tide on the way home.
We've got 14 or 15 days to do the trip and I don't think we've over estimated the time line, so I'm looking forward to your suggestions!
Cheers.