Day 79- Wind in our face

Day 79 Monday, July 26, 2010 Distance 82.28 km. Time 5 hr. 3 min. Total so far 5437.93 km. Dave got up early from our beds on the floor of the barn and went off to the washroom building. When he returned, he said the sky was overcast and we would wait half an hour to see what would happen. Things cleared up so we packed and left this nice campground. We took a back road from it to get to Hwy. 223 which runs south of St. Andrew's Channel. Many people were out walking and I took a photo of a man with his two Great Pyrenees dogs. The road had no edge but there was very little traffic. We had nice views of the water at times. It felt good to be riding again EXCEPT that the WIND was in our face and strong. I wished we were going the other way. It was warm in the sun and cool in the shade. In the morning we went past many little places consisting of one or two houses and they had the Gaelic translation under the English on the signs. Barachois Harbour, Boisdale, Beaver Cove, Shunacadie were some of the names. At Christmas Island we mailed off a parcel to three of my grandchildren and she put a special stamp in my journal. At lunchtime we came to Grand Narrows and the bridge was up in the air waiting for four sail boats to come through. We crossed over and had lunch at the Iona fire hall. The ride after lunch included several Gear 2 hills and the wind was terrible except when we were protected by trees or hills. We could see Bras D'or lake on the right. After 5 hours, we turned to Portage Rd. which will bring us back to Hwy. 105 tomorrow. We rounded a corner and saw two unoccupied trailers sitting on a point of land going into St. Patrick's Channel. A perfect place to camp before getting to the busy highway. We set up between the trailers, did a journal, had supper, watched the sunset and slept nicely all night.