Argentia - Whitbourne Day 71

The wheels from the 30 bikes hat were loaded on he truck and trailer were all lined up for easy identification.

The fellow before me was able to lift his bike above his head. This is as far as I got with mine. The last province almost conquered.


Terri proudly in the tenth and final province. This would be our last sleep until the ride up Signal hill.

This is day 71 and September 5th. What a night!! Poor excuse for lounge chair!! The footrest only came up partway and the back went back half-way so you were always sliding down. Should of got a berth. We both slept poorly as did Don and Mike and others in lounge chairs so catching a nap after breakfast was a definite must . I ended up taking my blanket and pillow and trying to get some sleep on the floor. During breakfast, one of the other passengers spotted a whale and I did get a glimpse of it as well. Crossing over to Argentia was a 15hr trip, arriving around 2pm so by the time we got our bikes, walked off the ferry and took pictures at the Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador sign, we were on our way to Whitbourne by around 3pm. Cool northeast wind today giving us a headwind all the way to camp and it did look like rain for a while but the sky lightened up. We travelled along the Trans Canada Highway which provided us with a great cycling lane. There were a few good long climbs to challenge us but not like we had done the last few days. Terrain is bush, and lots of small bodies of water nestled between the hills. Picturesque and would be even more so had the sun been shining. Tomorrow is the grand finale!!!

Mike and Don had booked a room at the Whitbourne Hotel and we decided to join them as the alternative was sleeping in an old stadium/arena. When we got to the arena we were glad we had decided to join them at the hotel. It was old and smelly. Others from our group had decided to stay at the hotel as well and we all had a nice dinner at the local restaurant. We had decided to leave directly from the hotel in the morning so we inquired and agreed to meet at 7 am at the local Irving restaurant.