We set out from Canavoy on the third leg of our eastward bike trek across PEI with a stiff northerly crosswind. The dazzling blue skies belied a cool ride at 14c. This is a remote section of trail and we passed just a couple of runners.
We also met a biker, a paramedic student from British Columbia studying at Holland College, who had ridden from Charlottetown to Morell. He confirmed that the trail closure signs were genuine and a bridge was out while repairs were being undertaken. We followed a detour signposted on Route 2 and by the time we rejoined the trail and eventually reached St Peters it was clear that our round trip would be 48 km, not the 38 we had planned on.
Despite the annoyance of 10 km of road riding, our afternoon was full of interest. We had a bald eagle circling above us for several minutes and we encountered a pair of geese stubbornly blocking the trail while shepherding their couple-of-week-old fluffy goslings into a pond. I had a rat or perhaps a vole running alongside my front wheel for a few seconds. This ended up being Susan's longest ride to date in both distance and time.
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