Halifax 96 klm

Since rain was forecast for early afternoon I got on the road at 7:30 to try and get to halifax before it began.  In order to avoid some hills in the area I decided to try the rail trail again.  It was pretty good riding for about 15 klm but very suddenly the packed, small gravel trail turned in to loose large gravel and sand. I rode on for a klm or so but had a fall in soft sand. Then another on loose, large gravel. I hit my elbow hard on that one.

My wipe out tracks.  Rather than continue another 8 klm to the next road crossing I backtracked 3 and switched to the old highway, hills and all.

A cool day at the beach. 

This Cape Islander isn't going anywhere again.

At the head of St. Margaret's Bay there is a great cafe doing brisk business this Sunday morning.  Perfect location for me to take a break.

At this point I was 30 klm from Halifax. Since the cafe was an old train station beside both the highway and the rail trail I asked 3 people about the quality of the trail from this point on and all agreed it was good.

So we headed out for the last bit of the ride.

The trail was very good and there were many cyclists out. I stopped at a lovely spot and enjoyed lunch prepared for me by Sharon and John.  

As I entered Halifax the trail was paved.

I arrived at my aunt and uncles about 1, just as the rain started.

I was in Halifax for an hour and we drove back to Chester for father's day scallop dinner. I had been offered the choice of just meeting them there and getting a lift with my bike back to Halifax. It did not seem like a fitting way to complete the trip so I declined.