Beth fixed eggs and toast for breakfast and then we got an early start on the day’s tour. We headed north to the Cabot Trail. We stopped for pictures often. The pink, purple and white lupines are everywhere along the roads growing wild.

I didn’t realize how mountainous the area is. We were on twisty roads up and down the mountains. It was quite a technical day on two wheels. In other places the road followed the shore.

We stopped at a couple of fishing villages and a lighthouse or two.

A local motorcyclist advised us to take the scenic route and the side road to White Point, a quaint fishing village.

Beth led the way most of the day and made sure we stopped at a lot of overlooks. She also took a few side roads. We got pretty good at riding gravel roads and turning around.

Lunch was at a café at a campground. Beth saw their sign advertising oysters and lobster. She had a lobster dinner for lunch.

The northern side of the trail is mountainous. Several places were shrouded in fog where the cool mountain air collides with the warmer, moist air rising from the shore. In places the fog looked like smoke rising from the forest.

We met some Motor Maids at one of the stops. There was so much to see and photograph.

We stopped for groceries at the Coop in Inverness and headed back to the hostel to make dinner of steak, fresh green beans, fried potatoes and local New Brunswick strawberries and work on the blog. The nice thing about hostelling is that you can share the kitchen and cook your own meals, which saves a bit of money…for eating lobster dinner at lunch!