With limited time and the constraints of the pandemic lingering, we decided to stay north of the U.S. border for our September ADV trip. Once the Suzuki V-Stroms were loaded on the trailer, we departed midday on our 10-hour drive from Ontario to the Maritime region. Launching from Témiscouatasur-le-Lac, Quebec, near the New Brunswick border, our route would focus on crisscrossing the province of N.B., with a brief visit to Summerside, Prince Edward Island, to visit some friends.
We arrived at the Quebec hotel just before the front desk staff would be closing for the evening and quickly checked in. Day one of our eight day bike trip would find us unloading the bikes, packing our gear and leaving early morning while tolerating a steady, heavy drizzle as we explored gravel and secondary paved roads with our destination of Miramichi 350 kilometres away.
It’s All Part of the Experience
As fellow motorcyclists can attest, riding in wet conditions is not favourable, but you try to convince yourself it’s fine with thoughts like, “Well it could be raining harder than this,” or, “I think the skies are getting brighter ahead,” in order to motivate yourself to reach your destination. The day would include some of those thoughts along with a stop for a hot lunch to get out of the rainy conditions for a while.
Once we were dry
