We made it!

Cape Spear1387 km since Halifax.

We made it to Cape Spear, NL.

We were on George Street.

In order to avoid the wind today, we decided to get an early start, which meant waking up at 5 AM, having a quick breakfast at Robins next door and getting on our way by 6.  The day was cool and clear with no wind to start; and this allowed us to make good time.  As the temperature was in single digits, we wore extra clothing for most of the day.  Susie was handicapped by her bike's tendency to jump gears especially in the smaller rear cogs.  By three hours we were up the major hill, just before the 40 km mark; it wasn't bad because it was fairly long and there was no headwind.
 

  Before noon we had exited toward Cape Spear or so we thought.  As it turned out, Blackhead Road (to Cape Spear) runs right under but is not accessible from route 2.  As result, we had to enter St. John's and then switchback on to Blackhead Road.  It is not governed by the rules for the TCH so it was steep; we walked up the first section and several sections there after.  Finally we made it Cape Spear, which was actually quite full of tourists, like us except smarter- they drove.  While we were having our pictures taken with the t-shirts that Linda and Jerry Oleschuk gave us two years ago, several people asked us about our ride etc.  We could have stayed and talked for hours had we wished.  Lots of people wanted to know how many days it took, how far we had ridden and how much we would ride in a day.  As it turns out a rough calculation gives us 62 days (over 4 years), 8157 km, 131.6 km/day.  After that it was leisurely ride back to the city and our B&B.  After arranging for a flight to Halifax, we had supper downtown, for me that meant a fisherman's dinner including some cod tongues.  Actually it was a huge serving of salmon, halibut, cod, shrimp, scallops, cole slaw, and the best fries on the island.  Although Susie are some of my fish, I was stuffed, which is pretty good considering my normal appetite and my hunger on this day.  Now we are ready for home.