We woke up shed the gear we did not need for the day and had a coffee at the Motel before heading into town where the Robin's Donuts staff are going to start recognizing me (I stop every time there for food)

There was a fundraiser going on Saturday www.ride4thecurecb.ca/  where close to 250 bikes were participating and driving through the Cape Breton Highlands Park. Although we didn't wait for them to show, we saw close to 100 of these bikes affixed with pink ribbons, quite a sight.

From Cheticamp we headed into the park around the beautiful west cost, full of twisty roads and sharp inclines and declines, a delight to drive via motorcycle, barely even noticing the road construction that had some of the road torn up to muddy dirt.

We headed north for Meat Cove, a road that has paved section on the steep sections of road to prevent slipping off the cliff (still a very challenging drive) but the trip was well worth it, about 45 minutes off Cape North. There is textured sharp rocks and mini Inukshuk's scattered across the beach, We stopped at the Chowder house for seafood chowder and fish and chips, a great spot to stop for a quick authentic bite to eat.

From here we headed back into the park and towards a dead ended White Point, where fishing boats were moored to the dock. We headed in through Ingonish and Smoky Mountain. At this point it was getting closer to 5pm and we decided to head back, with the sun in our eyes we drove back and experienced the awesome scenery once again.

We headed back into Cheticamp for dinner at Le Gabriel and had our traditional pie desserts before calling it a night by watching some World Cup Hockey.