9月7日 晴到多雲,氣溫10C-23C,Cavendish 到 Mount Stewart, 66 公裏。
決定到王子島來騎行純屬偶然。家裏那邊同村的一個朋友,說他們夫婦倆準備參加王子島9月份一個自行車團,問我有沒有興趣。九月初勞動節我倆正好要東來加拿大參加婚禮,婚禮10天後繼續東飛歐洲,正琢磨這麽短的時間飛回舊金山被窩還沒睡熱就又得出發,參加自行車旅可以打發這段時間,於是就一口答應下來。沒想到王子島的自行車團還很熱門,9月份全部售光了,我們隻得自力更生,從路線到住宿全部自己策劃了。好在我倆習慣自助遊,也不是第一次策劃自行車行,很快就訂下行程,租好自行車,勞動節一過,就與朋友在王子島會合出發了。
1、今天一開始10公裏左右都是在Cavendish 附近的王子島國家公園裏騎行,平坦的自行車專用雙車道,左邊的大西洋,右邊的沼澤地(marsh land)裏藏著各種飛禽走獸
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2、燈塔
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MOgDUT5HPJVg83JIMH64dBIQ0igij_EypCAoyKnWo4l0_iBCkxVDDf291TTsbgeZwJmbNKL20egOZqwDICVP4NOvRB7WN6nitdC6Nb8Cf5-eXk44bGAsOka6BZwDnOE91qcn3ujNyE-sZf2XG00mrXpZpHCn2lPLCTz18UDRKJdQ9lOuyD_LZt_GIVaB2A)
3、島上人家
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/whX8jCMFvuQUGLzroP9WYjgmF2RuRBIb0CATDyVDAP0jDWF82gfqY3rysrDgaL5Tx52tyjGEX7pO1JwMnGp_ji-ByIriH2w8qQBXttccn7EZGvbhxQ0jTcQpf4in42vwkML0KhbFqYHxZFx0osACyqtiZ2xpvqoTpL01QvNvdU_omg_mW8Ln4tASYsx03Q)
4、5、象鼻山
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/f1_BJCYwAX7kkhglbiqxyELlkLhAm4rUT1Uspb-9l07jEfqB-2X26StJVTbNoD-CSr4huFfzZujDcy7HKamEDrJ8F0KEM4-5WYyL9XQ76igFQcymNBgRI8xJfx6Ti2k-6G165WPOenwgTzv5ikRq4GxW7mJuUUmtNaobfoWM_5skWt8t53meGfzT-Lv6tw)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5JgBHTe7pLUST114oRlYom9zST-nP_Bfj6V0RWUeRuTZj77QowbzoFBLDGPnbX25qv0pKkafxVcNi_Yw6YQpNP7ICk2AWqs_MSURQ2TDcbtDGJfY3wHRkRxl4vPq7FWDvay3pYd6XMSuvZinuVIL18abSwaYSKuqrQ9rcrIYKD-qH-8hN7sksgemdm5K9w)
6、路過的小漁村
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![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q5m5fONCAYAjjb6Sk6ZH36cIS4FO-qk69z26bB5cmLbH3Lv9CKcAKcynYQSsz5xyLgxYDlx_0Iw-ta0HONU1a2DvA5y-gwcLng-q6WBuy-op_fDluZAKJehlpG2LgocW3X4IgG7VZRTpfk2D-MPoUw3EtBtd6gnhYj93LgtuTaPw6qGx2Ulkferna19Y4g)
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7、在這裏吃中飯,看加拿大雁潛水找食
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/jPczaOD4SRtxAysiD2T3rpadOpOO_XkfX99wzBicnUchuSeKwItfdsTlJGA-I63UUrrLc8E8aY01dVktTNfJKYWlXeeCpC4eNbAwmOWBln72gIcjuAhPm2eVdIAa3wSYLcdAf5Sx-o7-0JF1m3wb_5hBVsMmOXWXgs_2G_SxHoN98gheycx_CBS6OZ8WEw)
8、Confederation trail
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/NUz5YzAHKqkqyCudBN3wW5qQV-ieOhZ-ne94O1Ge1dglXRD71UoLNtBOYskDovmG2QPwvUv1p9M2buA8L4kLPGbc0dsWYTuA5Oam-aXpVO-i536xqee7MQ7logdEh-Q9Gg14MWPr4VEJ-L4_Z_dwWPME1tvDupNrszSZflXuwNuTonAKO9M2uTeXUGE53A)
今天的目的地:Mount Stewart. 此地號稱斯提瓦特山,卻是一坦平陽,連個山的影子都沒有,好奇這個地名怎麽來的。村周圍倒是有很大一片沼澤地,夏天蚊子特別厲害,晚飯後我們坐在草坪的椅子上吃個冰淇淋,片刻腿上就被蚊子隔著褲子咬了好幾個大包。
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gfrwFeGbp6oFFzsa_jkNZWKOXBFNYHzJ70_cH_w0rQN4MIhg8XBwpa2C1eaO1KB4XVdGmsd_zzKS-Sm4GADcdb6138j1FzBULtUwjgauFbz9DcjdPOhooq7VgLmEXVqhB-6kOc2j_QGHvcK02tV1xSOWVLu_QTavx3par1gQexBRM3lz1SNi0UX5IbHL2Q)
9、今晚住的這家B&B房東台灣人蔡老板,在這個隻有226名居民的小村子裏開了一家包子店,每年6月到8月底營業,還隻是周末開門。樓下是門麵,樓上4個房間出租給遊客。現在九月份,包子店打烊了,蔡老板也不知去了哪裏度假,今天我們住進來,連老板的麵都沒見著。
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/O__tqcai08rdVcxdAOppMAmTjq2ahEVCeB_ZgXucYYi8rGu9qk_wZCLLZgLki-RY48J6cbYc2Yl7p_U2m-oDDJvB4Omd48D9pCV2_SjT8udwsMtIXwLqf7ngWnjtrzIm_rkIhZVtqnTRUqJnGYQNy-ytrkpEN0zOvVDpC-87qqSalxjP75uGX3WH0rXSnQ)
村裏的圖書館,迎客站,麵包房,咖啡店……都在這個不起眼的小房子裏:
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_LH_6m9hOp80CZ-cl-htOVAY9vaxr_cbd4aVNx9ODDZFxwj-fL5iPfrGzzdztfKx4I_CbiTp_8y2JDTv9M6Dfu0237JPCx7YU9sDOYI79C7esdAxb89ETiNqcw32JR-ti-ty7R0pTR6ffWQYIX0DPVKtYZejF4vNADzZALosrLPTRLRbrhcQnSJnTrhrZg)
麵包房裏牆上掛著各種各樣的蛋糕模子,和櫃台上的泡菜,果醬:
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這麽邊遠的小村子的圖書館,不但有供村民們免費使用的計算機好幾台,還有溫馨的兒童角(kids corner):
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K1LCwNSieFQWv-zJXy6R2gpRdJCBzohXksGQjWkwTfGJ7NycUhtxg6rtY-7EZD4aeaBBxFt94tK3S8RfXI26iJyMU0yAqe5oo-FzM_B2ATyQeeJYZaceUdpGEOst9IfhNCy-MuOF7dq7ORi_mp__I_TqSZfTxxaYMIi74x3jzVaPALfkvpylsqB2BU6fsQ)
村裏參加一戰的烈士紀念碑。每次在美加或歐洲看到這些記載著犧牲者英名的紀念碑,我就很感動。真是沒有比較就沒有傷害。
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