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Old 06-29-2019 | 10:41 PM
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I'm in the middle of a couple week road trip from CT, up through Mass, NH, Maine, and then into the Canadian Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island…Cabot Trail, Halifax, etc), Prince Edward Island and then back home. I'm estimating around 3500 total miles over the course of the 2 weeks.

It took a little persuading to convince my wife of taking the 911, merely because of the available luggage space for a 2-week trip, but she eventually agreed.

Here's how I imagined the back seat area looking with my Roadster Bags stashed neatly above and below my folded down rear seats....





Lets just say, in reality, we had a bit more crap stuffed back there....as well as a fully stuffed frunk. I did manage to keep the area where the targa top stows clear, so during nice days, its been nice to drop the top on some epic drives. Here is how it really looked back there....




The first night we stayed in Bar Harbor, Maine, and did the loop in Acadia National Park. If you've never been, and live within a reasonable drive, it's certainly worth the trip. Don't miss the turn off to the top of Cadillac Mountain. The views are definitely worth it. Here's a shot from the top of Cadillac Mountain looking down on Bar Harbor.




From there, we entered New Brunswick, Canada, which threw me a couple quick curve *****. The first, a speed limit 110 km/hr sign. How the Fu{k fast is that? I look down at the analog speedo, which in every car I have ever had other than the 911, it lists both mph and km/hr. Not in the 911, only mph on the analog speedo. Well, a few clicks of the settings in the multifunction display flips the digital speedometer to km/hr... problem solved. Also happy that each change is independent, and flipping to km/hr on the speedo is not a total flip away from all US measurements, as my outside/inside temps are still in Fahrenheit. Thank God. I can only handle so many changes at once. ;-). So far so good. Damn... we also flipped into the Atlantic time zone, who knew. Well, a few more flips of the multifunction display and I get the time zone changed, easy peasy.

I was a little concerned about the gas situation, as I had read there was no 93 octane in Canada, at least not the areas I was going. Sure enough, the highest I have seen yet is 91 octane. After over 1500 miles running on this stiff, I really can't discern any noticeable difference at normal town/rural/highway speeds from my usual 93 octane Shell gas I usually feed her.

The roads overall have been great. An improvement from our US roads so that's a plus.

Our itinerary is as follows...

Night 1, Bar Harbor Maine
Night 2, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick (near Hopewell Rocks on the Bay of Fundy)
Night 3, Mabou, Nova Scotia (on the Ceilidh Trial, Cape Breton Island)
Night 4, Ingonish Beach (Keltic Lodge) on the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island,Nova Scotia (Some epic roads along the Cabot Trail....Google it and look at images if you are unaware)
Night 5, Sydney, Nova Scotia
Nights 6-10, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nights 11-15, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

A few pics from along the way so far to follow.....

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Old 06-29-2019 | 10:53 PM
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Along the Bay of Fundy at Hopewell Cape (Hopewell Rocks)....







Home of the largest tidal changes in the world. Very interesting what the huge tidal changes do to the rocks in the area. At high tide, the water is half way, or higher, up these rocks.


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Along the Cabot Trail.....some great driving roads



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Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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More from Cabot Trail......



From a hike called The Skyline Trail along the Cabot Trail road. Easy hike and the views at the end are definitely worth it.




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My travel style, vs another option....





Here's a pick driving off of Oak Island. Any fans of the History Channel TV show called The Curse of Oak Island out there......

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Random shot.....


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Fantastic...keep posting. So cool you took the 911- you get to enjoy the destination and the journey. Please keep track of the hotels or B&Bs you are staying in, I would love to do that trip next year.
Old 06-30-2019 | 01:19 AM
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Thats awesome.

what was your plan for any flats? That is usually my concern on road trips, especially going to canada.

also how many miles/hours per day did you do?

I am in NJ, I have done a week long road trip north but this would be awesome.
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Awesome! Looks like a fantastic trip. Keep posting pics!
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Wow. Just gorgeous and looks like a lot of fun. Don't worry about not finding 93 octane. Your car will handle lower octane fuels just fine.
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Several years ago my wife and I rode our BMW motorcycle from OH. to Bar Harbor and took the high speed ferry (no longer there I think) to Nova Scotia. We wanted to see all the light houses. Well, after many we got a little bored and just decided to see all of the country. Cabot Trail was a high light. I remember stopping at a B&B for the night, we asked the lady that ran it where we could find a Laundromat, she said just leave you stuff with me and I'll do it. When we return that evening our cloths were clean and folded on our bed. The bay of Fundy was amazing since we saw it at high tide and low tide. As a long time boater it was amazing to see sail boats sitting on the bottom with no water around them. One of the better MC trips of many we have taken. Now we are tripping in our 911 Cab.
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Looks epic! Pics so far look great. Keep us posted with more pics. Big
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awesome... hope you enjoy your trip... u were not far from me at the bay of fundy, i live in new brunswick... yes the speed limit is 110 and you will not find any 93 gas here, i have used exclusively 91 gas and have never had an issue
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Awesome trip, awesome write up and pics! Thanks for sharing! I need to take that trip too!!


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