Woke up early to start a 133 km day. Stopped to use the washroom at a cool antique/blacksmith shop. It was a beautiful day out and the St Lawrence river was really nice to bike beside. I can't believe that we are this close to New Brunswick!
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Montmagny, Day 58
Out with the old shoes and in with the new ones. Decided to spend the morning in Quebec because we loved it so much. Did some shopping and explored. We got on the ferry our of town and had a short day (62 km) to the campground in Montmagny.
Quebec City, Day 57
Cameron and I biked into the magical Quebec City today. Old Quebec is a beautiful place with so much character. Even the Tim hortons and subways looked cool. The military history and old buildings makes you feel like you're in an ancient kingdom. We walked around town and got our picture with the guards at the wall. Stayed at the hostel and passed out after two long days of biking (total 279 km).
Trois-Rivieres, Day 56
It was a slow day out of Montreal and the weather wasn't the best. We clocked at 20 km/h on a roadside speedometer and biked past some people parasailing. Had our first sign of home when we passed an Irving. Stayed at a warmshowers and went to a french play while in trois-rivieres.
Montreal, Day 55
Cameron and I stopped at Smoke Meat Pete's in the morning before biking into Montreal. We had a short easy ride into the big city. We ate more smoked meat at Schwartz's before we did some shopping on Saint Catherine street.
Monday, 18 August 2014
Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Day 54
Woke up early and got a nice picture of the campsite. Made good time to Cornwall and decided to go farther. Biked right out of Ontario and into Quebec! Unfortunately, it rained all day. We met a very nice lady that offered her home to us, but we already had a warmshowers booked. Arrived at Jean Luc and Marjolaine's home where we had a nice meal. Luckily, Jean Luc spoke English because our French was a little rusty. It was so nice to crawl into a warm bed after a 161km day.
Grenville Park, Day 53
We had a nice tailwind today and biked 151km. Got on the waterfront trail which was amazing. It's a paved path that passes the 1000 islands where there are beautiful homes built on them. Got to the campground early and watched a movie in the tent.
Napanee, Day 51 & 52
Woke up at the campground and we were invited to have breakfast with some other campers. Biked on gravel all day. We were very frustrated. We stayed at a nice hotel in Napanee and got 40mm of rain and high East winds the next day, so we stayed another night.
Brighton, Day 50
Gorgeous day today! The scenery changed from tall buildings and large crowds of people to apple orchards and fields full of sheep. Stumbled upon the big apple which happened to be a big tourist attraction. We had some pie and cider and biked to the nearest campground. The roads were rough, so we had to push our bikes at times.
Oshawa, Day 49
Hectic day trying to get out of Toronto. Traffic was crazy, so we only made it 43km to Oshawa. No pictures taken :(
Toronto, Day 45-48
It was a nice ride into Barrie. There was a tree full of shoes in the middle of no where. We got to Toronto and had a nice 4 day break with Cameron's aunt Lil and uncle Bill. Explored downtown, went to a blue jays game, and watched planet of the apes at the theatres. Lil and Bill took us out for supper at a nice restaurant and treated us like gold the entire time that we were there. It was so nice to be able to stay with family. Very comforting and relaxing time.