Today we rode along hwy 17, which was a mistake, we went back on the secondary road at Rockland. From there we followed old Montreal rd which took us straight into Ottawa. The shorter day of 116km felt good and it only took us 4h50min.
Time for two days off!
After some intense rain and two flat tires our total kilometres of the day only added up to 91 in 4h35min and so a slow average speed of 19.8km/h. Our route required a lot of zigzaging. We rode along the canal through the city and along the water to ile perret where we jumped onto hwy 342 that abruptly ended at the border to Ontario. So we briefly jumped onto the transcanada and now camp in Ontario for the night!
Tomorrow, Ottawa!
This morning we took the ferry across to Québec where we jumped on the bike path to follow the chemin de roi. After some complex directions through the city, and descending then ascending the coast several times we made it out to follow our flat windy ride along the river.
The cute villages kept the 150km interesting. Due to the wind our average speed was only 21.1km/h, so it still took us 7h00 to arrive.
There weren’t many hills apart from in Quebec so we only climbed 913m today, enough to sleep well.
Today we took the day off to visit with Nellie’s family and see old Quebec city. Beautiful!
Today we rode another 151km in 7h26min for an average speed of 20.3km/h. The morning was hilly along the 185 but once we hit Riviere de Loup we descending to the water and it was pretty flat along to 132/la route verte for cycling. We climbed a total of 963m and descended 1071m. Tomorrow will be a shorter day.
Today we rode 151km in 6h30min, so an average speed of 23.2km/h along Hwy105 was in fairly good condition. It was a quiet beautiful ride along the St.Jean river. Moderately hilly with 1010m of ascent and descending 975m. Going up as we go inland!
Today we rode 160km in 7h30min with an average speed of 20km/h. There was a lot of big hills this morning along the 144 which flattened out near Grand-Falls but became hilly again at Edmunston where turned onto the 2 which became the 185 which was very hilly. All in all we climbed 1273m and gained 77m of elevation.
Rode 86km back up to Truro along route 2 in 3h45min with an average speed of 21.9km/h.
120km so Nellie and I decided to take the scenic Gooscap route (hwy 2) along the bay of fundy. We then cut up to Amherst along the 302. Made for a long but beautiful ride with moderate hills.
Basically days off in Halifax to get our route and gear organized. Only rode 22km each day. My bum and legs are thanking me!
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