Monday, August 22, 2005
Day 56 – Distance: 121.38 km
Morrisburg, ON to Pointe des Cascades, QC
Yes, I finally did it – I got through Ontario! It was another wonderful, wind-in-the-back day, and we thoroughly enjoyed all the bike paths and trails through Long Sault, and on to Cornwall. We did get a bit mixed up in Cornwall, as the bike path doesn’t meet the streets very easily; I should have just arranged to meet Jean after we were through Cornwall. Also, Kim in her typical haste totally missed the turnoff for the Long Sault Parkway, and we had to flag down a motorist to ask her to turn around. Luckily, the motorist was very understanding, and popped Kim’s bike in her back seat and drove her back. It turns out she’s a Dutch lady – cool, eh? At least now Kim understood why I fretted so much when she got too far ahead of me.
The wonderful bike trails continued in Quebec, and many times I thought we could be in Europe somewhere, with the old architecture of the buildings, bridges and canals (e.g. Lachine). Kim’s back tire was still giving trouble, and went flat about 5 km from our end point, but a very nice Frenchman helped us out. We found a campsite at Pointe des Cascades, very close to Hwy 338, which I need in order to continue my trek through Montreal tomorrow.
Since it was Jean’s birthday, we took her out for dinner (after some searching for a decent restaurant); it turned out not to be licenced, but we were allowed to bring our own wine in. Chris and Kim went out to buy some wine (a block or so away), and we had a very enjoyable evening. Certainly a novel birthday for Jean!
Morrisburg, ON to Pointe des Cascades, QC
Yes, I finally did it – I got through Ontario! It was another wonderful, wind-in-the-back day, and we thoroughly enjoyed all the bike paths and trails through Long Sault, and on to Cornwall. We did get a bit mixed up in Cornwall, as the bike path doesn’t meet the streets very easily; I should have just arranged to meet Jean after we were through Cornwall. Also, Kim in her typical haste totally missed the turnoff for the Long Sault Parkway, and we had to flag down a motorist to ask her to turn around. Luckily, the motorist was very understanding, and popped Kim’s bike in her back seat and drove her back. It turns out she’s a Dutch lady – cool, eh? At least now Kim understood why I fretted so much when she got too far ahead of me.
The wonderful bike trails continued in Quebec, and many times I thought we could be in Europe somewhere, with the old architecture of the buildings, bridges and canals (e.g. Lachine). Kim’s back tire was still giving trouble, and went flat about 5 km from our end point, but a very nice Frenchman helped us out. We found a campsite at Pointe des Cascades, very close to Hwy 338, which I need in order to continue my trek through Montreal tomorrow.
Since it was Jean’s birthday, we took her out for dinner (after some searching for a decent restaurant); it turned out not to be licenced, but we were allowed to bring our own wine in. Chris and Kim went out to buy some wine (a block or so away), and we had a very enjoyable evening. Certainly a novel birthday for Jean!
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