Day 44, Monday, August 14/06
Repentigny to Notre Dame 99 km
My sincerest apologies to all the men whom I have accused of snoring. For the past two nights I have endured the loudest snoring coming from this little woman, whom I will not name! She had two good nights of sleep however.
I love Montreal! We did Old Montreal yestrday afternoon and I walked so much that my legs and feet ached! It is such a vibrant city. I saw so many neat things in the artsie store windows, just great. I knew I couldn't shop as my bag is already overflowing with no extra space. We stopped to watch the lock fill and some boats to pass through. We did China town and wandered an inside mall. Managed to ride the subway without getting lost. We ate supper on a patio at Dundees...Kim, Betty, Wendy, Dora, Bob and I. It was a pleasant evening and on the way back we stopped at Ben and Jerry's for Bob to get ice cream. I had 9 minutes left on my internet cafe card, so read Christopher's blog and deleted multi messages from my home account. Back to our room, showered and was gonzo by 9:10...my adopted son, Berndt, came in for a good night hug but he was too late! I had inserted ear plugs and woke up at 1:30 to snoring and no ear plugs. Groped around in the dark, found them, reinserted and back to sleep until 5:45.
We had breakfast and took luggage to landing to await bus; which arrived before 8. Lt. Col. St. Onge from the Salvation Army and his wife said a few prayers prior departure. We had the same driver as Sat. night, Allen. This is just an extra job for him as he works in the IT industry. He drove us back to Repentigny where we waited for the trailers with our bikes. We finally hit the road at 10:03, following highway #138 all the way. It was a great ride and I enjoyed it very much. Quebec has great roads and always allowances for bike paths. ONTARIO, YOU SHOULD TAKE NOTICE! We followed the St. Lawrence through different communities L'Ephanie, St. Joseph de-Sorel, Maskinonge,Yamachiche and are now encamped in a gym beside a convent in Notre Dame, on the outskirts of Trois Riviere. I thought of Sonya and Lisa as we stopped to watch the Para surfers. Man, it looked like hard work!! These huge sails waiting to catch the wind (like a kite) and once in the air they then pull them on their boards. I actually walked back to watch them once we settled in the gym but the wind had died.
We are now relaxing in the gym, awaiting supper. Andy from Calgary just delivered "Thinking of You" cards from Mary! How sweet. Mary cycled with us the first leg of the trip. Great cyclist and I hear she is is a demon downhill ski racer!
Hope Gary and anyone who participated in Marathon By The Sea had fun!
My sincerest apologies to all the men whom I have accused of snoring. For the past two nights I have endured the loudest snoring coming from this little woman, whom I will not name! She had two good nights of sleep however.
I love Montreal! We did Old Montreal yestrday afternoon and I walked so much that my legs and feet ached! It is such a vibrant city. I saw so many neat things in the artsie store windows, just great. I knew I couldn't shop as my bag is already overflowing with no extra space. We stopped to watch the lock fill and some boats to pass through. We did China town and wandered an inside mall. Managed to ride the subway without getting lost. We ate supper on a patio at Dundees...Kim, Betty, Wendy, Dora, Bob and I. It was a pleasant evening and on the way back we stopped at Ben and Jerry's for Bob to get ice cream. I had 9 minutes left on my internet cafe card, so read Christopher's blog and deleted multi messages from my home account. Back to our room, showered and was gonzo by 9:10...my adopted son, Berndt, came in for a good night hug but he was too late! I had inserted ear plugs and woke up at 1:30 to snoring and no ear plugs. Groped around in the dark, found them, reinserted and back to sleep until 5:45.
We had breakfast and took luggage to landing to await bus; which arrived before 8. Lt. Col. St. Onge from the Salvation Army and his wife said a few prayers prior departure. We had the same driver as Sat. night, Allen. This is just an extra job for him as he works in the IT industry. He drove us back to Repentigny where we waited for the trailers with our bikes. We finally hit the road at 10:03, following highway #138 all the way. It was a great ride and I enjoyed it very much. Quebec has great roads and always allowances for bike paths. ONTARIO, YOU SHOULD TAKE NOTICE! We followed the St. Lawrence through different communities L'Ephanie, St. Joseph de-Sorel, Maskinonge,Yamachiche and are now encamped in a gym beside a convent in Notre Dame, on the outskirts of Trois Riviere. I thought of Sonya and Lisa as we stopped to watch the Para surfers. Man, it looked like hard work!! These huge sails waiting to catch the wind (like a kite) and once in the air they then pull them on their boards. I actually walked back to watch them once we settled in the gym but the wind had died.
We are now relaxing in the gym, awaiting supper. Andy from Calgary just delivered "Thinking of You" cards from Mary! How sweet. Mary cycled with us the first leg of the trip. Great cyclist and I hear she is is a demon downhill ski racer!
Hope Gary and anyone who participated in Marathon By The Sea had fun!
posted by Unknown at 8:53 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Jill and Bob! I caught up on your blog today. Glad you a keeping well and getting that much closer to home. Kids visiting as well as preparing for the "5-miler" in the Marathon By The Sea have kept us busy. We had a great time at the event. It was very well organized and a perfect day for it. Glenn and I came across the finish line together in a time of 55:44, an improvement of 4 minutes over our practice run the
week previous. We are now registered for the Hampton 5-miler in Sept. along with the rest of our learn to run clinic class.
Stay safe!
Dorothy
Hi Jill and Bob! I caught up on your blog today. Glad you a keeping well and getting that much closer to home. Kids visiting as well as preparing for the "5-miler" in the Marathon By The Sea have kept us busy. We had a great time at the event. It was very well organized and a perfect day for it. Glenn and I came across the finish line together in a time of 55:44, an improvement of 4 minutes over our practice run the
week previous. We are now registered for the Hampton 5-miler in Sept. along with the rest of our learn to run clinic class.
Stay safe!
Dorothy
Hello!
Glad to hear you had a good time in Montreal - the road you are on right now is very beautiful, along the St-Lawrence.
I went to your home last Satruday to see the kitties: they are FINE, much better than our Kuan who, since our return from vacation, has been pissing the house and driving me up the wall :-(
Buddy was his independant self and Yaga was happy and not too chatty and has left hair on every parcel of carpet in the house!!!
Are you planning to stop by home when you come home on the 23rd? I thinnk it will make you nostalgic if you do, but we can prepare a little cocktail there if you'd like to drop off some stuff and see your cats (and I can vacuum the carpets before you arrive. ha ha!!)
We are busy with gallery set-ups at the moments. Chris ran a half marathon with Judy on Saturday, he is so crazy, had not trained once for it...
I hope all goes well in Québec and the road into NB doesn't feel too long - and that our messages to you are still there.
Bye!
claudine
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