Day 45, Tuesday, August 15/06
Place du Lac to Quebec City, 150 km.
Had a decent sleep. We got to sleep in until 7..yipee! We had the later start this morning to avoid the early traffic in Trois Riveriere. On the road at 9:03. Navigating the #138 through Trois Riveriere was ok. We seemed to go around in a circle, somewhat and then back to the country road. We followed the river, at times being close. The winds were strong from the west so our pace for the morning was 33 km per hour. The road was in great shape and again there were bicycle paths marked in the outside lane for a good part of the trip. I don't know if this is one of the roads that George Theriault rides when he comes to Quebec? If so, I can understand why he likes riding here.
The day started out with some sun but seemed to be muggy. At our first break, the 38 k mark I commented after looking at the clouds forming that a storm was coming. Sure enough we hit rain about 10 km further. Luckily the red van in which I store my day pack was pulled over and I was able to get my rain coat. When I was in Sault Ste. Marie I picked up a pink backpack and it holds a change of clothing, my rain coat, foot thongs, arm and leg warmers and another light nylon jacket. It only took me 25 days on the tour to become that organized!! I chose the pink bag because EVERYONE elses is black and hard to find when jammed into a van. Mine sticks out! Back to the rain....we had to find shelter as it was a torrential deluge and we even had some hail. We found a break and continued to the mandatory stop. The sky cleared and we saw the sun again for about an hour before the next downing.
I arrived at the lunch stop in Donnacona, the 105 km, drenched. Water in shoes etc! It was only 45 km to Quebec City. We set off trying to outrun the storms, but didn't make it. We had to find cover twice more as trying to navigate city cycling through heavy rain isn't wise!! And to boot, we were in rush hour traffic at 4:30. The water on the road and the puddles at the edge in the cycling lanes are dangerous as they can be filled with debris. Two cyclists fell...one hit the side of his face on a grate, but wasn't injured too badly..scaped his arm and hip. The other hit his shoulder and will go for x-rays this morning.
We ended up at our destination for dinner..it was like a soup kitchen, uptown where we were treated so well. They served the tables, a treat for us as we always queue for mealtime. We had a lovely soup, stew, salad and pie. Later there was a service upstairs. I was getting tired so was anxiously awaiting the bus to take us to the convent where we are now staying. It was 11:30 by the time we got settled and in bed. Tomorrow is a rest day...time to clean bikes and then tour Old Quebec City.
(Jean sez: Jill posted Wed's blog before she got this email off to me; in case you are wondering why blogs are out of order)
Had a decent sleep. We got to sleep in until 7..yipee! We had the later start this morning to avoid the early traffic in Trois Riveriere. On the road at 9:03. Navigating the #138 through Trois Riveriere was ok. We seemed to go around in a circle, somewhat and then back to the country road. We followed the river, at times being close. The winds were strong from the west so our pace for the morning was 33 km per hour. The road was in great shape and again there were bicycle paths marked in the outside lane for a good part of the trip. I don't know if this is one of the roads that George Theriault rides when he comes to Quebec? If so, I can understand why he likes riding here.
The day started out with some sun but seemed to be muggy. At our first break, the 38 k mark I commented after looking at the clouds forming that a storm was coming. Sure enough we hit rain about 10 km further. Luckily the red van in which I store my day pack was pulled over and I was able to get my rain coat. When I was in Sault Ste. Marie I picked up a pink backpack and it holds a change of clothing, my rain coat, foot thongs, arm and leg warmers and another light nylon jacket. It only took me 25 days on the tour to become that organized!! I chose the pink bag because EVERYONE elses is black and hard to find when jammed into a van. Mine sticks out! Back to the rain....we had to find shelter as it was a torrential deluge and we even had some hail. We found a break and continued to the mandatory stop. The sky cleared and we saw the sun again for about an hour before the next downing.
I arrived at the lunch stop in Donnacona, the 105 km, drenched. Water in shoes etc! It was only 45 km to Quebec City. We set off trying to outrun the storms, but didn't make it. We had to find cover twice more as trying to navigate city cycling through heavy rain isn't wise!! And to boot, we were in rush hour traffic at 4:30. The water on the road and the puddles at the edge in the cycling lanes are dangerous as they can be filled with debris. Two cyclists fell...one hit the side of his face on a grate, but wasn't injured too badly..scaped his arm and hip. The other hit his shoulder and will go for x-rays this morning.
We ended up at our destination for dinner..it was like a soup kitchen, uptown where we were treated so well. They served the tables, a treat for us as we always queue for mealtime. We had a lovely soup, stew, salad and pie. Later there was a service upstairs. I was getting tired so was anxiously awaiting the bus to take us to the convent where we are now staying. It was 11:30 by the time we got settled and in bed. Tomorrow is a rest day...time to clean bikes and then tour Old Quebec City.
(Jean sez: Jill posted Wed's blog before she got this email off to me; in case you are wondering why blogs are out of order)
posted by Unknown at 3:42 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Jill and Bob, Still enjoying your blog... took me almost all week to get caught up as with the passing of Harold and holidays we seemed to have missed a few... I understand you will be home on the 23rd (or at the church) We will see you then... All is well here, I haven't even been in your house yet, I believe Dianne and David must have things covered as they haven't called me... I may try to drop in this weekend and see if there is anything that needs to be done... We sold the trailer and the new one arrives on the 27th, so when you get home the two of you will have to plan to spend a weekend at the lake with us, the fall can be so nice... We are taking another weeks vacation on Sept 4 - 8. You two are doing a great job and keep up the good work.... Really miss having you guys around... I have made another quilt, just need to finish machine quilting it, It turned out so nice I think I will enter it in the show... Have the registration form and I think I will get it finished by then... See you on the 23rd.....
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