Saint Simeon to Baie St. Paul 85 km

Slept off and on, but was quite rested.  The air kept going out of my air mattress.  I have the one that leaks Trev (;-0    Bob was up when I looked outside at 5:45!!!! He had taken the battery to the camera to charge in the washroom.  The sunrise was beautiful and it was a beautiful morning.  We made breakfast, packed up and were on the road just after 7.  The climb out of Saint Simeon should have been a indication of what kind of day it was going to be!!!!! I can tell you that the scenery was absolutely magnificant, and to get scenery like that you get HILLS.   And not just little hills, hills that go on for 9 km or so.  The first 9 km hill took 39 minutes to climb.  Coming out of LaMalbaie was something else!!!!!!  That took 45 minutes.  Coming out of Sainte Irene was another 30 minutes.  It was gruelling and in places the shoulder on the road not great.  We did stop in Ebouliment (am having a brain fart and can`t remember how to spell it!!)  to take a photo of where Chris and Clo had their wedding and also at an alpaca ranch.  WE hit places with the road under construction which also slowed us down.  The coming into Baie Saint Paul there is a 5 km downhill.  The first 1/2 km we had to do on the dirt shoulder as the road pavement had been scraped off and was that rutty stuff.  Put it this way, I wore out my front break during the ride today.  We are now in Baie Saint Paul and Bob gave me 30 minutes at the libray to do the blog as we are heading back on the route 138 to find a campsite.  We will hit the grocery store on the way out to stock up.  We depleted much of our food during the marathon of hills today.  We are both stinky and zonked.  Despite the massive hills, it is a beautiful, beautiful place to visit. The vista of the Saint Lawrence is awesome, all along the route.