Alex’s Bike Trip

posted by alex on May 19

I can’t believe I pulled off so much biking yesterday, the winds were ideal though. Today, I didn’t put that many miles the weather was truly shifty. I slowed down to let the storm pass by me. This area is famous for strange weather patterns, sunny one minute rain the other. I had the full rain gear on for most of the day, it made for not a extremely pleasant ride. Later in the day the skies cleared up and I rode into town finding the nearest bike shop, La Zone just to tune up Carmen before I enter New Brunswick. Boy am I glad I found that place. I met two great Mechanics, Jacques and Maxime who worked on the whole bike. Jacques invited me to his place for supper and let me stay for the night.  He’s a great mechanic and has a great wealth of knowledge on biking and on the routes to get to Edmunston. I also was offered a shower! The supper was great with mucho calories added with icecream and chocolate, kuddos to Lucie and Jacques for their hospitality. Same goes for André, Frédérick and Christiane in Lévis. Thanks for the pancakes, I am sure they gave me the extra kick I need for the day! Unfortunately, my batteries are dead in my camera so I’ll have to wait till my next post to upload the latest pictures 🙂

I should be crossing the provincial border into New Brunswick probably by tomorrow. Rivière du loup is a quiet town that is going through a housing boom. Same goes for a lot of places I’ve visited on the rive nord. Loads of houses are being built all around me. When I am not in urban areas I’m either next to the St-Lawrence or riding next to fields, singing to the cows!

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