Sunday, 26 February 2017

Cycle Canada, Day 52, June 25/06


June 25/06, Sunday                                                                  Day 52                 5101 Kms
Motel des Cascades, Baie-Saint-Paul, P.Q.                                                           163 Kms                                   ~ 7:55 Hrs
Ferries sail from St. Simeon @ 9:30, 13:00, 16:40, 19:30. $18.90+tax/pp c/w bike.
Tues July11 WJ 15:30 WS 427 -> WS 683 20:40 Vanc $454 $327
What a crazy day of riding. I let Doug know last night that I wouldn't object to higher mileage days if we started earlier and took a couple of good sized breaks during the day. So, quite predictably, Doug was up, striking the tent with me in it at 6:30.
Pea soup and boiled eggs for breakfast.
Riding on the flats along the river is easy and after a while our speed came up to the mid 20's. There are still lots of riders on the road from the weekend. Doug played tag with a couple of velo riders. Coming into Quebec City I spotted a velo rider about 300 M behind and we decided to have some fun with him. Took the speed up to 28 ~ 30 and it took the fellow 20 mintes to catch us, and that only after I had to slow down to rest. About 20 minutes later we came around a corner and there's Mr. Velo stopped for a rest about 300 M ahead. He jumped on the bike and took off.
Entering the city I knew I could catch him. We were all blowing through red lights in the light Sunday traffic and every couple of minutes Mr.Velo would look back to see if we were still there.

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