June
27/06, Tuesday Day 54 5282 Kms
Motel
Claude, Deglelis, P.Q. 90 Kms ~ 5:10 Hrs
Oy!
What a day! I'm writing this the next day (as I frequently do). We
were so bagged and miserable yesterday that we took a room at 16:30.
Had lunch, a beer, a shower, supper, a beer and in bed before 21:00.
It rained during our night at Rivier-du-Loup and the tent hasn't
become any more water-proof than it was in Algonquin. We got up to
wet clothes, wet sleeping bags and rain. Through the day we had the
triple-whammy of cycling. Hills, head-winds and rain. Let me say that
none of these were very bad. The rain was warm. The hills were mostly
long slow slopes. The winds seldom exceeded 20 Km/Hr. But the
combination of all three plus fatigue from the last two days rides
made this day painful.
Doug
seemed reluctant to stop, passing through at least one small town
after we'd ridden two and a half hours without a break. I think he
feared not being able to start again. I
know I did.
When we finally stopped at Cabano he said that he had almost stopped
6 times at motels along the way. I would not have objected.
We
are far enough east to be in the Atlantic time zone (and will be once
we cross the border into New Brunswick) and the sky was bright at
4:11 when I woke up this morning. Today, 28th, should be mostly down
grade as we follow the river on the Maine border to Grand Falls.
My
safari shirt has seen its last as I tore the whole back out
yesterday. The mending at Mom's was wasted.
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