Sept-Îles, QC: Clouds...Drizzle...Rain...

We celebrated crossing the 50th parallel by popping another spoke on my bike. I wobbled my way another 25 kilometers to Port-Cartier. We sprung for another Canadian souvenir and bought a new rim. Port -Cartier is neither a large or beautiful...

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L'Isle Verte, QC: Dreams Do Come True

When I was in high school, there were a group of acquaintances who were planning a bike trip to Colorado one summer. It was the first time I heard of people traveling by bicycle, and thought it would be something maybe I could do....someday.When...

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Baie-Trinité, QC: Across One More Time

For the second time we ferried across the St Lawrence. The first time was a quickie 15 minutes from Quebec City to Lévis. This time it took a bit longer -- we are north enough to be in the Bay of the St Lawrence. Halfway through the 2 1/2...

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Mantane, QC: Scenes from Bas-Saint-Laurent

There are two optimisims we live by (I made up that word, by the way) -- with every uphill there is a downhill, and after it rains the sun will shine. And it was blue skies for the two days from Saint-Simon to Mantane. Below are a few images...

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Rivière-du-Loup, QC: Rain and Rest

Our stretch of dry weather has ended. We woke up to drizzle and pedaled nearly 50 kilometers before lunch. We came upon this wonderful rest stop at just the right time. Before we even finished eating, it began to rain steadily. We stayed...

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L'Islet-sur-Mer, QC: Sailing Along

Cycling down the road with four fully loaded panniers makes for quite a profile. Motorists notice us because we look like a motorcycle but we are going slow and hugging the right shoulder of the road. And another advantage of being a wide...

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Montreal to Quebec City, QC: The Achilles Express Part 2

On our list of places we wish to bike someday are locations such as New Zealand, France, and Chile. And also La Route Verte between Montreal and Quebec City. We thought we would check that one off the list on this journey, but we it was not...

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Five Days in Montreal

If you have extra time, and you have a nice place to stay, and you need time to heal an injury, Montreal is a wonderful place to be. The few days we gained by taking the train from Toronto to Kingston extended our planned stay in Montreal....

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Upper Canada, ON: Green and Blue

It took us five days to get from Kingston to Montreal. The cycle gods blessed us with glorious blue skies, flat terrain, and a good tailwind. It almost made me forget about my aching Achilles. The shore of the Great Lakes have been traded...

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Toronto to Kingston, ON: The Achilles Express

So we made it to Toronto to my cousin Anita's house for three days of talking, sightseeing, and entirely too much food and wine. We last visited Anita ten years ago, so we had lots to catch up. And the fact we have similar social and political...

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