(Oops - I had the wrong date in the title - corrected Aug. 1)
This was our first day on the Route Verte. The Route Verte is a series of cycle pathways throughut Quebec. The trails range from abandoned railbeds that have been paved over to cycle paths along a roadway to trails under development. The section we're cycling on is called “Le P’tit Train du Nord” Linear Park. It`s an abandoned railbed that runs from Mont Laurier to St. Jerome.
The trail is paved for most of today's travel. The inclines on it are railroad grades (+/- 2%), so they are easy cycling. We stopped for lunch in a town called Nominique.
Our old friend the weather got us again, with showers in L'Annciton and LaBelle. We managed to get under cover. After LaBelle the route is no longer paved, but it is a hard surface and easy to cycle, even with thin tires (we saw a couple of racers).
We ended the day in San Jovite, which is the town associated with Mont Tremblant. As we cycled into town, we had to console Leddy as we travelled by some of the golf courses in the area - Mont Tremblant is big on skiing in the winter and golf and other sports in the summer.
If you want to know more about this particular portion, check out this link http://www.laurentides.com/ and then click on the 'Linear Parks' picture on the right of the screen.
(I'm having trouble with the computer I`m signed onto, so pictures for »July 27, 28 may have to wait. This computer doesn`t have a USB2 port and I can`t work my way through the French version of the Control Panel with enough confidence to play around. You know me - play with it until it works or I break it!)
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