August 5 - Photos addded - Laura on the trail, one of the old railway stations converted to a bicycling stop and the end of the trail.
(Oops - I had the wrong date in the title - corrected Aug. 1)
We cycled the remaining Portion of the Route Verte to St. Jermome today. No Rain! (when was the last time I said that).
It was a nice day for cycling. The route goes through a bunch of pretty little towns and snaked around the mountains as it heads out of the Laurentians. Many of the towns have little restaurants, bars or shops near the route.
The route is very popular and had lots of people on it, even though it is a Tuesday. I don't kn
ow what a weekend would have been like. It looks like a lot of people drive to a particular town in their cars, cycle up the trail a ways, have lunch or a picnic and cycle back. Wonderful way to spend a day.
As I mentioned, since the route is an abandoned railbed the hills are very slight and the pedalling is generally very easy. You will notice that it is harder to pedal on those parts of the trail that are not paved (a 1% slope will seem like a 2 or 3% slope, for example).
We didn't notice a lot of other heavily loaded travellers. I think that most of the people are day trippers and some are travelling with little luggage and a credit card.
We cycled the remaining Portion of the Route Verte to St. Jermome today. No Rain! (when was the last time I said that).
It was a nice day for cycling. The route goes through a bunch of pretty little towns and snaked around the mountains as it heads out of the Laurentians. Many of the towns have little restaurants, bars or shops near the route.
The route is very popular and had lots of people on it, even though it is a Tuesday. I don't kn
ow what a weekend would have been like. It looks like a lot of people drive to a particular town in their cars, cycle up the trail a ways, have lunch or a picnic and cycle back. Wonderful way to spend a day.As I mentioned, since the route is an abandoned railbed the hills are very slight and the pedalling is generally very easy. You will notice that it is harder to pedal on those parts of the trail that are not paved (a 1% slope will seem like a 2 or 3% slope, for example).
We didn't notice a lot of other heavily loaded travellers. I think that most of the people are day trippers and some are travelling with little luggage and a credit card.
2 comments:
if it makes you feel any better, it is raining out here.
jd
Leddy, just to let you know that Carol and I are following your adventure. We're proud of what you are doing and would love to hear more when you get home. John Dawson.
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