Journey Notes

We are back on tour! We arrive in Montreal on Monday night and were all ready to get going on Tuesday morning but we were offered a chance to see a match at the Rogers Cup Womans' Tennis on Tuesday. So we had take the day to watched the event and had a nice relaxing day.

Our 10 days in Vancouver were hectic but it was great to see everyone, including many out of town guests and to see the Celebration of Light fireworks competition.

Today's ride crossed from Quebec to Vermont at about the 70 km point. It was a very tiny border crossing and we had to wait for the one border agent to come from some other part of the building. The crossing was so small that the Canadian and US customs shared the same building right on the border. This time I crossed the border on the bicycle but pulled to the window with VanGo so we could cross together.

We had lunch right after crossing the border. Sandwiches made with lettuce instead of bread. Back on the proper diet. Vancouver was a diet disaster but it sure was good! I still really like my carbs.

Google managed to change it's mind about my route at a very inopportune time and ended up sending me down the east side of Lake Champlain instead down the islands in the middle of the lake. I didn't notice the change until I was too far on this other route. The original route would have been more interesting. Instead, I ended up in a lot of farmland that got hillier as I went south. I think that tomorrow's ride will be even hillier, if what I saw in the distance is any indication.

I will have to be more careful to look at the larger picture on Google Maps just to make sure where it is sending me is really where I want to go.

It wasn't until about 8pm that I finally pedalled into our campground for the evening. They had a nice pool but it was really too late for me to make use of it. I am really starting to notice the sun setting earlier now. I will have to be more careful to make sure that I get my cycling day done before it gets dark. I guess that means getting up earlier and making sure that I make use of all of the day's light.

We are now just about 200 km from Rochelle's farther's place. We have decided to make a big push tomorrow and get most of the way there and to drive the rest. The way that the road network works in that area, there is a spot at about the 165 km point where it would make sense to stop and pick up at that spot again after our visit and start heading east from there.