Author: scott
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Around L’Anse-au-Loup
Read more: Around L’Anse-au-LoupNo biking today as our bodies need a rest. Becky cooked a delicious dinner of crab from the fish plant, broccoli, cauliflower and potatoes which we shared with Mary – our hostess. She’s an interesting character – 75 years old and still going strong running a B&B on her own. Some other folks we met…
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The hills of Labrador
Read more: The hills of Labrador46 km, 4 h 5 min ride time – Deadman’s Cove to L’Anse-au-Loup Today was definitely a slog, as the hills between Deadman’s Cove and St.Barbe (where the ferry is) provided to be just a warm up for the hills in Labrador. We are glad that we caught the morning ferry rather than the afternoon…
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Murray’s Mom
Read more: Murray’s Mom21 km, 2 hours As you can see by our distance and ride time, we certain didn’t go anywhere fast today. We started off slow in the morning, finishing up some photo updates while we had Internet. We wanted to leave such that we could head up to the Northern Delights restaurant for after noon,…
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20080727 Going North
Read more: 20080727 Going North80 km, 4 h 10 min ride time We got off to a very late start today, but made good use of the time. We got most of our photo backlog uploaded and tagged, and had a chance to chat more with Rosie and Colby, and get to know them a bit better. We got…
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20080724 A day of stops
Read more: 20080724 A day of stopsThe boat totally changed this morning. Becky awoke at 5:45am to an onrush of people. We docked at Natashquan at 5:30 am, and a large influx of people joined the boat. There are more than double the number of people now, and many of them do not have cabins. Last night, there were only a…
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Hills and Sun
Read more: Hills and Sun60.4 km in 4h25 We made it to Quebec City, or at least to the suburbs after a relaxing morning in the campsite. Becky spent some time writing, and I read and relaxed. This meant we didn’t get a very early start, we began riding shortly after 11 am. As we approached Quebec the hills…
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Amazing Coincidences
Read more: Amazing Coincidences125 km average 19.4 kph Today was an excellent day for riding, and we took full advantage of it. Well-rested, we were up shortly before 6am, and on the road by 8 – beating our previous “record” by almost two hours. The terrain was mostly flat, and we had a tailwind, so were moving along…
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Wetter than necessary
Read more: Wetter than necessary20 km around Repentigny Despite the fact we stayed in Repentigny today, we probably got as wet or wetter than we would have riding. We went out shortly before noon to check out the bike shops and get some more groceries, and ended up riding through some of the heaviest rainfall all day. According to…