This morning I woke up early to gather my stuff together before heading over to the cafeteria at 6:30 for breakfast. I knocked on two doors adjacent to my room to see if anyone was up yet. Ken joined me for the walk over for breakfast. After breakfast we headed to the truck to loaded our bags and pumped up our tires.
On the way out of town we passed many of the landmarks that we saw the day before on our bus tour. It wasn't too long until we were in a rural area with very nice roads and a beautiful treed landscape to look at.
I was happy to see the most cyclists on the road since we started. We were stopped by a cyclist that was passing the opposite direction because he saw one of our Tour Du Canada jerseys. He asked a bunch of questions as he was considering doing the trip. He wished us well and continued towards Ottawa.
Until I read the cue sheet as I was riding I didn't realize that we were taking a ferry today. Turns out we took two. Our first ferry was in Cumberland that took us into our sixth province, Quebec. As I arrived at the ferry terminal I just missed the ferry as John and Sam were just a little bit behind. Lucky for us there was another ferry docking 30 seconds after the other departed. The ferry took less than five minutes to make the crossing on the Riviere des Outaouais.
The riding was pretty flat and we really had no major hills all day. The elevation gain at the end of the day was less than 400 metres over the 162 kms.
John let me know that he wanted to take a picture of the Chateau Montebello. So when we got to the gates of the Chatueau Sam and I waited. While waiting the "fast four" arrived and when John arrived we all went in together. The Chateau is a resort hotel and is made in the style of a log cabin. John was saying it is the worlds largest log cabin. Inside is very nice and there is a large fireplace that is 3 or stories tall
In the Village of Montebello most if the group ate lunch. I had Croque-Madame which is a croissant with salmon, red onion, spinach, and goat cheese. It was my first time eating it and as I was eating in Quebec I thought I eat something French.
During the ride past the Carillon Dam we were really starting to notice how hot and humid it was. We missed the Carillon ferry that the "fast four" had taken despite us really pushing the pace over the previous 20 kms. We had time to sit int he shade and have a cold drink.
We cut out a couple of kms not going into Hudson. It is a fairly small city and I had enough cycling for the day. We had to ride up the steepest hill of the day just before the campground. Dinner was perogies and a chocolate cake to celebrate our crossing of another province.
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| Rock wall near Brownsburg-Chatham QC |
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| Lunch in Montebello, QC at Aux Douceurs Du Passant |
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| Fireplace at Fairmont Chateau Montebello |
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| We missed the Welcome to Quebec sign. Ferry from Cumberland ON to Masson-Angers QC |
