We left the campground before anyone at 7:30. I had read the forecast the night before and knew that the temperature would peak to 3 and it was going to be a humid day. The temperature felt like 36 with the humidity.
The route this morning took us along the shores of Riviere des Outaouais, the river that we crossed twice yesterday. There was quite a few old houses built of stone and mortar. In the water we spotted a white crane which we were not able to determine the exact name of.
We crossed a lot of bridges today. The first was to cross over to the Ile Parrot. It is a small island which must be a suburb of Montreal. The second was to cross on to the Ile de Montreal. The off ramp for bicycles on that bridge was a five story spiral ramp.
Much of the route in Montreal was along the picturesque path along the river. It was beautiful but most of the road was pretty rough for being in a city. In my experience during this trip, the roads inside a city/town are normally better than outside. Not in Quebec I'm finding.
We stopped at the Marche Atwater public market and I bough some heirloom cherry tomatoes and some patty pan squash. I was suprised that the lady that I was trying to purchase the tomatoes from could not speak English and Sam needed to translate which basket of tomatoes I wanted to purchase.
Soon after that we were in the downtown section of Montreal. We rode our bikes through Place Jacques Cartier which is a pedestrian mall type area that has restaurants and artists kiosks.
We crossed out of Montreal on a huge bridge called Pont Jacques Cartier. The views from the apex of the bridge are very good of the city and the river. After the bridge we mostly followed a bike trail out into the country.
About 10 km from camp we held up in a Tim Hortons to escape the heat and the humidity. They have free WIFI and my phone needed to be charged. I had also needed to write my blog for yesterday and today. It is really hard for me to remember what we did yesterday. I am getting old I guess. My legs work good still though.
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| Pedestrian / bike off ramp on Pont Galipeault outside of Montreal, QC |
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| Bicycle path through Montreal, QC |
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| Atwater Market in Montreal QC |
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| Cross Pont Jacques Cartier in Montreal, QC |
