Day Sixty - Petit Roche

Last night was very quiet at the campsite when people finally went to bed. I was hoping to go early because we are now in the Atlantic time zone. We had all set up our tents under the dense forest of pine trees. When I took my tent down it was very dry compared to when it is set up on grass.

Sam, Laura, Kerry, and I headed into Atholville to find a bike shop. We found one but had to wait for a hour in a Tim Hortons until it opened. When it did, Kerry purchased two new Ultegra rims as he was having problems with the bearings on the rear. He already is very fast and now it will be even harder to keep up to. 

We road the 100 km together until we reached camp. The route was rolling and there was a pretty strong headwind. Drafting really helped conserve energy or in my case allowed me to keep up to Kerry and Laura. We made a couple of quick stops but no extended relaxed lunch. 

Even though we didn't leave town until 11:30 we arrived at camp at 4. I had enough time to set up my tent, shower, and put a load of laundry in before it was time to cook diner. 

Diner was vegetarian pasta and bean salad but was suprisingly good and all seemed to enjoy it. 

Most of the tents that the riders set up were right on the waterfront. During the day it was really windy and I was wondering if it was going to rain. 

Kerry with his new Ultegra wheels from bike shop in Atholville

On the causeway in Charlo, NB

Salmon sculpture on Andrews St in Atholville