Day Fifty Eight - St Damas

I'm glad the forecasters were correct. The rain stopped shortly after 7 last night and didn't start up again. Even though I set up my tent when it wasn't raining my tent was very wet this morning. The humidity was still very high. Sam and I left camp with Matt and Viki as when the truck was packed up at 8.

We rode as a group which was nice for a change. The road was busy but not too busy. There was a bit of a tailwind which helped. There were some side routes on the cue sheet but we didn't take them.  Farmland was the scenery most of the way to Rimouski. 

We rode on the waterfront trail in Rimouski. It was very nice and reminded me a little of Dallas road in Victoria. We stopped at the Empress of Ireland memorial but none of us paid the money to check out the museum. We did take time to eat a sandwich and enjoy the sunshine on the banks of the St Lawerence. 

Past there we rode by waterfront houses and or cottages that were very nice. About 30 km past Rimouski I broke my rear derailure cable. I spent the rest of the  50 km using only two gears. 

With 14 km left I turned off the main highway on the road that leads to the campsite. In the cue sheet it talked about this part being hilly. I turned on the road and couldn't make it up on the easiest gear I had because it was on the smallest ring on the cassette because the broken cable. 

On the hill I flipped my bike over and rigged the bike to be in the 3rd easiest gear. I made it to camp an hour or so later and even enjoyed a really steep downhill. 

Once at camp Sam and Duncan helped my replace my broken cable. 

Arlen taking picture beside HMCS Onondaga in Rimouski, QC

Matt on bike trails through waterfront in Rimouski

Campsite just outside St Damase