Day Fifty Four - Quebec City

My group cooked breakfast so I couldn't leave as soon as I wanted this morning. We did however have the truck packed and ready to go by 8. Viki and Matt joined Sam and I and we headed up the steep hill out of camp. 

As we were in a pace line of four our pace averaged 30 plus kms for the first 50 kms or so. We stopped at the Notre Dam church. We took time to go inside to see the stain glass. 

Our next stop was for water at shell station at 45 km. surprisingly the station had a cafe and there were fresh baked goods that they had cooked earlier in the morning. We took some time to eat and cool at the back of the store which has tables and chairs.  

The next stop felt very over due at 90 km. We were all really hit and most were running out of water. I also got to witness another first for Matt. It was his first banana split. When we went in the store felt really cold but it was really only 23 degrees. 

We made pretty good time the rest of the 143 kms. As we got closer to the city we had to climb a couple of short but steep roads.  We got to the University of Laval and registered and into our rooms before 4:30. I hadn't really eaten enough during the day and decided to skip the pizza and get some real food on campus. 

Overall it was a hot and muggy day with very little elevation gain. 

Beautiful Notre Dame du Cap in Trois Riviers

Cycling up a short steep hill out of the campsite

Crossing Riviere Batiscan north of Champlain QC