After Day #50 looooong (but amazingly insightful) blog - this one will be a lot shorter
Beautiful run out of Quebec City just after sunrise, all along the waterfront.
Again I have to say that through the actual city, la Route Verte paths are fantastic, well designed, well marked 2 lanes for cycling and 1 for walking or running with Porta Potties every few km. Outside of the city there is one lane for cycling, again well chosen for scenery and less traffic. What more could you ask for - why doesn't every city in every province have such a well designed and developed system which entices people to get active and use them (and they do!)
Again, we passed a variety of farmland and went through the most interesting towns. I was especially enamoured by the little town of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli which is a veritable hot bed for sculptures. Every artist who does any sculpture in the province seemed to have a shop in this town and I could have easily spent the day going from store to store and gallery to gallery (unfortunately Monique wouldn't let me). Of course there were many interesting homesteads, still road side stands selling corn, pumpkins and apples mostly and a Catholic church or large white cross around every corner.
We met up with a large group of cyclists going "Coast to Coast" for Children's cancer research, supported by Sears. There are 3 groups of cyclists which are all riding simultaneously, and each group "leap frogs" ahead while they sleep so that the distance is covered - each group doing a third of the total distance. Rode with them for a while and joined them for lunch - a great bunch, an extremely well organized operation on a mission. I wish them all the best on their great ride - and may they raise piles of money for kid's cancer research!!
If you believe in fate - maybe a great future connection made with Catherine who is a coordinator working in the mental health world who is looking to organize rides for mental health awareness/stigma - really..... we'll be talking!
Tour Day Sponsor Boehringer Ingelheim - Thanks again!
Random Quotes of the Day
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.Hosea Ballou
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up
Pearl Buck
Silence is the true friend that never betrays
Confucius
Does it strike anyone else as absolutely incredible that you have biked and ran from Victoria to Quebec City?!! We're still cheering! Can you hear us all the way from Calgary?
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ReplyDeletelet's try that again
if the wind is just right we can still hear you
thanks so much for the encouragment and for still thinking about us
I'm with Sue. Every time I tell someone what you guys are up to and see their reactions, I feel super proud of my aunt and uncle! Keep going strong, see you soon.
ReplyDeletethanks Colin!
ReplyDeleteEvery time we eat something a bit more exotic - we think of you (very fondly!)
Hey Colin,
ReplyDeleteI made some pretty fantastic brussel sprouts for dinner the other evening...in the RV no less, and we talked about how you had turned us onto these little gems!
Je t'aime beaucoup!
Tante Monique
Ha, awesome! Glad to hear you guys are still able to churn out some nice food in that small space.
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