Atholville to Petit Rocher Day 61

Not a sign you are likely to see in Kincardine.

Sugarloaf Mountain as we leave Campbellton.

Crossing over Eel River on the way to Charlo.

A great break at Jacquet River. I could not convince the fellow who took this picture to si on my bike. I guess to those who are not used to it, it seems a bit unnerving.

Terri has been trying to get a picture of a logging truck since we started the ride. Now all we have to do is see a moose and then we can come home.

Contemplating life as he looks out over the Bay of Chaleur.

The view from our tent. The truck in the background is the tour truck.

The French Connection, Renee and Sylvie who met on this trip and I think will remain friends after it is over.

I was on cooking duty for breakfast and it was a bit difficult to get up given the time change. It was dark for quite awhile after I got up and everyone seemed to be moving a bit slower this day. It was either that or those tuna corn fritters we fed them for supper.

We had some sprinkling of rain throughout the night bu things were pretty dry this morning and surprisingly warm. We got out of camp and headed towards Route 134 which will take us east and then south as we head towards Saint- Louis- de -Kent for our rest day.

We had coffee at Tim's in Dalhousie and some people in the restaurant were telling us we had a big hill to do to get out of town. They were right. The grade was 11% or 13% depending who you talked to but it made my lungs scream. I was going 5 km/hr at one point and had to put my food down as the bike gets very twitchy at this low speed. I likely could have walked it at that rate but chose to continue. The one nice thing about the recumbent is that you can start again on the hill if you can get your feet doing a 150 cadence right away. I made it to the top but not before Terry. I don't think she even stood up. We are told this is what the Cabot Trail will be like but more of it and longer. Terri and I are discussing how we can lighten our load for those two days.

We had varying winds today. They seemed to swirl up around us every which way but fortunately not too many kms were a head wind. We were on Route 134 the whole way and for much of the ride it was pretty desolate. The road for the most part was good. We went through an area where there was a sawmill and then a lead smelting plant as well as a generating station. All this was within a 5km stretch on the road and then on either side there was no visible industry.

After a relatively short day of 101 km, we are camped in Petit Rocher along the Bay of Chaleur and it is incredibly windy. One cyclist and his wife had their tent by the water but moved it because they were afraid it would blow over. It will be a cool night
and we are promised a great wind on our back tomorrow with warm to hot temperatures. That will be appreciated for it is a 149 km day . We will then have our final res day for the tour. Most people will be cleaning their bikes for the last time before the end. We have done our laundry and I was fortunate to have the internet tonight. I will be able to have a nice visit with my sister and brother-in-law now that I am caught up on the blog.