Mont St.- Hilaire to Trois-Rivieres Day 54

Wonderful scenery along the Richelieu River. Lots of people own boats. What a view from your back porch every day!! We couldn't understand when we saw two men were sitting in lawn chairs in their garage when they could be sitting looking at the river.

There were many beautiful cathedrals along the route. The next picture is on its side (still haven't figured out how to turn it) These stairs come up from the river. We imagined when the church was first built and boats were the main source of transportation they would dock and then walk up these steps in their long heavy garments to go to this cathedral.

Steps from the river.

Haven't seen this many at one stop for several days. Place and company were wonderful but we waited one hour for a crepe that we shared.

One of the many ferries we have had to take over the last few days.

Found some more corn only theses stalks were much higher. There were many stands along the way to buy corn. We wish we had known we had a microwave in the kitchenette aswe would have bought some. There was a stand that sold cooked corn you could eat right there but unfortunately we only saw the one and we had eaten not 15 minutes before.

Today, August 19th, takes us 137k to Trois Rivieres and it is day 54. Gorgeous morning, no dew and an early sunrise. Eveyone seemed to be eager to get riding. The route takes us along the Richelieu River. We eventually get to route # 223, and once again, cycled through quaint villages and towns. Countryside is flat to rolling with lots of farmland to enjoy cycling through. Lots of old stone farm houses and they are also seen in the villages with stone "hedges" surrounding the front of the property and also along the driveways. I noticed that a lot of the little town and country homes are white sided or else bright coloured siding with matching trim. I guess the French like bright colours?? We did a 20 minute ferry crossing at village of Sorel-Tracy to go to St-Ignace then onto route # 138. Everyone at camp commented on a great scenic ride.

Our ride to date has been 5,896 km. Not far to go now!!!!