A large windmill project but yet not one of them was turning. Perhaps a new build??
This is interesting how the cloud is just sitting between two hills.
We travelled along a coastal road that ran parallel to the main highway. The view was more spectacular. You had little cottages along your right and the open water to your left. Many people have rental cottages along here. It is not busy and very nice to bike along.
There were lots of lawn chairs on the water side so you could sit and get lost in the view.
A distant view of the next little town we would cycle through. The tide was low when we were there.
A nice little cottage with a great view.
There ae additions and then there are additions!!We started out today on the cool side but we could see the sun would warm us up. The 10% hill we had to climb going out of camp got the heart rate up early. We spent the better part of the 135 km on Route 132 which was busy by times but it had a pretty good shoulder.
Terri had one of the fellows check her pedals this morning because she was hearing a noise that did not sound good. It was his recommendation to head to the bike store in Rimouski, 56 km away and have the mechanic check her pedals and bottom bracket. It was an easy ride to there with only a few hills and we did not have the head wind we had yesterday. When we got close to the city we stopped by a gas station and checked the phone book, copied down the names and addresses of the four stores. As it turned out, the cue sheet had us going down the main street and we found on of the shops on this street. The bottom bracket needed to be changed and while he was doing that we went and had lunch (A&W). It was not too expensive and he also adjusted her cable slightly. Hopefully she is good to the end now.
Once leaving the shop we rode on a secondary road that ran parallel to Route 132. It was so quaint and quiet with lots of summer cottages and rental units overlooking the mightly St. Lawrence. It reminded me of what the towns probably looked like before the highway was built. We had this wonderful scenery and sun for all by the last 12 km. The air off the water was definately cool, felt like fall. The water was very calm today. Four people who stopped along the way to have lunch at a restaurant on the water saw a whale.
Our route today veered off Route 132 at a town called Baie-de-Sables where we went away from the water for the last 12 km. We actually saw only a very small part of the Gaspe Peninsula by looking at the map we picked up at the Tourist Information. It would be great to bike it all the way around. One could stay at the many Gites (inns) and relish in the local artists and interesting restaurants.
When we turned onto Route 297 that is when the fun really started. We were now climbing up the north side of the Gaspe. We had many hills, some likely more than the 10% we started the morning with. They were long and that last 12 km took us almost an hour to complete. Pretty tough even with an easy ride up to then. When we go to St-Damase however is was just reaching 6:00 pm and the bells of the local church were ringing. It sounded beautiful.
And then a dog came out on the road by me and a truck went by and struck it. It really stunned it and I am not sure how it turned out. Sad to say I could not go back, it frightened me too much. The truck did not stop either. I informed a woman walking her dog just a block or so from where it happened hoping she would see the dog or its owner.
We are camped by a small lake that is so calm you can see the reflection of the trees along the shore. They have canoes and pedal boats but our arrival at camp was too late to take advantage of either. We shared the campground with a family of ducks and you could hear the sounds of wildlife in the background. Tomorrow we head to New Brunswick where we will have a time change and can strike another province off our list. Our route map indicates it will be much easier terrain than we experienced in the last hour of today's ride. I hope so, I am on cook duty tomorrow evening.
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