June 17 - a ride to Cape Spear, the most Easterly Point in Canada.
June 16 - 81 kms rain, headwinds and tough riding. St Johns! and completion of Canada.
June 15 - expected easterly headwinds 35 km/hr and rain. Doug's going to try to ride but will adjust accordingly. He needs to be in St John's by 9:30 pm to watch the Stanley Cup Final game.
June 14 - Cross Roads near Whitbourne. 86 km
June 13 - at Trailside Motel a bit north of Churchills, Goobies, and Sunnyside. 80 kms done today
June 12 - staying at Clode Sound Motel & Restaurant in Terra Nova National Park. near Charlottetown Nfld. A very cold day. 100 km.
June 11 - Gander (I hear it's very cold and Doug has 4 layers on! (Lynda's happy to be at home) 90 kms
June 10 Grand Falls-Windsor 27km and a much needed rest day. Thank you generous people at the Peyton Hotel. And a Canucks Hockey win!
June 9 Badger. 86 very hard kms riding into headwinds, one turn of the pedal at a time. Highlight of the day was the generousity of the man who treated Doug to lunch.
June 8 Sheppardville, 100 kms Headwinds are strong but the weather is good.
June 7 Ride to Deer Lake...that's Newfoundland, not Burnaby. 50 km.
June 5/6 Two days riding 200 kms to Corner Brook.
Hockey's on!
June 3/4 Travelling days. Bus to Sydney, overnight Ferry to Port aux Basques 40 kms riding.
Lynda's heading home to Vancouver.
May 30 - Moncton TOTAL kms 1060.
May 26 - to Hartland, home of the worlds longest covered bridge. 60 kms along the St John River.
May 25 - Bus from Riviere du Loup to Perth Andover, skipping all the hills and wilderness.
May 24 - Riviere du Loup 95 km with perfect conditions with winds behind us all day up to 45 km hr...what fun! and warm (except for the 25 minute hail/rain storm that pounded and soaked us). Perfect view of sunset on the St Lawrence River from our motel room.
May 23 Winds at our back and sunny - today 80 kms and arrived at St-Jean-Port-Joli a very special place. We've met some interesting people and seen some fascinating sights.
May 22th - headwinds were not kind to us yesterday. Sunshine but steady 25 km/hr Easterly gusting to 44 km/hr!!!! I got blown around a lot! And hills! We found the hills - going up! 59km . Having fun yet? Happy Birthday Doug.
May 20 we stayed at our first Warm Showers hosts - Sharon and Andre in Trois Riviere. The cared for us - dinner laundry breakfast and rode with us for about 20 km in the AM. We even met the mayor of Trois Riviere. May 21
Mother Nature is a bit kinder today did 87 km on Thurs and about 70 on Friday.
May 19 - It's 5 AM and I hear the rain outside.
May 18 Started the day with a soul-warming breakfast and although raining, was warmer and less windy. Rain stopped around 2:00 and the sun peaked out for a bit later in the afternoon. Lovely riding today, lots of beautiful farmland, towns and "estates", history and the St Lawrence. 67 kms. This is what it's all about!
May 17 Very strong headwinds all day and COLD but no rain. 53 kms in 5 1/2 tough hours. A haven at le Gite de L'heritage B&B with hosts Reine & Jean-Guy Bouchard.
She is a chef extroirdinaire and fed us a homemade made-with-love petite breakfast that could stand against the best in the world! I wonder what the grande breakfast would be like. In the morning, after a serenade by guitar playing Jean-Guy and beautiful bassett hound Adele, we were sent off with a bag of fresh mini muffins and homemade croissants.
May 16, 2011 - 52 kms but a huge amount of effort. Head winds, side winds, rain, cold and uphill grade for a lot of the way. Lachute, Quebec.
May 15, 2011 - Left Ottawa in the pouring rain . By the time we were over the Quebec border, the rain stopped and we had a very pleasant overcast day, fairly flat and a very nice bike route, no more rain. Very strong (and frustrating) headwinds completed 87 kms.
May 14, 2011 Thank you to the guys at Power Cycle for fixing up our bikes on short notice. Rain, rain go away. We bought umbrellas.
May 13, 2011 Getting our bikes together after the flight from Vancouver. Weather is very warm and muggy (Lynda says "perfect")
Weather prediction is rain for a few days.
