At the 30 km mark things changed. We were out of the hills and riding along a man made seawall. The road was flat, flat, flat and one can only imagine how bad the terrain must have been above us in the hills that they would have went to the expense of building the road out in the water. Of course this comes with a 'but', a large 'but'! Our nemesis, the wind, made an ugly appearance chilling us to the bone and keeping our speed at a maximum of 13 km per hour on a totally 'flat' road. Brutal!!!!
We did ,however, enjoy some of today's ride. Well maybe 'enjoy' is a little bit strong. Up in the hills we saw some of the Appalachian fall colours once again. We had the unique experience of riding along the edge of the water enjoying the seabird life up close. We were able to chat with them as we rode slowly along. Funny, they did not seem to be responding to us. We were pleasantly surprised that we actually arrived at our campground by 1:30 as we were prepared to probably not arrive until 4:30 or 5:00.
We are camping at Parc et Mer Mont Louis located in the small town of Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis. It is probably one of the cleanest and best kept parks we have ever stayed in. The washrooms are spotless!
Daily Distance = 51.80 km. Time on the Bikes = 4 hours 38 minutes. Average Speed = 11.17 km. (down, down, down!). Maximum Speed = 62.92 km. Wildlife Sightings = Groundhog, Moose (Kevin only as Sue was not flying down the hill quite as fast!), Ring-Billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Black Backed Gulls, Black Guillemots, Spotted Sandpipers.
Sunrise from our Room...Again!
Fall Colours
Where did the Road go? Yes we walked up this one.
Sea Wall Highway
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