Montreal is pretty bicycle friendly. Many dedicated bike lanes on various streets, separated by barriers. Lots of commuters take public transit to downtown, then pick up bikes from kiosks to get to their workplaces.
7/22: First 25 miles riding North are mostly dedicated bike lanes following bike route #5. The bad news is that sometimes it detours from the most direct route (#138) which adds mileage.
Hundreds of seagulls overhead near Repentigny.
luckily, no bombs fell on me!
Typical view of St. Laurence from rte 138.
Ended the day at Berthierville after 65 mile ride.
7/23: 70 mile ride to stay at the lovely and inexpensive ($70)
Auberge du Manoir Dauth in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. Main house was built in 1842 and is still in the hands of the family that built it.
Across the bridge is the town church. Almost every small town up here has a large church similar to this in the town center.
7/24: Rode up to Quebec, mostly following Chemin du Roy (El Camino Real for us homies). Stupid Bing maps showed my hotel being downtown... so I rode there and discovered that there was no hotel there...
After calling the hotel for directions I discovered to my displeasure that I had to backtrack about 5 miles. At least the stay was free, as I had accumulated enough Best Western points for a free night.
The bad news: I was pretty far from Quebec's culinary center (old city). The good news is that it's Quebec. The food is excellent even in suburban restaurants.
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