Quebec to Boston - end of the ride

Mon 07/22Full day's ride to Victoriaville QC.  Some on bike path, most on provincial highways. A nice little town, whose main industry is a large dairy.  The Comfort Inn was great..  Free laundry, and a functional PC.

Good rides start at a good bakery.  Paillard is one of Quebec cities best... certainly the busiest.

Much of the ride to Victoriaville had dedicated
bike trails.  Took these until they turned to gravel.

Tue 07/23
Hilly ride to Sherbrooke.  Went into downtown (hotel was 6 miles SW of town) for dinner on the way, but both places I had picked out were closed for summer vacation... so I ended up adding about 8 miles to my ride with some extra hills.  That said, it's a lovely town with a vibrant downtown.  

Wed 07/24

-->Shortly before crossing back into the USA, stopped into Auberge Le Sunshine, a small french bakery in Stanstead, Quebec.  Crossed border at a very unassuming single-lane CBP station.  A small red building with a carport. Made my way to Barton VT.   Nice log cabin.  Met a nice family from Montreal by a fire pit next to the small river that runs through the property.
Thurs 07/25
Stayed at Nootka lodge in Woodsville.  Really nice place, constructed entirely of large logs.  Right down the street is a Walmart... so got my dinner there, since I ate a late lunch.

Fri 7/26
Weather getting warmer.  High 80's, low 90's and lots of hills.  A horrible Super 8 in Tilton. No computer, smoking room, Really shabby.  Another in-room dinner of cereal and milk.  Glad to be out of there.

Sat. 7/27
Kittery ME.  This is the southern-most town in ME.  Right on the NH border (Portsmouth).  Kittery is more a working town.  Portsmouth has much more tourist appeal.  Scored a great lobster dinner at Murray's Lobster House, which is about 2 mi. from my hotel just on the ME side of the bridge.  Dinner was about $36 for two 1-lb lobsters including potato and an extensive salad / soup bar. 

Sun. 7/28
Scored a nice croissant in Portsmouth, NH (Elephantine Bakery).  Then a pleasant ride down the coast.  Just north of Hampton Beach, I dropped into Ray's lobster house for lunch

Large lobster roll.  It's all lobster meat inside

But man... this was a hot ride.  By the time I stopped for dinner, around 6, it was about 94°.  I was still about 7 miles from Mechuen, MA... but the restaurant (Buono Bistro) had A/C, and by the time I left, the sun was not nearly as strong, and temperature had dropped to 87.

Fantastic roast duck with squash cubes under the duck.
So glad I ducked in to get out of the heat!

The next 2 days will be spent visiting relatives in the Boston area before taking the bike to Amtrak to ship it to SJ, and taking a flight from Logan to SFO on Wed. 8/1 morning.

Final map update:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8259019,-106.2568096,4z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1s1VcgH5E3nUHkroyi9MB-IqcSvNsCVAItp?hl=en

Ride Stats

Distance bicycled	Total Vertical
2,932 miles	73,000 feet