I know I've raved about what a fantastic experience La Route
Verte is already, but really, I (we) just can't rave enough about how much fun we had cycling in
Québec. I think the one detail I forgot to mention about La Route is that it provided us with numerous opportunities to meet other cyclists. We made friends with Benjamin, who was training for a
triathlon and who lead us on a reckless
whirlwind ride through
Montréal, and Ken and Adrian, who were biking from the Yukon and Victoria respectively and with whom we passed a fun afternoon biking and chatting on the way to
Rivière du Loup, and Anton who had biked across Asia--ALL of Asia--then flew from Japan to Vancouver and biked home to
Québec, a trip that had taken him over two years. Anton's legs? Were like
grain silos. It was just great fun to have other cyclists zipping in and out of our days and sharing a piece of our adventure with us.
The other great thing about La Route
Verte is that is takes you right from
Rivière du Loup to
Edmundston, New Brunswick on a tree-lined trail. It was two of the best days of riding we had on the trip, with lush scenery, lakes, and rivers and even a few wheat crops! I could go on, but I think the pictures speak for themselves (and I have a ridiculous 20 minute time limit at this Internet cafe!).
