Alfred Ont to St. Eustache QC
Depart: 8:00 am
Arrive: 4:30 pm
Daily Distance: 105.75km
Time: 5:53:46
Odo: 5066.7 km
Max.48.3 km/hr
Avg speed: 17.9 km/hr
Weather: Overcast/showers 20 degrees Wind SE 10
Roads: Flat
Shoulders Ont (C-). QC (A)
Left Ont. For the last time today just shy of the 5000km mark and was glad to see the last of the Ont. Highways.
Entering QC I got right onto the 'route verte' which a network of dedicated bike routes that consists of either a wide marked shoulder or seperated paved trails.
I managed to go the whole day without seeing a tractor/trailer and never once got forced onto a gravel shoilder.
Signage on the trail can be confusing but as always there is always a kind stranger to help me out as happened today near Carrilon. Another problem is lack of information at the Info centres, the host just don't seem to know a lot about the bike routes.
The route verte is an excellent concept that should be adopted by every province and I think in time, will be.
Tomorrow Laval and hoping to get near Trois Rivieres.
