Boy, an 11 hour train ride must have really done me in. I didn’t wake up til after 6 and crawled out at 7:30. I slept good in the nice cool nite air.
I spent the day doing errands and just checking out the town. We will actually be staying in one of the establishments here on the 17th. I know where all the important things are; post office, pharmacy, grocery store, restaurants, and our accommodation.
I did laundry, cleaned my bike and walked over four miles today. Checked out the beach but I’m just not a water person so only sat out there for a half hour. Boring.
This is a beautiful area. When the train came out of the boggy forest yesterday, all of a sudden we were back in rich farm land and had beautiful vistas of lac st. Jean. The next few days should be spectacular.
I mentioned that people here like to practice their English.
Well, the camp ground host really thinks hard to come up with the words she wants to use but she does a good job. And the waitress tonite was fun. She kept asking me how to say a certain thing and we used hand signals a lot. She tried to explain to me the menu that was totally French and I had one of the best tacos ever so we communicated ok. She knows a fair amount but still struggles with vocabulary. So I in turn asked her how to say some basic things. My biggest problem is the accent and we had a good laugh. It is really fun having a conversation where we both are struggling. I’ll be ok here.
Looking forward to meeting my riding buddies tomorrow.
BikerAl Across America 2018 