A little bit about this part of my ride. Janice organized this ride and asked me if I’d like to join. Since I was headed to Ottawa about the time this ride started, I decided to add it to my cross country ride. This ride started in Alma, Quebec and we are riding the Blueberry route around lac St. Jean and then heading easterly to ride part of all the maritime provinces.
Janice knows everyone and all of us know one or more of the riders. I rode the 2008 Orient express ride with Bill, Janice, and Karen. Some rode am African route together and others rode from Russia to Italy. So we are all connected by one ride or another. Janice is the only one who knows all of us.
There will be a couple others join us at a later date and some will leave early, but some of us will do the entire route ( me included). So far we have three Americans, four Aussies, four Canadians and one German. We are very congenial and get along great so far.
Rooming accommodations change every day and we just laugh and go with the flow.
This trip will end in St John”s New Foundland on Aug 24th when I will fly back to Ohio for two weeks before embarking on Adventure Cycling’s route 66 ride from Chicago to Santa Monica which ends on Oct 29th.
Today’s ride was another beautiful ride on bike paths, the first of which meandered through a wooded area. Lots of twists and turns and little rolling hills. I loved it. The last 10 miles ran right along the highway but was either on a wide shoulder or bike path. Rain threatened but we only got sprinkles.
Photo of Michael, our beloved mechanic, from yesterday.
A front yard we passed today on our ride. Nice blueberry theme.
Bill, playing an organ across the street from our hostel. The hostel owner had the keys to the church and let us in to see it and so Bill could play the organ. Fun time.
34 miles today. 2699.3 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 
Sounds like a real enjoyable part of your vacation! Love the international component of your group! Also, those blueberry “lawn ornaments” are one of a kind.
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