Day 65, Tuesday, July 29, Plaisance, Quebec

Would you believe, we left the seemingly endless province of Ontario today. After a two day rest in Ottawa, we left our respective billets (me with Lorna and Ian in Blackburn Hamlet; David and Brenda, Dave and Pat and Adele with Nancy and Paul in Kanata and in between Jim and Ute with Elizabeth and Ed and Yvonne with Lynne) and met at predetermined spots along the Western and Eastern Parkway to be led out of Ottawa on its fabulous bike routes. I had the shortest ride to Cumberland where we crossed to Quebec on a small ferry to Masson, Quebec!

After a quick lunch Nancy, Renaud and Ed returned to Ottawa and we continued along highway 148 to a “national campground” (meaning Quebec provincial campground) at Point Plaisance. On the highway we had shoulders with lines and no hills but reasonably heavy traffic including quite a few trucks. The campground itself was about 7 km from the highway on an island in the Ottawa River. Some riders had covered 100 km today, while I got off lucky with just over 60.

After supper we celebrated our new province with cake and our fifth candle to commemorate yet another province conquered. We had an additional ceremony when we burned our Ontario maps…. Submitted by Carol.