Day 73, Wednesday, Aug. 6, Sebka campsite (near Saint Andre), 67 km

Tents were dry this morning and we left in good spirits. However, we soon had a headwind which stayed with us all day, only growing in velocity. A local cyclist said that this was unusual as normally it was less strong and out of the west.

Near Village des Aulnaies we left Hwy #132 and went onto the bike path which had a crushed gravel surface. The path was quite close to the St. Lawrence River which was quite wide at this point and so we were even more exposed to the headwinds. We picked up new maps at the info center at Ville de la Pocatiere and continued on the bike path for another 5 kilometers; we had an unexpected portage over a wide ditch in which a culvert was being installed.

St. Denis, our proposed coffee stop, had no services so we continued on to Kamouraska which is a lovely destination, full of cyclists and tourists. We had lunch/coffee and decided to head to Saint Andre and reassess our destination for the day.

So here we stayed after a day of slogging against the wind and averaging 15 kph. The campsite was run by a environmental group and was quite lovely.