Did I say construction yesterday?
Oh my. About 5 km outside Riviere de Loop, we began to see signs about a "closed" road. We were a bit concerned because the suggested detour was to go on Hwy 20 - a 4 lane controlled access road similar to the 401 in Ontario.
We came to a flag person who promised that while the road was closed it would be ok for bikes - we would just need to watch out. Watch out we did.
Our next 10 km included a LOT of gravel and dirt. It also included carefully timing our progress to miss when the excavator was swinging across the road, Steering around a number of dump trucks, and being directed to us the back yard of several private residences. Seriously though, it was nice of the construction guys to get us through as I am not sure how we would have made it otherwise. The road WAS torn up. They were taking it down to bedrock, and I was glad Chris was with me to confirm my read of the blasting warning signs.
After the construction the rest of the day was very much smooth sailing.
Or at least mostly smooth. We are starting to get into the hilly part of the trip. It is NOT good news when you see a 2 km to passing lane, most times this means a major workout is coming.
We traveled a total of 110 Km today, so our total is now up to 940 km.
We are moving into countryside that reminds me of northern Ontario, and is rugged and beautiful.
I have found all this biking has made sleeping on almost anything, quite enjoyable.
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