We took just a few turns from our starting point and were on our way out of the city. We stayed on the same highway from Gatineau right to Lachute, which was about 130 km away. The shoulder was actually a designated bike route which was fairly wide. It was perfect. Then it rained. A lot.
It rained the last two thirds of the day, which meant it wasn’t super hot, which was good for the cyclists. The only downside was they were drenched.
We finally arrived in Lachute and after getting lessons on how to order particular donuts at Tim Horton’s (by the girl working there), we started hunting for a hotel. There were no campgrounds within 40 km of where we were, so a nice dry hotel room with a shower would be heaven for the cyclists after today’s ride. We haven’t had to get a hotel room since our first night on the trip in Surrey.
We crammed a lot of our junk into the hotel room immediately after getting the key. Our “roof bag” that is on the van was soaked. It included all of our tents and sleeping bags, so it wouldn’t be very good to sleep in them tonight anyway. Instead we’re drying them out.The one downside to this hotel is that it was the last room and is a smoking room, and being allergic to smoke, it’s not the best for me. Fingers crossed I don’t wake up feeling like garbage tomorrow morning.
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