St Jean Port Joli 97 klm

Wow did it rain in the night. I was up at my usual time but had a slow breakfast and then walked around town and up to the fort. Texted and chatted before packing up.

I took an empty ferry across to the south side and started riding about 11.

Quebec from the ferry

I had a great bike highway for the first 15 klm heading east along the shore. After that is was a secondary highway with

a good paved shoulder and little traffic. It was very windy but it was at my back! Many times I was cruising  along at 35+ kph hardly working at all. At times it clouded over and rained a bit then the sun would come out and it would be almost hot. But always windy. I stopped at a nice place for lunch and had venison sausage which was good.  I chatted with some cyclists who were riding the other way and complaining about the wind. When I said I was headed for Halifax they said "what, another one?".  I was the 3rd they had met.

I stopped at a bike shop in one of the villages  to have them check out my bike. I was having trouble shifting the front gears without the chain coming off. I ended up having the chain and rear cassette replaced. I knew it was overdue. Shifting is much better but I have some fine tuning to do in the morning .  At about 5:30 I stopped at a campground in St Jean St Joli. Nothing special but it has very nice showers etc and is a short walk to restaurants and stores. It even has wifi. Nicer weather is in store for tomorrow.