Today was a really hard day of riding…probably one of the toughest.
Once out of Lorette we headed on Route 40 towards Trois Rivière turning on to Route 138, then Route 640……all of it was highway, with multiple lanes. We kept telling ourselves that once we hit Route 15 it would be a lot better, no highway….because it only had 2 numbers……Route 15 was even more challenging than all the other highways put together….4 lanes of swapping cars, transports, you name it…we moved to the outside lane so that we only had to worry about what was coming at us from one side…bumper to bumper traffic (and we don’t have bumpers…). All the chaos and traffic didn’t seem to bother the two wild turkeys munching on grass on the median though…..I hope they are careful crossing the road for whatever reason.
The up side was that we would be Nepean, just outside of Ottawa for two nights, giving us a much needed down day…no riding required. Friends from Toronto are coming to join us on the second night so we have that to look forward to.
Larry and I used the down day to get my bike looked after and to get me a new helmet. We accomplished all of this before major rain moved in and before our friends arrived.
The night was apparently filled with crashing thunder and sky lighting illumination…none of which I saw as I slept as sound as a mouse. We had a lovely supper at Moxie’s, got to spend some time with our very special friends. All of the highway riding, somehow was worth it.
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