76km/47m, 4hrs10mins, 18.3kph/11.4mph, 91m/295ft of climbing.
The day started poorly. I left my watch and sunglasses in a bathroom in the hostel, and didn't realise until I was ready to leave an hour or so later. Inevitably, they were gone. However, I've replaced the sunglasses for a few dollars and I'd brought my cheapest watch. And what do I need a watch for anyway? I have no appointments to keep.
Perfect cycling weather, not too hot, very little wind, dry. I opted for a navigation-free day, simply riding the highway 148 along the bank of the St. Lawrence for as far as I wanted to go. Not a route I'd have chosen normally, but it's Sunday and I guessed - rightly as it turned out - that there'd be very little traffic. So, a pleasant and easy day, and maybe the flattest route I've ever cycled.
The St Lawrence is some river. I'd been riding beside it for many kilometres before I grasped that what I had thought was the opposite bank was in fact an island, and there was an equal breadth of water on the far side. Immense, and still about 800km before it gets to the sea.
Tonight in a nice little motel absolutely on the riverbank. I like motels, they all seem perfectly happy to let the bike stay in the room with me. Tomorrow, back to camping in a National Park.
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