Lac Morency – Day 5 – Montreal

Sadly, our time in Lac Morency came to a close this morning, but at least we had a day of riding in Montreal to anticipate. The drive to Montreal was about an hour. Then the drive home was six hours plus stopping time. We still had groceries remaining, that we brought with us, that allowed...

Lac Morency – Day 4 – Prévost to Blaineville

It was minus one when we got up so we decided to relax a bit before heading out in the hope that the sun would come out and warm up the day. We headed south from Prévost. Only the first 3 or 4km were on grit today, with the rest paved. It was cold, but...

Lac Morency – Day 3 – Saint-Agathe-des-Monts to Mont-Tremblant

We decided to get an earlier start today since we had a 35 minute drive to Saint-Agathe-des-Monts, the turnaround point on our ride two days ago. We actually drove away a few minutes before the aspirational leaving time. It wasnt raining when we left, and the forecast was only 30% chance of rain, however, as...

Lac Morency – Day 2 -Rain

We knew rain was forecast to begin in the morning with the bulk of it early then tapering to an amount that isn’t terrible to ride in - at least that what’s the forecast said. It turned out that we should have been riding from 7am to 10 because when we arrived in Prévost as...

Lac Morency – Day 1 – Prévost to Saint-Agathe

The day started cool, but beautifully sunny, with light streaming into our accommodation. We made and ate breakfast, and then drove the narrow hilly road 8km to the P’Tit Train du Nord in Prévost. Here we are ready to leave Auberge du lac Morency, bikes loaded. There is plentiful free parking at many places along...

Lac Morency – Travel Day

Cindy has a time share that she needed to use, and given the pandemic she did not want to travel to the US, so she looked for a cycling friendly place in Canada, and invited me to join her at the Auberge du Lac Morency north of Montreal in the Laurentians. It is only 8km...

Welland Wine Country Loop – Day 6

We planned a route, starting in Welland, around wine country to the northwest of Welland. I started with a route that the Brampton Cycling Club created. They have an account on RidewithGPS with all their routes. I planned a route from Welland to the nearest point on the Helen Bick Memorial Niagara ride and then...

Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 5

This morning we were all downstairs and ready to ride just before our agreed upon time of 8:30. We seem to be getting the hang of this. We spent a lot of time at Niagara Falls. The town was strangely deserted as we arrived last night and continued to be even at the falls this...

Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 4

There was a forecast of rain for the first two hours today, but we didn’t get a drop and with a mix of sun and cloud and high in the low 20s it was a perfect day for cycling. There always seem to be some hiccoughs and today was no exception with missing the departure...

G2G – Blyth to Guelph – Day 3

The Hotel Lux in Blyth was a treat. There were only three rooms and we booked them all. We were provided with codes for the front door, bike room, and bedrooms. The rooms were luxurious with Prosecco and cheese, chocolate covered pretzels, Werthers candies, and fresh local cream for our coffee. Having a bike room...