Well, two weeks after leaving Goose Bay, we finally made it back to civilization! It was a few weeks filled with mostly gravel road, lots of great wilderness campsites and sunsets, lots of dusty days and big trucks flying past us, and LOTS of steep steep hills. If we are not in shape for the rockies after this, we never will be. Our bikes held up great, with the exception of shredding only one tire, for which we had a spare. And the high prices of food and snacks and dealing with lots of dirt road construction was worth it for the priceless feeling of finishing what all the locals said we were crazy for trying. And now, we are happy to be on pavement and a place where there are POEPLE to talk to! With nearly 2 months and 2300 miles under our tires, we are now headed west and on to the mainland of our cross canada adventure!
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| Paved Paradise |
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The dirt behind the grader is way to soft unless you follow in its foot steps
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| Dorkas works in the Scale shack weighing all the big dumptrucks that kept passing us. She then dumped a truck load of food onto our bikes. |
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| Safety is our number one goal here at churchill falls.... We toured the hydro electric plant 1000ft under ground...shocking |
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| CBC news interviewed us in Labrador city |
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| You don`t really begin to feel like your in a different country until you don`t speak the language. This is the border of where English is no longer normal, and we are so helpless when it comes to french. |
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| uhhh Canada is big. Spending our day hiding from the rain. |
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| These guys are also hiding from the rain. |
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| We biked 100 miles in one day just to end with this. Now thats a real century ride. Hopefully the bike computer is Y2K compliant. |
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| Worn out after a 100 mile day. 45 miles of which, was dirt. |
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| This is what it looks like everytime a truck passes you in either direction. |
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| pedaling through the ``eye of Quebec`` |
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| Trail Showers |
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| Sunset in Rimouski |
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| The very small LDS branch in Rimouski, thanks again Elders for translating. |
Wonderful Scenery, without the dust.
ReplyDeleteI suppose they went in the hole building that hydro plant.
How do you now replace your spare tire?
Seeing those bugs mean you haven’t eaten dinner yet?
Wow that would be wierd to have everything in French! Glad u found a church:) I looked up the eye of quebec and it looked way cool!!
ReplyDeleteLoved all the pics! Glad to see you had "friends" while hiding from the rain. Everybody needs a little company now and then.
ReplyDeleteDan and I should have come with you! He would have been a great translator! What fun adventures you guys are having! we are super jealous as we are forced to work each day! pretty much the beach is the only "cool" thing here...and it is sooooo hot it almost isn't enjoyable! ps. humidity sucks! we have a stable address here in alabama now! and I saw you met up with elder gelines? awesome! you guys are biking your brains out! So are you still on target to make it all the way through cananda? If you are anywhere near New York and niagra falls we are planning to be there on august 12th! Either way, We will face canada and wave at you guys! looks like you are having a blast! keep pedaling! and let us know your next big pitstop/city where we could possibly mail you something! also let me know if you have any requests like american chocolate....more peanut butter...etc. love you guys!
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