Instead of taking Hwy 132 and the brutal 14% climb, we bicycled back to l'Anse-au-Griffon to take La Route Verte. We ran into Mr Rochefort on the road and he gave us a toot and a wave. We also discovered a very nice little restaurant that for some reason seemed unknown to the tourist information folks. After a nice breakfast, we hit the bike trail that crosses the park. It was a nice and relatively easy 10 km with some hills, gorgeous scenery and folks on horses. On the other side, we got back to the 132 and the hills. We stopped for juice in Rose-Bridge at a stand ran by kids who were raising money. It was well worth the stop. We had a nice head wind all the way to Gaspé. As we neared Gaspé, we encountered more hills and the road was horrible and without a shoulder to ride on.
The hotel was awesome and as expected located at the top of a hill. A real bonus is that we could hit downtown Gaspé by walking down what had to be a 20% hill. It was work heading back to the hotel. We ran into 3 American cyclists who told us about a by-pass route in order to avoid the hill getting to Percé the next day.
We enjoyed an outside concert, had a lovely dinner and walked back up the hill to the hotel. Just before heading inside we turned to the water hoping to catch a glimpse of the sculpture by Armand Vaillancourt. Hélène booked us in a hotel within full view of the sculpture that so moves her! Incredible.
Mileage 53 kms (
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3045581)
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| What does it look like in winter |
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| Our first multi-use path |
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| Sharing the trail |
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| Raising funds for Montreal's Sainte Justine Hospital |
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| Can you see it? |
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