September 8-9th down the home stretch

We took our time getting up and about Sept. 8th because the first thing Gayle had to do was get her hair done at noon. While she was at the stylists I worked on the " Blog" and planned our travel route for the next several days. Researching the weather prognosis for the week had me thinking that we should just leave and ride home directly without fulfilling my desire of riding through the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

                          Hi lites once again:)

Once I picked Gayle up in Kanata we rode via March Road to Almonte to visit with Sue and Mike  prior to going out to supper at the Riverside in that great little town. We played catchup on the summer as we hadn't seen them for several months. So good to see the advances made on their condos and that life is good for them. Some visits are just too short.

                                                Sue Evans and Michael Dunn

We returned to our motel after dark for the first time on our journey. Autumn is just around the corner!

We left  the nation's capital during morning rush hour but did OK getting through traffic and street construction to Gatineau and off towards Montreal. Traffic was grid locked heading towards Ottawa but very light heading our way east. I had decided to stay north of Montreal and stayed on highway 40 all the way to Quebec City. We crossed the Pierre Laporte Bridge for the first time ever and boy was it windy! Shades of riding on the Prairies! We rode to Rivière du Loup before calling it quits for the day. Highway 20  on the south side of the St. Lawrence river was definitely blustery and busier traffic wise than what we found on the north side highway 40 earlier in the day. You just knew that the weather was changing with wind like that!

Up early for our last ride of the journey. Continental breakfast load the bike and ride. Took the opportunity to stop once we were inside NB. No room on the highway to park and get a photo with the Welcome to New Brunswick sign. But we did pull into the airport and took these shots to answer Mike Dunn's question from the other night, "Is the Lancaster still there?"

Light Tuesday traffic allowed me to set the bike on "cruise" for most of the TC run and we pulled into our yard by 1pm Atlantic Time. Happy to have stayed ahead of the changing weather (rain) and to be home after 81 days on the road!

                                         You can't see the smile,but it's there.

                          Now......what's next?

Thanks for following us on our first major bike journey. It was good to have you along.