Blogs from Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada, North America
A Tale of Two Trails: Part One, It Was The Best of Trails
Published: July 27th 2011North America » Canada » Quebec » Rivière-du-Loup
July 16th 2011
It was the best of trails, it was the worst of trails. There were trails of fine gravel and rest stops, then there were trails destroyed by washouts and abuse. My route from Montreal followed the Route Verte due east towards Sherbrooke, then swung north to Quebec City. This portion of the Trans Canada Trail is a world class bike route that draws thousands of bicyclists of all ages each year, taking advantage of its carefully tended surface and immaculate picnic and rest stops along the way. Although it's not the most direct way of travelling between Montreal and Quebec, many retirees make the 600-odd kilometre journey during the summer, staying in the various Bed & Breakfasts along the way. Much of the trail has been converted from railway, so in addition to being straight and ... read more
March 11th 2011
(Photos courtesy of Michael Weinstein and John Carson: Many thanks) I sure wish I had been able to keep up better with this blog during the trip. It's so much easier to remember things that happened within a day or two rather than a week later. But our days were so long and I was so exhausted by the end of the day that I couldn't get to it. I would need all the sleep I could get before tackling another day on the trail. During dinner the night before, we all talked about getting an earlier start riding since we had somewhere near 200 miles to get back to Riviere du Loup from Matane. For a change, we had no mechanical issues to deal with and the trails should be well groomed. We started out ... read more
March 5th 2011
I arrived here in Riviere du Loup around 1:30 PM. It was about a 3-1/2 hour drive from Saint-Raymond, mainly because it was snowing the whole way. We're staying at a very nice hotel called the Hotel Universel. Really nice inside. Accommodations are very roomy and nice. The tour guide, Gary Pruitt, hasn't arrived yet. This place is really set up big time for motoneiges (snowmobiles). They have a fenced in lot for your truck and trailer and garages for your snowmachines. The truck and trailer will stay here for the 6 days we'll be touring the Gaspesie. I talked with 3 guys from the Toronto area and they just finished touring the Gaspe Peninsula and said it was fantastic. They said the scenery is unbelievable, better than their home province of Ontario!! I'm all settled ... read more
St Lawrence River - its much wider than the Murray!
Published: June 23rd 2009North America » Canada » Quebec » Rivière-du-Loup
June 22nd 2009
The french culture in Quebec is very evident in Riviere where english is little spoken. We had a most enjoyable stay with Carl et Lorraine who recommended a lovely french restaurant to us, overlooking the river which is 23km wide at this point. The next day we visited a Christmas museum that included nativity scenes from 24 countries and the biggest Xmas store in Canada. Then we drove along the river, enjoying several small villages including the town of Saint Jean Paul Joli, where there was a red roofed church dating back to 1779 and the Musee de Ancien Canadians, a museum dedicated to many skilled wood carvers located in the district. A fog or long white cloud was present over the river for the entire day.... read more
May 18th 2008
AHHHH lalala. Le temps passe vite, chose sûre! Voilà 1 an que je m'envolais, jour pour jour, en Suisse! Cette fois, je ne vais pas travailler, mais effectuer des stages dans mon domaine (géographie, environnement, agriculture bio, aide aux montagnards). Vous pourrez suivre mes aventures sur ce blog: et non sur facebook, ni sur mon skyblog. Laissez vos commentaires, il me fera plaisir de vous lire! ... read more
Itinéraire prévu au 28 juin 07!!
Published: June 28th 2007North America » Canada » Quebec » Rivière-du-Loup
June 28th 2007
Nous sommes à St-Clément, chez les parents de Mélanie, dans le Bas-du-Fleuve, à 13 jours du départ! Nous en sommes à préparer scrupuleusement un itinéraire de voyage... dans lequel - et c'est maintenant officiel! - les parents à Mélanie ainsi que François (frère de Mélanie) et Sabine (sa copine) - viendront nous rejoindre! Voici donc une partie d'ébauche d'itinéraire (tout de même très officieux car nous voulons nous garder toute liberté une fois là-bas...) - Arrivée à Lima: 12 juillet 07, vers minuit ou 1ham (ça c'est officiel, du moins on le souhaite!!) ; - Direction sud vers le Chili: quelque part en juillet; - Visite sommaire de quelques lieux au Chili...; - Argentine: quelque part en juillet ou août jusqu'aux abords de septembre ou moins ou plus!; - Quelques saucettes en Uruguay ou Paraguay: qui ... read more
