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Category: 2023 Gaspee Peninsula

  • 2023 Gaspésie Daily Log

    Following is the unfiltered writing from my trip journal. Saturday, 8/19/23 10:27 a.m. Matapedia We rode about 16 miles along the Riviere Restigouch. Pleasant riding; easy, long uphills, headwind but not bad, light traffic, shoulders not always great but road is good. Temp is perfect, clouds clearing. We’re at a lovely rest stop on the…

  • Campground or Motel?

    Campground or Motel?

    It used to be that, traveling on a budget, we always sought out a campground. Staying in a motel was only an option if the weather was bad or we couldn’t find a campground. Now in our elder years, we are a little more inclined to seek out a bit of luxury. A comfortable bed…

  • ‘O Canada’

    ‘O Canada’

    We’ve bicycled all over Canada – British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec. It’s a wonderful country.

  • Memorable Moments on the Gaspesie

    Memorable Moments on the Gaspesie

    On Saturday morning, August 19, 2023, we left our car at a Warm Showers home in Campbellton, New Brunswick and rode across the bridge to Quebec to begin our bicycle ride around the Gaspee Peninsula. We completed our journey thirteen days later, on Thursday, August 31. Thirteen days with no fast-food restaurants and no chain…

  • Parlez-vous l’Anglais?

    Parlez-vous l’Anglais?

    Our trip this year reinforced all that we love about the French province of Canada.

  • HILLS!

    HILLS!

    The road that wraps around the Gaspee Peninsula is part of Quebec’s Route Verte, a network of bicycle routes throughout Quebec. Ever since Rob and I first heard about it, we’ve been wanting to ride it, but twice when we set our sights on it, a health issue got in the way. This had to…