C'est pleut! (It is raining)

The trip from Rivière Du Loup to Edmunston was a mix of cloud and Sun. The day was gorgeous as it wasn't to hot.  There is an old railway that runs to Edmunston which has been converted into a gorgeous trail. The first half is all up hill at a gentle incline of 2%. The second half is all downhill at 2% and the 3rd half is generally flat.  It must be the gravel trail that slowed me down as those km seemed rather long. It took me the day of biking to make it to the little town on the North side of Edmunston called St. Jacque.

I did meet some nice people on the trail. One gent from Germany was biking the trans-canada trail. And another couple strangely enough from Cochrane who now live by Quebec City were doing a small excursion down to Edmunston. It is sadly funny that they left Cochrane for the same driving reason that I have. They were hounded by bi-law enforcement over the stupidest of things.  I have the same issues myself.

But back to the trail. It winds along through the forest through and by many small towns. It also hugged a very long  big beautiful lake.  There are many places to stop and rest as well as tent. I was surprised that there were way-stations that you could stop at and eat.

So this must be a very very popular trail.

I was happy to finally reach NB and did a little dance at to border. The town of St. Jacque has a nice provincial camp ground next to a beautiful botanical garden. It was late so I just peeked at the garden.  The town was funny. There was a Tim Hortons, a small convenience grocery store, a couple of lunch type restaurants, a single pub and a sex shoppe. Yes of all things. And there wasn't even a liquor store.

So I stopped in at the pub and met many many nice people and pushed my donations to over $240.

Location : 382-392 Connell St, Woodstock, NB E7M 5G5,