Tuesday, August 5, 2008

August 4; 108 km; 1043M Vertical; overcast and rain





Waterloo to Island Brook
We started out in a steady rain and rode to Magog for a cup of tea at the Eastern Townships School Board (my former employer). We had tea with Nancy B, Allison, Caroline and Kathleen. Nancy even treated us to bananas and muffins. Thank you all. We then continued on our way to Lennoxville and Island Brook. At Island Brook we turned off the road to overnight at Ernie’s hunting and fishing lodge. Ernie was there to hand us a beer the minute we got off our bikes and he was the perfect host tonight We had moose sausage for starters and pasta with moose meat, mushroom and zucchini sauce for the main course. Moose meat has zero cholesterol and along with beer is renown as a health food. Ernie took good care of us. Today was our first full day in the Eastern Townships where we have been going up and down hill all day long. Today we climbed 1043 meters vertical, our best total since BC.

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