The route. After I got into Nova Scotica I got a little pissed off cause I kind thought that Halifax was even further east than it actually is. I kinda assumed that it was where Sidny is. I really should have looked at a map before I started cause if I did Sydny would have been the goal and not Hali.

Day #50 Masstown to Halifax, 123 km.

Woke up with the tent and grass covered in ice and was glad to
be finished with the trip. Started early and in ideal
conditions. As soon as I got on the road storm clouds arrived
and I was getting pissed on. 40 kms outside of Halifax my knee went on me and I could hardly use it at all, and I got into Hali on the busiest day
of the year. Thanks to the Stones concert, NHL hockey and the a
multitude of other stuff going on every single hotel room was
booked. I planned to spend the night in the 24 hour casino but
through a weird coincidence found a room at one of the hostel.
Celebrated with a glass of pulp free orange juice and went to
bed at 9. I made it.

I really gotta find some other stuff to take pictures of. Cause everything is starting to look the same.

Day #49 Moncton to Masstown, 158 km.

I took my time getting out of camp cause the weather was great
and I wanted to savor every minute of my second last day.

A great day although the scenery was somewhat redundant.

Day #48 Fredericton to Moncton, 181 km.

A good day. Flat, strong tail wind and perfect weather. Was
interviewed on CBC radio Found a hostel and crashed there,
nothing more to say.

An example of some of the old houses of Fredricton.

Day #47 Woodstock to Fredericton, 119 km.

A miserable day, since I was well on track to finish the thing
and since I had such a good time in Quebec City I thought that
I’d try to replicate the fun in New Brunswick’s capital. Well
my friends Fredericton is not Quebec city, but I did stay in a
hostel yet again.

I nearly died on that bridge.

Day #46 St. Leonard to Woodstock, 149 km.

Slept in cause I was still jet lagged and not used to the time
change. There was a time change in N.B. I had a grunt of a
day. Killer head winds and hilly terrain. I don’t think that I
ever had her up over about 15kph for more than a few minutes. I
was worn down by 7 pm when I got off my bike. I saw the sun for
the first time in 3 days today and that helped a little. It was
the closest to death that I came as I crossed the St. John’s
river and a truck nearly hit me.

The pic dosen't do it justice. The colors really were pretty good on this day.

Day #45 Riviere du Loup to St. Leonard, 163 km.

Cold wet rain, drizzle, hail most of the day, but good news is
that itr was a very hilly day. It felt like I did nothing but
climb from Riviere du Loup and there are nothing better tan
hills to make you sweat and warm you up. This would have also
been the day with the best leaves of the tour. Finally getting into
N.B. was nice too.

Flat, flat, flat.

Day #44 Quebec City to Riviere du Loup, 195 km.

An awesome day, big kms ad all without breaking a sweat.
Everyone should get the opportunity to do a ride like this. I
really wanted to get to Riviere du Loup, so I woke up early and
was biking by about 7:30. Took the ferry across the river and
pulled onto the high way and to my delight had a big, big time
tail wind. The villages I went through were very cool and
outside of the rain I got 5 km from the campsite that totally
soaked me and made the night miserable for me it was a good day.

Quebec, Quebec. The city so nice they named it twice. And because I like it so much I'm giving you a double shot of pics.

Day #43 Trois Rivieres to Quecbec City, 141 km.

The weather was nearly perfect, rode all day with some swiss guy
I met in Trois Rivieres, the scenery was great, the leaves were
changing and to arrive in a city like that is a perfect end to
the day. Stayed at a hostel hooked up with four dudes that I
met at the Trois Rivieres hostel and had a blast. I almost
stayed another day cause I had so much fun. Getting to QC was
cool cause it was another one of those landmark days for me. I
was really impressed that I made it there from Ottawa let alone
Vancouver. An outstanding day one of the best of the tour.

One of the unique things about Quebec are the churches. There are tons of them, they are visible from miles away and they all look like small versions of Chartres Cathedral. I haven't figured out if there are way less in the rest of Canada, but it very well may be that they are just more modest. Anyways, it really is very cool and conributes to Quebecs uniquness.

Day #42 St. Jerome to Trois Rivieres, 167 km.

The road was really nice and flat and thanks to La Route Verte
(an inspired idea and one more provinces should adapt) I didn’t
have a single big truck to deal with for days. I got my first
look at the Saint Lawrence and was greatly impressed with the
old parts of Trois Rivieres. Stayed at a hostel since it is
warmer, there is company and has way better location than the
campsites do.

Okay I'll admit this is a pretty lousy shot but when it's pouring and you're riding a bike in it you generally don't see the world as beautiful place. I only took about 3 shots all day.

Day #41 Ottawa to St. Jerome, 182 km.

A horrible day weather wise and I though about staying home one
more day. But since the weather wasn’t gonna get any better at
this time of year, I gritted my teeth and headed out. Real nice
scenery though. Paided 27 bucks for a campsite, which is funny cause I always thought that camping was supposed
to be the cheap alternative. All in all not the best day on tour.