We rode out to Natashquan and took route 138 until it ended at the Natashquan River. When I say ended, I mean ended. There was 18 KM of gravel after Natashquan,\u00a0 warning signs, and then the gravel cascaded down a steep hill to the river. When you looked across the river trees had been cleared to extend the road at some future date, but there was nothing else there. I felt like I had ridden to the end of the world.<\/p>\n
The views along the St. Lawrence both out and back were breath taking. We camped along the water at Longue-Pointe de Mingan and in Natashquan where I have been introduced to black flies and monster mosquites — both of which seem to love me (lucky me). I have become a firm believer in DEET.<\/p>\n
There’s been a lot of road construction since all the repairs must be done during summer months, but the traffic is so light there haven’t been any delays. Most construction areas are controlled by timed lights to let traffic only go one way at a time and it works great.<\/p>\n
It’s supposed to rain heavily tomorrow, so we’ll wait a day to cross to the south shore and continue to Gaspe on Saturday. I’ll work on pictures tomorrow so pictures and more detail will be posted later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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