Day 65

Friday, August 27th
Petit Rocher to Saint-Louis-de-Kent
151km

Really challenging day!  Who knew there were so many hills in New Brunswick.  The entire day was one rolling hill after another.  None overly steep, but several were one, two, three or even four kilometers long!!!

To make matters worse, we had a pretty stiff headwind for the first 95km of the ride.  Despite this, we still managed to average 25km/h into Miramichi, where we stopped for a second lunch and gatoraid refill.

Coming out of Miramichi, the wind turned into more of a crosswind, which was a big improvement.  For whatever reason, we decided that we ought to average 32km/h without the tailwind...so we finished off the ride at top speed and were the second group into camp.

Our only stop in the last 50km was to change a flat tire for a little old lady that was cycling on route 11 with us.  It turns out that she was riding out to see Bill, one of the cyclists from our group, so its a good thing that we stopped.

I did two loads of laundry as soon as I got into camp, which might last me until the end of the trip.

Dinner tonight featured a whole lobster for each rider, as well as pasta and potatoe salade.  Quite a treat.

It was a lot warmer today then it has been for the past couple of days.  We were actually pretty warm on the bikes, and the humidity in the campsite was really stiffling before the sun went down.

Looking forward to the rest day tomorrow.  Last rest day of the trip.
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Daniel Longo
CIBC Corporate Development
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