Edmunston to Riviere du Loup (137 km)

From the St. John River over the Apalachian Mountains to the St. Lauwrence River in one day!
In the evening when we finally saw the mighty river in the fading daylight, we were just too tired to write our blog. But really hungry! We went to a retaurant next to our motel and found Swiss Fondue on the menue. Of course we ordered it only to be dissapointed because the cook who makes the fondue had already left.
Otherwise we had a hard but rich day. Nearly the entire day long we drove on the old railway track, which has been very well transformed into a bicycle track. It was a fantastic ride, along lakes, hours through wilderness and forests. This is a bikers paradies!

But, being Europeans, we are not used to these very long distances between towns. As it can be very exhausting, we always need to carry water and some food. So we were lucky, when we made it, water, food and dayight all gone at the end!
During this day, we saw our first bear. Frank was driving a bit ahead when all of a sudden, a black bear was sitting on the road. First the bear did not see me, then he must have heard me, we starred at each other briefly before the bear did run back into the forest. I was a bit frightened, but then Katrin came and we only found the foodprints of him on the ground. Also, most of the way we found big footprints of moose, saw a beaver and some small snakes. Very fascinating.