Author: Rebecca J Hogue

  • Camping in the rain … again!

    87 km, 5 hrs, 30 min. Today didn’t start out as hot today as yesterday, but it was still pretty muggy. It threatened to rain a few times – a few drops trying to cool us down without much success. We started off by riding along the Prescott-Russell rail trail. At first the bugs were…

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  • A quick update

    I’m writing this from the library in Vankleek Hill as Scott waits patiently outside. We are off to Oka Provincial park tonight (hopefully before the thunder storms). Tomorrow we are hoping to make it to Montreal.

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  • A long short day

    54 km, 4 hours ride time. It was hot and humid day. We had a late start which is not too surprising given how late we got in last night. It was nice to have a brief visit with Ron and Wendy at breakfast. Throughout our ride today we were both tired. I think it…

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  • We left home … finally …

    We departed the house at 8:00 pm. Yes, that is not a mistake, pm, not am. It took us much longer than anticipated to get the house in order. Once everything was done, we wanted to be on our way. Waiting until the morning to leave would have meant more delays and we were both…

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  • We sold the car to the circus … actually the carnival!

    On Sunday morning a gentleman from one of the little amusement carnival companies called asking about the car. He was looking for something for his daughter and son-in-law. After running a few last minute errands, we headed to the carnival. The loud rock music and the whirling of the rides reminded me of the weekend…

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  • Our 10 minutes of fame

    On Thursday, Scott and I were interviewed on the CBC Radio Ottawa drive home show: All in a Day. We arrived early and got the opportunity to watch the show being produced for 10 minutes before we went on air. I was struck by how calm the producer was given that she was producing a…

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  • Our plans – in brief

    Here is our current set of plans: Depart tomorrow: Sunday July 6th. Follow the Ottawa River path and roads on the Ontario side to Hudson Quebec. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Hudson to Montreal. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Montreal to Quebec city via the North shore of the St. Laurence.…

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  • Overcoming the inertia

    It is Saturday and we haven’t left yet. Our original plan was to leave on Friday; however, we just were not ready. We have not yet sold the car and we have a moving van coming at 3:30 to pick up our remaining stuff – I hope we will be ready. Once all our stuff…

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