# of bike rides outside Montreal on rural country roads so far this year: 14
Average distance: 107 km.
# of rides where temperature was too damn hot: 1.
# of rides where temperature was ok to perfect: 13.
We've entered the season of thunderstorms popping up from across the US border into Canada in the Havelock/Franklin area.
Otherwise known as June afternoons.
Fun map fact: the US-Canada border does not actually go rapidly north as you go eastwards acros southern Quebec.
You can see the trace of the original road in this photo & how the switchback bypasses it.
When constructing the summit's professional astronomical observatory in the 1970s, a bulldozer towed the cement trucks up AND down this section of road.😳
Large amount of fur has awakened from his afternoon slumber, because supper is in one hour, and he doesn't want to miss it.
Kelowna has a "Ride for Pride."
Note the very comfy bike-seat at top left of photo.
"Kelowna puts wheels to the pavement at annual Ride for Pride"
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Park has a railroad motif.
It was here that the very first trans-Canada train journey started.
Bike is sad.
Look like I got the pic in mid-zig-zag.
Switchback.
This is the switchback they built to avoid what had previously a straight-up wall section of the road to the top of Mont Megantic.
