June 14th, 2008 Fredericton, N.B. to Mont Saint Anne, Que. – 410 Miles

1. Dave, Georgia, Susan, Olivia and Sophia in 2, Gene on Blackberry along Saint John River
Front of Their New Home



3. Ian and World's Longest Covered ..................4. New Highway Pegs
Bridge in Hartland

I was up early and mounted my new highway pegs which should really give a great foot position alternative to the traditional riding stance. We drove north from Fredericton along the Saint John River Valley through rolling hills that were either forest, grazing land or potato fields. It was a beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies. As we drove through Carleton County one could only admire the prosperous farms and hopefully their owners give thanks to the four brothers who started a Frozen Food Empire there. In Hartlan, we stopped to take pictures of the longest covered bridge in the world. The reason for covered bridges is that horses would think they were entering a barn and would prance right in! We stopped in Edmundston for lunch, 19 kilometers from the Quebec border and everyone there was speaking French. As we started across the Gaspe you could see the white vapour trails in the sky of jets arriving from Europe. We sprinted to Rimouski hoping to catch a ferry to the North Shore but the next sailing was over two hours away. As we rode down route 20 Ouest past Levis to cross over to the North Shore at Quebec City it became overcast and finally we were driving in rain. We drone north to Mont Saint Anne and stayed in one of the chalet at Chalet Montmorency, owned by former ski school director, John Barclay. This was the first time I had been here in summer, and the lush green vegetation is in stark contrast to the barren deciduous trees in the middle of winter.