Everybody told me that the terrain would be very flat across central Canada but the flat land never really materialized. I had plenty of hills across northern Ontario and Quebec. The steepest, in the Saguenay Fjord region of Quebec, were up to 17 percent grades. Ouch! Even a 10 percent grade is a pretty bad hill.

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Well, I made it past the fjord and finally arrived in the maritimes as you can see here. Things were a little flatter for a while in New Brunswick.

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Cyclists get a little more respect in Eastern Canada. They even have special parking areas.

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I actually enjoyed a few days of sunshine in New Brunswick and took the opportunity to soak up some rays by the seashore. By the way, it was the photofinishers who cut my head off, not me. I carefully composed the shot when setting up the camera on my tripod. I checked the negatives and I've got a whole entire head on them, ball cap and all.

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As always, there have been some difficult times. Here's a particularly nasty puncture. I ran over a nail which punctured the tire, hit the rim, curled around, and came back out through the tire again. Two holes from one object!

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Of course, there are nicer times which make it all worthwhile.

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This is what passes for a beach in Prince Edward Island. I haven't seen sand that red since I was in Hawaii.

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