NY-Montreal Trekkers Made it to Montreal!

August 17:

We woke up and tye-dyed as our last full group activity before Julia would be leaving us later that evening. It was a great activity. The shirts came out pretty great. Then we set out for our final destination: Montreal. Later we would find out that it was the hottest day of the whole summer in the area. We biked for what seemed to be forever on a road passing endless cornfields before finally entering a more populated area. We grabbed some Tim Hortons bagels for a snack, and then headed into the suburbs outside of Montreal. The bike paths were wonderful throughout the whole area and kept us off the somewhat busy streets. Due to a main bridge being under construction we were sent on a mini detour, rendering our map directions useless and forcing us to rely on the kindness of the residents of Montreal to find our way to the downtown area. We were all feeling slightly drained as we climbed the last hill that would arrive us at our hotel, but we made it! The hotel AC was incredible. We all showered and got ready to go explore the city. We went and got dinner at a nice restaurant and then walked around exploring shops and finding cool areas that had fountains and a great atmosphere. We then headed back to the hotel and enjoyed the comfort of some cozy beds and got ready for our next full day of exploring the city. 

New York-Montreal Trek Ends with Great Day in Montreal

Our last day in Montreal was a lot of fun!  We biked to one of the islands, and visited a environmental museum called the Biosphere.  This museum had different exhibits on environmental aspects, and how human beings affected the earth. Buckminster Fuller was the scientist and architect who came up with the biosphere, and there was an exhibit on him too.  After this museum, our trekkers went to the Formula One race track, where we got to test out our speed.  There were many other cyclists there, dressed in full kits, with some souped up bicycles.

After that we went back to the hotel for lunch, and then to the Red Path Museum, the museum of McGill University.

In the late afternoon we relaxed from all the education heavy stuff with some soccer and Frisbee.  Then, since it was our last night in Montreal, we went out to a fancy Italian restaurant! Some of us stuck to the menu though and ordered things that even leader Andy hadn't heard of. 

Then we did some last minute trinket shopping and hurried to the bus station to catch a red-eye bus back to the good ol' Big Apple.