MONTREAL IS AWESOME - New York-Montreal Trek

Today was our first full day in Montreal, and it was a good one.   After waking up and breakfast, the group visited the Basilica of Notre Dame, a massive cathedral built in the 1820s.  Due to high demand from the Trekkers, we had lunch at Tim Horton’s, a well-known Canadian restaurant chain.

After that, we biked 5 miles to get to the Biodome, (boy are Montreal's bike lanes awesome!) basically an indoor zoo featuring several different biospheres. Their theme this summer was all about sloths! Although we waited in line for at least 30 minutes, the Biodome was interesting and was worth the bike ride and the line-waiting.  We then biked back in the rain to our hotel and had sandwiches for dinner.  After dinner, the half of the group that was still up for exciting Montreal touring went out into the Montreal theater district... and discovered a free Weird Al Yankovich concert!!!!!  Our group just wrapped up day 14 of 16 and we have one more day in Montreal before heading back to New York.

Across America Trekkers are Hot, Tired, and Happy in a Motel

To celebrate the 4th of July the Across America trekkers watched fireworks shot over the Columbia River Gorge.  In the morning they set out for their longest day so far, riding 75+ miles in very, very, very, hot weather.  To beat the heat the group was up at 5 a.m. and did much of their riding before lunch.  Like many afternoons the group had a several hour siesta before riding for a few hours in the early evening.  To celebrate their long day they stayed in a motel in Walla Walla with great showers, soft beds, and T.V.  "Life is good!" -- Trip Leader Lydia