16 June l’Île-de-la-Visitation

A.T. at Shaika surprised by extreme punctuality of Dorothy, Frances, and MMM. Alice knew better and arrived 10 minutes after A.T. Coffee and tea helped pass the time before departure.

Alice and MMM demonstrate illegal use of the Valerie Plante Pedestrian-only Covid-Corrider at Ste-Catherine and St-Marc. A great way to get downtown unless, you are a motorist. The entire SPVM was attending systemic racism training, so no “contraventions” could be issued to club members

.MMM pays his respects to Louis Rubenstein and charges his plastic chalice with MBC holy water at Parc Jeanne-Mance, corner of du Parc and Mont-Royal.

Frances Snowball gets ahead on Rachel Street and looks stylish for the photo op with her hip Vuarnets. That's no scarf; she is ready for any chance encounters with any “Covid-iots” in Le Plateau.

We headed to rue Christophe Colomb where you will find a new divided highway for cyclists. We rode north towards the Met and rode side- by-side without fear of smashing into a southbound tattooed electric skateboarders.

At our lunch destination in Parc de la Visitation, Alice models here patent-pending breathable mask.

After lunch, Dorothy made a compelling case for touring the l'Ile de la visitation. She went ahead and formally welcomed us at the gate onto her cool little island.

Advertised as a great place to get a beer and some lunch, la Maison de Meunier, located on the bridge before the island. was closed again for the second straight year. Even Joe Beef can't get a reservation there – it's that good!

Always ready for an Art History class, Dorothy and Alice, find some great grafitti under the Autoroute Papineau bridge, which spans the Prairies River.

Pont Papineau Leblanc – a great place to hang out with a spraycan and a beer.

Still pumping out hydro, this small dam is still at work feeding all the new electric SUVs.

Still in the Parc-nature de l'Île-de-la-Visitation, we witnessed Vélo-Jésus, a genuine Quebecois phenomenon. We stopped for some prayers and the legend is that we cannot get any flats until Canada Day.

Upon entering, Parc Frédéric-Back, you see the past, present, and future of the Miron Quarry. Closed since 1968, it is still used as a landfill and recycling centre and most recently turned into a spectacular urban cycling park. Urban plans under the guidance of the city actually make sense sometimes. Underneath the green space is 50 years of trash, still spouting methane gas from those little smokestacks.

Cool lookout complete with real turkey vultures soaring overhead.

AT is informed by a polite uniformed worker that he must turn back and stay on the bikepath route, otherwise, per city policy, he will be recycled with the other Westmount trash that arrived while we were sightseeing and be added to the landfill. A Wikileaks report uncovered that this was an early considered location for the largest CHSLD in Quebec. This leak has been de-bunked by the CAQ government.

No visit to the Taz skateboard park complex is complete without respectful nod to our safety bicycle forefather, The Penny Farthing.

Continuing on more excellent bike paths, we sped through Parc Maisonneuve, which borders SherbrookeSt. and “The Big Owe”. It took 30 years to pay it off. Stay tuned for Mr. Trudeau's Covid Tax. We stopped at the re-furbished Angus Yards food depot and had some very pleasant beverages and pastries.

Mile A Minute Murphy