Sept. 18 Fixture Ride: Montreal & Eastern Half of Laval Island

       Departing from Shaika cafe, we cycled 72kms around the eastern 

half of Laval Island; then took the Exo Train from St Rose to Vendome

 

A.T. Lane, Dorothy Cole, Louis Rubenstein and Laura Snowball 

meet at the Shaika Cafe ready to start out 

A.T. Lane and his favourite companion do a 

reconnaissance of our  route the day before 

 

Encouraged by friends at Westmount Park 

 

Early morning blessing of bikes at Louis Rubenstein 

Memorial Drinking Fountain at Jeanne-Mance Park 

 

Enjoying the new separated directional bike lanes on 

Ave Christophe Colomb

 

North Shore of Montreal Island

 

Crossing over to south shore Laval Island via Pont Viau

 

Biking around the wooded peninsula passing the 

property of the Soeurs Missionnaires 

de L'immaculée-Conception 

 

Heading down Rue Des Barrages

 

Hydro  Quebec Rivière-des-Prairies

 

St Vincent -de -Paul 

 

Old Prison 

 

Federal Training Centre

 

Riverside Ride along Blvd Lévesque East

 

Lunch at one of the many berges parks along the route.

Dorothy Cole, our  coffee scout,  spotted a cafe where we 

all enjoyed our favourite coffees, hot chocolate 

& freshly baked goods 

 

1753 tribute to first pioneer with the family name Arres 

to arrive in Canada

 

Encounter with an imaginative fun lover along 

the way who created A Washer/ dryer Cyclist  with dryer ducts & powering  an old fashioned wringer washing machine

 

 The newest model of mermaid 

 

                                                          The eastern tip of Laval Island 

 

 Pont le Gardeur to Repentigny in the background

 

 What's a bike ride without a visit to a goat farm? 

 

 

and fromagerie 

 

 

Goat cheese anyone?    

 

and some hens and  geese

 

Beautifully restored homes,   another 

one we saw along our route was Maison Therrien 

dating  from 1722 

Easy Riders 

A  great day was had by all.