Québec Vélo: On traverse le Pont Champlain, le Pont Jacques Cartier et le canal Lachine (2023)

It's not a tabernacle, it's... You look like this. Just like this. I'm going this way. Should we show our site? Yes, it's beautiful too. This is where we're staying for the night. We're close to Saint-Bruno. Where are we exactly? We're in Saint-Mathieu-de-Belleuil. Saint-Mathieu-de-Belleuil, at the campsite. Well, that works. Campsite Alouette! Alouette. We just arrived. It's 5 hours, 5 hours and a half. We had a nice day on the bike. A super nice day on the bike. Well, I'm going to tell you a story. Technically, we were going to do some paddle boarding on the islands of Boucherville. Yes. That's the plan. Initial plan since the beginning of the week. But then I said to myself, just paddle boarding, it's not much. Oh no, it's never enough, just one. So we're going to bring the road bikes. So we're going to go bike after that. Paddle boarding. A bike activity. Yes. Not a day of biking. No, a little hour and a half. A little hour and a half. A little hour and a half of biking. We did it for 4 hours and 10 minutes. Like idiots. We didn't paddle board. It's going to be another time. Yeah, but this activity, we're not lost. We can do it. No, no, no, we can. Yes, yes, it's available. Look at our new setup. Ah, you're no longer high. Hey, that's cool. Yes. Our new carpet 2023. It takes a carpet to say that you're a camper. You're right. You're used to it. Hey, and we're lucky, we have the site 375, which has been suggested to us. Highly recommended. When I said we wanted sand, and other trees, and trees, we want sand. Well, it's because we're afraid, because we don't often do private camping. And often, there's the rope stuff. We don't like that. The rope stuff. Well, the VR space. Well, the people who are all tied up. No, I would say that sometimes, the sites are closed. Sometimes, there's no hostess. But we're going to go see. We're going to try it. Yeah, now it's time to take a shower, because I have... Wait, I have... I had some technical problems. You have to work as a mechanic in this time. It's just the lack of oxygen. Yes, I know. Hey, I take the oil, I put my garage on it, and I'm going to see Émilie, and I'm like, everything is fixed. Everything is beautiful. Your brake line. I fixed it. So there, she did it, and finally, I broke the brake. Hey, but no joke, the bike was super cool. Yeah, we did the bike on the southern shore of Montreal. After that, we did the Champlain Bridge, the new Champlain Bridge. In fact, you should say which bridge we didn't do. We almost did them all. We didn't do the Victoria Bridge. I think it's the only one. So we did that. After that, we did the Lachine Canal, Griffintown. We did Habitat 67. But it was the first time we did a new bridge, like a castle. Yes. It was that today, the big novelty. That's why it took longer. So we show you some pictures, and then we're going to take our shower, and go to the pool. There's a sprinter that we're going to analyze over there. But there's a door, it's open. That's cool. We can go in there. So... Well... Keep following us. I'm thirsty. Let's go, my friends. Our first road bike ride of the year 2023. And this one, it's been a long time since I wanted to do it. Because... Because it's been a while that we can't wait to go ride on the new Champlain Bridge to enjoy the view of the surroundings. So today, that's what we're doing. We parked in the old Longueuil, near the marina. And we cycled on the cycle track that crosses the St. Lawrence River. In fact, we cycled along the maritime route of the St. Lawrence River, where all the boats pass to go up the current. And it's done. We're on the very last Champlain Samuel Bridge, partially open to traffic on June 24, 2019. A bridge that cost more than $4 billion to connect Brossard to Montreal over 3.4 km. And for us, the road continues on the Lachine Canal from Saint-Henri to Griffintown. And which is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful sectors of the entire island of Montreal to cycle through. Seriously, it's really a masterpiece. We walk along the canal, there are a lot of people, the atmosphere is really cool and there are the old renovated and reconverted warehouses. Remnants of the time when the Lachine Canal was crawling with life with boats full of goods. For me, it's really something special and if you like cycling, it's definitely a course to do. The market! We went to the Atwater Market, the perfect place to take a little bike ride, to walk a little and eat a snack if you want. It's spring, it's flower season and it's a great place to come and buy some. But we, well, we're not here for that and we're cycling. So we leave and we end up stopping on the edge of the canal for a picnic. We continue our road on the Lachine Canal cycle track which extends over 14 km between the Old Port and Lake Saint-Louis. The track was inaugurated in 1977. It is one of the oldest cycle tracks in the Montreal region and it is ranked among the most beautiful urban circuits in the world, nothing less. And believe me, it's a title that it deserves widely. Well, we were pretty much in the heart of the Old Port but instead of crossing it as we did last year, we decided to go to the city of Havre and Habitat 67. This set of housing so special that we see when we are in the city center or at the Old Port. It's cubes, cubes distributed on 12 floors. Yes, 158 apartments benefiting from at least a private terrace. It's, let's say, very special. And the view, on the Montreal city center, it is completely stupid. Wow! And we keep riding. We cross the Pont de la Concorde, we see the Montreal Casino and we arrive on Saint-Hélène Island at Jean-Drapeau Park. And for us, it's almost the end of this beautiful bike ride. We cross the St-Laurent river again, this time on the Pont-Jacques-Quartier and we go back in our vehicle and we go camping! Bye-bye!