After breakfast Ken’s family and I drove into Levis which sits on the opposite bank of the St. Lawrence river facing the Chateau Frontenac. The town itself is quite nice and has a stunning view of downtown Quebec and the surrounding landscape. From there we took a ferry right to the docks below the city, check out these photos!

Since Ken and Angela had already toured around and I had never been I decided to do some tours on my own. I started with the the ruins of the Chateau St. Louis which fell victim to fire in 1834. However there were many versions of this building starting in 1648 built by governor Charles Huault de Montmagny. The surrounding fort was of course built by Champlain which was also reconstructed many times. The chateau ruins are under the wooden boardwalk in front of the Chateau Frontenac which costs $4 to go see.
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Monday August 6th

Map my ride route details here

I got up pretty early to do me business and start organizing. Around that time I heard a few rumblings upstairs and knew that Mylene would be up. While her boyfriend and her are getting ready for a work day I am riding my bicycles across the country. I was in slow motion a bit but eventually got the bike all packed up, water ready with electrolite tablets deployed and me dressed with bike shorts and butt cream. We took some pictures but not with my camera so I will have to get those later.


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