Last day on Le Petit Train du Nord

October 4, 2016

Today we finished our ride on Le Petit Train du Nord. It was an absolutely beautiful fall day and I finally saw the fall colours that I had hoped to see. The trail is an amazing ride especially this time of year and I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a beautiful ride. It is best ridden on a cycle cross bike with 32 tires or a hybrid or mountain bike. We did see people on road bikes but I wouldn't do that unless I had 28 tires and didn't care about my bike. The fall colours were finally in full bloom which is hard to imagine given that everything was green when we arrived only 10 days ago. We started the day with an amazing breakfast at our B&B in St Jovite that was right beside the trail. Today there were so many beautiful sights that we were stopping every few kms to take photos.

Patti's breakfast was a galette with apples, maple syrup and Brie cheese.

My breakfast was a bed of finely sliced vegetables with cheese and some sausage pieces with 2 poached eggs on top. Of course there was home made bread and jam as well.

We hadn't left town before we had our first photo.

On the road again but now mostly crushed gravel.

A beaver dam photo that cost me some blood

There are several of these old train stations along the way that have been converted to cafés, museums or even a bike/cross country ski shop.

Fat tire bikes that are used on the trails in summer and winter.

Look closely on the left there is a blue building that is a warming hut for cross country skiers in the winter.

A view of the trail from below with our bikes along the rail.

So concludes the adventure of Le Petit Train du Nord. Bucket list ✅. Been there, done that and even got the T shirt.

Today's ride: 85 km (53 miles)
Total: 568 km (353 miles)

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