To the village on bike ''@v@­­­¯

I went to the village by bike... It'a about -10ºC and the windshield must bring that down to -20ºC. I ride my bike during the winter months as long as the roads allow. So was the case, this afternoon. Yesterday, the temperature was such the road was almost out of use even to cars. It was a bit like the permafrost that thaws. Then the temperature went down. The snow plower came by at just the time the temperature changed. Also equipped as a grader the snow plower levelled the road surface. The road is smooth today in its frozen state.


The icy base is no trouble. One has to go slowly. The 9 km ride, back and forth is nice and it is faster than walking... Once the village approaches the scenery is rather cool.

At 2000 feet (610 m)(this photo) ND des Bois is the 2^nd highest village in Quebec. At 3650 feet (1112 m) the Mount Megantic range might not look that high when your are not at sea level, like on this shot of Cypress Mountain in Vancouver on the left at 3300 feet (±1000 m)...