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Three Bike Rides, Two Countries, One Day

Three Bike Rides, Two Countries, One Day
Looks like prison, right? Well, it is a “gaol” (jail) where I spent the night in cell 5 of block 6 in solitary. I’m not kidding! This jail in Ottawa operated from 1862 to 1972 and was the site where three men were hung!

I’ve a penchant for riding along waterfronts. While spending the night in my solitary confinement cell, I realized that today I could do something really special. Each of the towns I was visiting today had tremendous waterfronts and all three I knew had great bike paths. Montreal I’ve biked before, Ottawa I have toured extensively and via satellite images I was able to confirm that Burlington had a waterfront biking trail. I had a goal for the day!

To pull this off I had to start early. My first ride started in Ottawa at 7:30AM. With lots of hustle and a good measure of luck, I was able to finish my ride in Montreal by 3:00. This put me in Burlington by 5:30 which gave me a couple of hours to enjoy those trails. All-in-all I managed to put in over 27 miles of biking across three rides in two countries … all in a single day!

Have I mentioned how much I enjoy having my folding bike with me?!

See maps of my rides … 

Three Bike Rides, Two Countries, One Day
Bike Route in Ottawa, Ontario
Three Bike Rides, Two Countries, One Day
Bike Route in Montreal, Quebec
Three Bike Rides, Two Countries, One Day
Bike Route in Burlington, VT
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By TravisGood

Speaker. Maker. Writer. Traveler. Father. Husband.

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