total km: 6065.4
We left Roger and Christiane with invitations and eagerness to return.
We took our last cruise down the beautiful riverside cycle route and said goodbye to beautiful Quebec as we hopped on the very bicycle friendly ferry heading to Levis. 
Chateau Frontenac is reported to be the most photographed hotel in the world, and it is probably one of the biggest hotels we've ever seen. On the other side of the river we were met with a brilliant tailwind to go along with our beautiful cycle path that met us right at the ferry dock.
Did we mention that we like “La Route Verte?” The rising elevation was hardly work at all with the generous push from behind. In fact, even with the hilly terrain, we managed to clock 94.6 km in 4:30:00.
Don’t think that we flew by and didn’t take in any of the scenery though. The scenery was just as beautiful as the riding conditions. Farmland mosaics along the shores of the widening St. Lawrence, the maple leaves beginning to change colour and cute little towns thrilled us for the entire ride.
Another of the typical churches of the area, this time showing just how old they are. This is actually one of the younger ones too. 
Arriving in Saint Jean Port Jolie in good spirits we set to finding a place to stay. Our first suspect was the town park which, under further inspection, we found disallowed camping. Seeing as how the sun was already setting, we decided to explore the outskirts of the park anyway. As we wandered through we heard a man yell “Hey!” We looked over to see about a 50 year old man clad in matching black pants and jacket embellished with an official looking crest. As we froze, he came speed walking towards us, speaking in rushed French. When he realized that we were French illiterate, he asked “Camping?! Is that for camping?” pointing at the trailer. Hesitant to confess our motives to what, we assumed, surely must have been a park ranger, we paused momentarily before replying with a hushed “Yes......” Instantly he became excited as he explained to us the location of the very best camp site in the park. Moments later we were here:
Beautiful sunset from our beautiful campsite.We swear that our free campsites keep getting better. But this one did have a draw back in the end. A tail wind that treated us so well all day beat us to the ground, forcing us to relocate midway through dinner preparations. We attempted to set up the tent, which soon resembled a sail that demanded both of us holding on for dear life to prevent it from blowing away into open water. Anchoring it required throwing in everything we had save the bikes.
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