Riding with Canajun: Perth to Westport, Ontario

Sunday, August 4th 2013 Beaconsfield, QC:     After spending a relaxing, action packed weekend in Montreal with my host David it was finally time to leave my fast, free, WiFi and head East towards Perth, Ontario

where I had agreed to meet up with Canajun & Vstar*lady for lunch.

I woke up early and packed up my bike so I could make a quick getaway without waking everyone up but my bike was blocked by the Acura.  By the time I got the keys, moved the car out of the way and pushed my bike outside, David was up and making a great breakfast so I wouldn't have to ride away hungry.   Also it felt a bit funny to be grabbing car keys from another person's car without asking them . . . lucky for me they were on the kitchen counter

My plan was to be on the road by 8am.     It was a 3 hour ride from Montreal but I wanted to travel on some backroads but by the time breakfast was finished it was already 9am so now I had no time buffer so I took Hwy 401 for part of the way before I diverted North.   I wasn't really watching my fuel level as I was now in populated area and I thought that gas would be readily available.  But I was wrong.    There are not that many gas stations off the beaten path and because this was a Holiday weekend the first two stations were closed

Eventually I was able to top up my tank.  Thank goodness I spotted this station and made a U-turn to get here as it was not on the main highway

On the way to Perth I noticed some signs for some "locks" but I knew I had no time to stop and divert to see them.   I just continued on my merry way until I arrived "lost in Perth".   We agreed to meet at the tourist info centre but who knew where it was so I was going up and down and back and forth trying to find them.  Eventually I noticed a familiar bike and Canajun led me to the parking lot

where Vstar*lady was patiently waiting

We decided to just eat at the Mexican place by the river/canal

It was nice to sit outside and chat the time away and soon our meals come

Isn't it the way.  You are always looking at the meal you didn't order as it look better.   After we finished our meals we decided to walk a bit and chat some more

There was a park across the street and we noticed that the water levels seemed very high

and there was a statue of a famous horse.  We head back to our bikes where Canajun decides to ride South with us to Westport, ON  before turning around and head north home to Ottawa

I am not that familar with the geography around here so I let my tour guides consult their maps to map out our route

We eventually arrive in Westport where we have a beverage and say our goodbyes

and I snap a couple of photos of Canajun's bike

before we head our separate ways

Here is a short recap of our ride together