Fourth of July Ride

Start point - Pierrefonds
Destination - St. Anne de Bellevue

Round Trip

Pierrefonds Blvd, bike path > Left on Chateau Pierrefonds > Continue on to Chateau Kirkland > towards the Colisee Kirkland > Chemin St. Marie > Veteran's Memorial Blvd (I believe it is) > St. Anne Blvd

Return via John Abbott College campus, over the Highway 40 overpass to Chemin St. Marie.

Wanted it to be an easy, leisurely ride, started on a slow pace to help warm up overall, and before you know it you are in St. Anne's about 21 kms later.

Cycling down the Senneville Rd hill

Was not pedaling at all, free wheeling down this hill, needed to hold tight to the camera with my right hand while at the same time holding on to the handle bar - my left hand held the handle bar / left brake (for the front wheel) steady.

50 km round trip bike ride to St. Anne De Bellevue

Who could resist a bike ride to however far it may be on a beautiful day as today?

I did not want to pass up the opportunity while also taking advantage in the lull in business activity this week (Canadians are getting ready for Canada Day holiday weekend and the Americans for their fourth of July holiday celebration).

From Pierrefonds the route I take is via Gouin Blvd heading west, Gouin Blvd eventually ends and becomes Senneville Blvd once you get to the town of Senneville. You just follow Senneville Blvd until you get to the town of St. Anne de Bellevue.

The route I took going back was via Beaconsfield Rd / Lakeshore Blvd, heading eastward. This route takes me through the towns / municipalities of Baie D'Urfe, Beaconsfield, Pointe Claire, Dollard des Ormeaux, and then finally back to Pierrefonds.


beautiful day for the boaters


By the banks of Lac St. Louis, Highway 40 is way over there


not too crowded this early afternoon, boats I meant :)

Bike Ride, September 9,2007

Bike Ride, September 9,2007, our threesome of Uncle Pilo, Uncle Marv, and myself. Departure time, early Sunday morning, 7:30am, round trip arrival time was 9:45am. Destination, St. Anne De Bellevue, via Senneville Rd, return via Chemin St. Marie, to Kirkland, DDO, and finally Pierrefonds

[Picasa Album Link for the rest of the photos]

Happy riding!!

Tito Lits

Two Ferries Ride - 2007

For the first time, this year (we rode it twice last year) , we rode the Two Ferries Tour, a total of 75 kms, round trip.

Our group was composed of our trio of Paul, Pilo and myself.

Departure time was around 9:00am. Arrival time was around noontime, possibly around 1pm.

Why 'Two Ferries'? Ferry # 1, from Ile Bizard to Laval side, across Riviere des Prairie and Ferry #2, from Oka to the Hudson side, across Lake of Two Mountains.

Municipalities that we passed along the way: Pierrefonds, St. Genevieve, Ile Bizard, Laval, Deux Montagnes, Oka, Hudson, Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Pincourt, Ile Perrot, St.Anne de Bellevue, Senneville, back to St. Genevieve and finally back to Pierrefonds. Wheeewww!!

It's a beautiful route, beautiful scenery along the way, always bring your camera, and also the route offers a few thrills along the way- two hills to climb in Oka (and of course, when you go up you must come down, and come down super fast) and let's not forget the #12 grade hill of Senneville.

A couple years ago, between Two Mountains and Oka, along the Route Verte, we had to slow down to a stop to allow a good size turtle to cross over to the other side of the swamp.

Today, we narrowly missed running over a snake trying to clear the bike path, crawling so fast for its life ;-)

We've got more photos to share and some videos too. Check back later, will you?

Thanks!

Tito Litsto

[ Photos at Picasa Photo Album Site ]

Look back - cycling trips

Overlooking the town of St. Anne de Bellevue





Wow, it was a beautiful day for a bike ride!

These were from one of the Laval, Two Mountains, Oka, Hudson, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Pincourt, Ile Perrot, St. Anne, Senneville, St. Genevieve, to Pierrefonds runs we did.

Let's do it again weather permitting and God willing. :-))

Tito Lits

Today's Bike Ride to St. Anne de Bellevue

Pierrefonds to St. Anne de Bellevue and back - followed the route along Gouin Blvd - through St. Genevieve, Senneville, and finally, St. Anne de Bellevue. Good news- once upon a time, there was this pot hole infested stretch of road running through Senneville, particularly in the area where these new large houses were under construction, have been repaved with asphalt, smoooooth!



Have a great day!!

Tito Lits