Day 17 – Back in the USA

Uhg! What a day. We woke to very dense fog and cold rain. Our scenic ride along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence wasn’t scenic at all due to the weather. The ferry I had originally planned to cross the river was down for the rest of the season due to a major break. So we ended up running all the way down to the city of Quebec and eventually on to Montreal. We absolutely loved the Quebec Province yesterday and couldn’t get out of it soon enough today.

Montreal was unbelievable and the weather cleared about the time we hit the gridlock and it got uncomfortably warm. I expected to make the border by early to mid afternoon. We crossed at 5:30 this evening. On the plus side, we are in a comfortable hotel room and Don just treated me to a fantastic meal at the Butcher Block steakhouse. We are in Plattsburgh NY and ready to start Highway 3 through the Adirondacks.

When you approach Montreal, fairly substantial mountains just seem to pop up and look isolated in an otherwise flat landscape. The name Montreal is generally thought to be derived from “Mount Royal”, the name given to the mountain by Jacques Cartier in 1535.