At first my plan is to hike in the Parc National du Mont Tremblau, not far away from Montreal. But looking at the forecast I decide to change destination and drive back on Monday because the weather is rainy: he last park will be the Algonquin Provincial Park in the Ontario Laurentian Hills.
I spend the night in the car in Whitney, a little town next to the entrance of the park. Here I have a funny experience with the local police: I'm awakened in the night by a policeman for a regular control and after explaining my situation the cop apologize to have awakened me up!
The following morning I awake up preatty soon, the weather is completely sunny and I'm ready for some hiking. I drive in the park to have breakfast in a parking lot but after a while I must come back and eat in Whitney: too many mosquitoes in the forest! With a map of the trails I start with a nice short Lookout trail, then I move to Booth's Rock Trail. This is an amazing trail that brings you from the forest (so full of mosquitoes!) up to the Booth Rock, a huge piece of rock from which you see the lake below and the forest all around. I take so many photos here, it's fantastic! Coming down the cliff the path along the lake return to the parking lot.
In the afternoon I stop along some docks and lakes in the park to relax and think about all my trip, then I drive south east on the 62rd to Join Kt and Rich in Bloomfield. Along the road I pick up a buddy who is hitch-hiking and I leave him in Belleville. It's almost dinner time when I arrive in Bloomfield to give the bicycle back to Kt. A couple of young German fellows is hosted in this amazing place that was the first stage of my eastern trip. Matthias and Manuela are going to take a trip of a week with a tandem kindly lent by Kt and Rick.
I spend my last night outside Toronto and after having greeted the couple of Bloomfield Bicycle Company I drive back to the rental office in Richmond Hill: at 11am I drop the car that marks on the odometer 9.400km!
Still excited about what I did I take the bus back to Liz house where a bed is waiting for me before my departure for British Columbia.
Photo album link: "ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK"
