Living on a Sailboat exploring the world
The third day of our tour of Quebec, cycling Yamaska to Magog for 54 kilometers, took 3 hours. Our route took us through some pretty mountainous terrain from Yamaska Park to just outside of the town of Magog.
We enjoyed our night in Yamaska, took the long way biking out of the park, and then biked on to our next stop: an Airbnb near Magog for 2 nights.
Day 2 was going to be one of our “easy” days. After our late start but long bike on Monday (+/-80K), we were going to provision and explore the local parks. We were even booked to stay in a park on a lake that very night! The day was warm and partly sunny (yay clouds!) and we were ready for cycling the Eastern Townships near Granby Quebec. Parks, nature, art: it’s all on offer outdoors in this beautiful part of Canada!
From our Airbnb, we stopped off in the town of Granby. It’s so pretty and full of bike paths. There’s a little river and waterfall, and lots of pretty views. We stopped for photos frequently and it was a beautiful day to do it!
South Africa’s garden route is beautiful and world renowned as a great road trip. We drove from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, with stops in between, and the views were gorgeous.
Technically, The Garden Route begins west of Stellenbosch, our first stop after Cape Town, and runs from Mossel Bay in the west to Storms River in the east, so we covered that and then some.
Between Stellenbosch and Port Elizabeth, there are a lot of beautiful stops to make!
Oak Valley was one of those fortuitous stops along South Africa’s garden route because we needed a break from the car. Plus, we had driven to the fringes of the wine region, and we wanted to visit another winery while we could. This was a good choice: the estate has beautiful grounds and some nice wines too!
On the way back to the highway, we stopped at an incredible “farm stand”/tourist attraction, where we stocked up on picnic foods and local craft cider.
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