What fun! A fantastic day of rolling hills, with momentum from the downhills to almost take us up the next rise. We've had a great day and arrived at our "last sleep" of the ride to an enthusiastic front-line team at the Fairmont Montebello. This was our treat we booked some time ago when they had a promotion and we've been upgraded to a corner suite and been given a complimentary beverage at the bar! The bell-team took great care with our bags and helped take a photo. The surroundings are so beautiful and the hotel has rustic charm. We are going for a walk about the property and then enjoying a celebratory fancy final dinner of the ride! The ride today was our best yet (except GPS Garmin didn't function quite right today, so the map is not quite right). We left Saint Eustach by 8:45 AM and arrived in Montebello by 4:00 PM. We had nice stops along the way and were happy to see the Ottawa River and more fall colours in the trees! We passed more farm stands and still could not find one that sold hot, buttery cobs (we saw only one so far a few days ago that offered this, but it had just closed for the day when we were wheeling by). We also passed quite a few more antique and 2nd hand shops - a great place to pick up an old bike or a rocking chair (...more about the rocking chairs later....). Tomorrow is our final ride - not a big one (75ishK). On that ride we will pass the 2,000K mark and will end the day with a flight from the Ottawa Airport to St. John's Newfoundland to attend the wedding of nephew Peter and his beautiful fiancé Susan - we are really looking forward to that!

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