Fantastic Morning Not So Fantastic Afternoon

Manic 5

Manic 50

We were up and on the road by 8:00 am as we had a long day from Baie-Comeau to Labrador City. 550 km's 350 of which is gravel. The first 200 km's were the best riding of the trip so far- lots of twisties and no traffic. We stopped at 200 km at Manic Five, a large dam and powerplant in Quebec, supplying the province with 25% of the Province's power. Once we left Manic five, we were on gravel. The road was good, hard packed. We were starting to feel out in the boonies, as we saw our first live wildlife since we left on the trip, with the exception of a few deer. We slowed to see a fox standing on the road,proudly displaying its meal of the day, resembling squirrel. The next animal we came across was a small porcupine and I was really surprised to see how small it was, and actually had a tail.

Then, after about 70 km's of gravel, I rounded a corner to see freshly grated,sandy road. I adjusted my speed, but my bike started to wobble in the sand. Then my rear tire swung out and I knew I was going down. Brent saw me in the rear view mirror and instantly was at my side. As I sat up, I noticed a few bike pieces scattered around me, and I had pain in my shoulder. I was not a happy camper and may have used language not suitable to children. A truck pulled up to help and we and decided to take my bike and me back to Baie-Comeau for repairs, and Brent tried to offer me my clutch lever as a gift, which he thought would make a nice necklace. The two guys in the truck were real sweethearts and were working in Labrador City, on there way to pick up an Jetski in town. He followed us back to town, where I had xrays to confirm that my clavicle (right collarbone) was broken. Fancy that, my first broken bone ever. We are currently staying at the Grand Hotel in Baie-Comeau sorting out what to do with my bike while I take the 4 weeks to heal the break.

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