Through Quebec to Ontario

Left Iroquois River around 8:15 AM heading towards Quebec. Nice sunny morning and no wind in the forecast. The drive to Riviere Du Loup was a bit slow as there is a lot of construction, some rough road and a lot of steep hills. Hit route 20 and started towards Montreal. We had no idea how far we would get or where we would stop for the night. But these are our usual travel plans. We were a bit worried about going through Montreal because of the Formula 1 races.
Our Montreal worries sort of increased when we talked to a truck driver at a rest stop. He advised us that the tunnel in Montreal was closed for repairs and all traffic was taking route 20 and the Champlain bridge. NOT GOOD NEWS.
However we were committed by now. We had passed Trois Riviere and could no longer cross the river before Montreal. The driving was good, traffic was moderate so we decided to go for it! As we neared Montreal, Jill (the female voice on our gps) starting giving us warnings about construction and slow traffic ahead. The closer we got, the more frequent the warnings got. I sometimes think that before gps, ignorance was bliss.
The long and short of it all was that construction consisted of narrow lanes but no work being done. Traffic was slow at times and the city has to have the roughest roads in Canada. It's also a bit nerve racking driving across overpass ramps that are being held up by steel framing as the ramps are falling apart.
Finally hit the Ontario Border looking forward to a rest stop at the Ontario Tourist Bureau only to find out is is closed while a new one is being built. It was getting late in the day so we took the first exit off 401 and found a little campground about 3KM off the highway. Nice site and quiet.
After 600+ KM for the day, two large black rum and water (for me, DW drinks wine) and a nice dinner and walk, we settled in for the night. Tomorrow will be a short drive as we are going as far as Perth to spend a couple of days there visiting friends.

Cheers

P & N