STANSTEAD, Quebec — The customs officer, a self-described homeboy who didn’t like to leave Quebec, saw the bikes on the car and immediately asked if we had any rides planned.
I told him. He approved and then praised the province’s Route Verte with its roughly 3,300 miles of bike lanes, pathways, trails and velo-friendly businesses.
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