I made a mistake

Today's ride was 64 miles from St. Quentin to Madawaska, Maine.  We crossed the St. John River into the US just for the night because Nancy found better accommodations at a better price here.  Riding through Madawaska, we noticed the flag I described yesterday hanging from lampposts on Main Street.  When we asked, we were told that it is the flag of the Acadiens, a dominant minority in New Brunswick, parts of Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, Northern Maine, and Louisiana (Cajuns).  One of our group has Cajun heritage, and we found his family name on an Acadian Tree of Life in a store window.  In 2014, the World Congress of Acadiens was right here in Madawaska. I love learning things like this.

Two more examples of flag-based ornamentation.

We were stopped for a map check when a couple of cars came along and asked if we were waiting to meet the bikers.  When we straightened out the confusion about what bikers they meant, along came the bikers in question.  They are both from this part of Canada, had flown to Vancouver and spent the last two months biking across Canada.  They don't have a support vehicle and had camped most of the way, somewhat more challenging than my cross-country ride.  Of course, they are youngsters, only 62.  They took pictures of us, and we took pictures of them!