My lake side camping spot was scenic but led to a chilly night. I'm awake at 6:30 to see the sun rise over the mist covered lake. By 8 im ready to leave and make the very cold morning ride towards Labrador City. Note to self - don't worry with early starts, they are too cold! My fingers are freezing even with the bar heaters on. There isn't a cloud in the sky and I'm waiting for the sun to warm me. By mid morning it's warmer and I've completed the final 250km of the Trans-Labrador Highway. Arriving in Labrador City I drop off the sat-phone, refuel, get some lunch and use some wifi. As a reward to myself I buy a pocket FM radio. Shortly after leaving Labrador I cross into Quebec and for 40km I have a new highway. It ends as I reach a massive mine site and turns into 100km of challenging gravel. Off cambered corners, blind hills and deep gravel make for slow going on a road that criss-crosses a perfectly straight railroad (wtf). The gravel ends abruptly and turns into a new highway which runs for 200km before turning back into gravel. The new gravel road is straighter with sweeping hills, however it is heavily used by trucks which leave dust trails which rise high above the forest and are kilometers long. 100km in the dust before the road turns to Tarmac a short distance before the fuel stop of Manic 5. I refuel ($1.80L), grab a sandwich, check the oil and lube the chain before setting the sat-nav for Baie-Comeau. The 200km of sealed road to Baie-Comeau is magnificent and a joy to ride. 100kph sweepers and hills are technical and rewarding so much so that I forget that I've been riding all day. In what seems no time at all I'm at the end of Route 389 South and back in civilization. I find the highway west and after a short ride spot a trail that leads off it and into a wooded spot at the edge of the St Laurence river. A good spot to set up camp camp for the night.