Tuesday, August 30, 2016

84.5Kms
We're half way!! Today was ride 15 of 30 and today we completed the first half of our approximately 2,960Kms for this leg of our Canada bicycle tour! We started our day with B&B hosts Billie Jo and Bill and co-guests Nancy and Joe. The two evenings at B&B on the Beach has been a warm and welcoming experience and the meals have been wonderful and generous. For a bit of fun, B helped with breakfast this morning by sharing the technique for making big numbers of poached eggs at one time. There were some very high hills to cross today, which took us up above Lake Superior to fantastic look outs. We had our pic-nic lunch stop at the lookout just West of Gravel River. The proprietor Ray at Gravel River Motel (and restaurant, and gift shop) told us that this would be the best viewpoint above the Lake and it was!! The water to the East was shining like silver, the Lake colours were emerald to amethyst to deep blue, and the islands and coastline were distinctive against the Lake water. We are at the Birchville Motel just West of Nipigon this evening looking forward to the next 15 rides, which will take us through some beautiful parks and waterways and then into the Prairies as far as Regina. We are celebrating with microwave s'mores (with thanks to Billie Jo for the two marshmallows), because this year, as well as staying at two B&Bs, one fancy hotel (Winnipeg Fairmont) and a few motels, we are "embracing camping" for 1/3 of our nights, and everyone knows that campers have s'more fun!! This evening we received a cheery call from Billie Jo, Bill, Nancy and Joe with their fishing report from the day, a check-in to see how we fared in the wind and over the hills, and with well-wishes for our journey ahead - thx guys!!








2 comments :

  1. Very funny that you are celebrating "embracing camping" with microwaved S'mores! Beautiful descriptive writing in this blog and lovely photos. Thanks! - - - JMcD.

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  2. Wow, Congratulations on making the halfway mark. This is extraordinary and we are proud of you - keep it up!!

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