Sunday, August 28, 2016

90.3Kms
We enjoyed our hilly but very interesting and beautiful ride today! There were ribbons of new highway with good shoulders and great vistas of Lake Superior, as well as lovely streams and marshes and many little roadside lakes in the morning time. At one stop overlooking the Lake, the view was so wide and far away that Y claimed she could see the curve of the earth! As we ride along, and now that we have been on 14 of our 30 rides, people are giving us big waves and little waves, as the same transport and service vehicles pass by on their routes. Today, Cliff, who works with CP stopped to say hello, as he has seen us quite a few times and he told us about his cousin who bike rides and writes about his rides. We also got a big wave from a fellow who spoke with us at a camp two days previous. At one outlook stop, two motorcyclists who were headed to Labrador told us we were about to cross paths with a man on his bike pulling a canoe. About 30Kms later we met up with Mitchell walking his rig down a long steep hill. Mitchell told us about his journey from Edmonton, where there was no work for him. He was born in Nova Scotia and had grown up in Ontario and was headed back to the Maritimes. We gave Mitchell the cold orange juice B had for him, and when he repeatedly expressed his gratitude for the juice, Y went back to her bike and pulled out fruit, graham crackers, and our emergency nuts & bars, and unopened water, which Mitchell also accepted. We were unable to provision early in the day for the next few days, as grocery places were closed Sunday, or we would have given more to Mitchell. In this area of Ontario, people seem to have annual vacation spots and so near the end of the day we encountered two nice towns, Terrace Bay and Schreiber, which both have good services and nice places to eat. We bought next day's lunch sandwiches at a coffee shop, and too much food at dinner so we have extra to take to our B&B on the Beach accommodation, as there is a fridge and use of the kitchen. We unpacked, showered, watched the sun-set, and then sat and chatted with B&B hosts Billie Jo and Bill, and co-guests Nancy and Joe (and enjoyed home-made chocolate cheesecake and chose our breakfast for the morning time).







2 comments :

  1. Lovely to read about the kindness and friendliness you are encountering and exchanging! I love your descriptive writings. - - - JMcD.

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