Monday, August 1, 2005
Day 35 – Distance: 109.93 km
Ignace to Upsala, ON
It was a perfect biking day – warm, but with a bit of a breeze in the back. The terrain was again quite flat, and traffic was light. We actually ate breakfast at a restaurant, and I left about 9:00 am, Cassie having opted to get her clothes dried, since the night air didn’t do it the night before. I made it English Bay by 11:40 and popped into a local restaurant, where the owner immediately grabbed my water bottles and filled them for me. What a sweetheart! It was the first time in quite a while that I actually felt an appetite for something on the menu, so I was happy to indulge. Maybe that’s why the rest of the day went so well, biking wise, also. I made to Upsala by 3:30, but then found out the time had changed again, so it was really 4:30. I had to wait for the others, who discovered there is actually another campsite in town, but eventually we found each other and spent some time ironing out communication problems, especially when cell service is non-existent. We’re going to invest in some orange plastic ribbon so we can let the others know where we are, rather than standing on the side of the road in the blistering sun (which I didn’t do – I don’t tolerate sun very well, as lots of you know).
Tomorrow we get to Thunder Bay – we’ve booked a campsite near Kakabeka Falls, so we’ll have to drive into the city for things we need, but we may move for Wednesday night. We’ll see.
Highlight of the day – a lovely swim in a tiny lake by the highway. Adele discovered it first, and maneuvered the van to it. It had formerly been a picnic site, but I guess it was abandoned, so the road people put up a bit of a roadblock to limit access. However, she was not to be deterred, and when we got there, we all enjoyed cooling off in the very brown water – all the water in this area seems to be loaded with iron.
Ignace to Upsala, ON
It was a perfect biking day – warm, but with a bit of a breeze in the back. The terrain was again quite flat, and traffic was light. We actually ate breakfast at a restaurant, and I left about 9:00 am, Cassie having opted to get her clothes dried, since the night air didn’t do it the night before. I made it English Bay by 11:40 and popped into a local restaurant, where the owner immediately grabbed my water bottles and filled them for me. What a sweetheart! It was the first time in quite a while that I actually felt an appetite for something on the menu, so I was happy to indulge. Maybe that’s why the rest of the day went so well, biking wise, also. I made to Upsala by 3:30, but then found out the time had changed again, so it was really 4:30. I had to wait for the others, who discovered there is actually another campsite in town, but eventually we found each other and spent some time ironing out communication problems, especially when cell service is non-existent. We’re going to invest in some orange plastic ribbon so we can let the others know where we are, rather than standing on the side of the road in the blistering sun (which I didn’t do – I don’t tolerate sun very well, as lots of you know).
Tomorrow we get to Thunder Bay – we’ve booked a campsite near Kakabeka Falls, so we’ll have to drive into the city for things we need, but we may move for Wednesday night. We’ll see.
Highlight of the day – a lovely swim in a tiny lake by the highway. Adele discovered it first, and maneuvered the van to it. It had formerly been a picnic site, but I guess it was abandoned, so the road people put up a bit of a roadblock to limit access. However, she was not to be deterred, and when we got there, we all enjoyed cooling off in the very brown water – all the water in this area seems to be loaded with iron.
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