First sighting of Lake Superior
29 July
So here I sit on a rock in the middle of a stream typing away on my Mac , tranquility and technology blended together , strange !. This is a very nice campground on the outskirts of Nipigon, it’s sunny and breezy but warm , dinner is in about 15 minutes so I’m taking the opportunity to enter the days events .
Today with much regret we left out beds behind , we lingered as much as we could , had breakfast at the university cafeteria , but finally we left to continue our adventure across the country. The first stop today was just outside of Thunder Bay at the Terry Fox memorial , we got there and already about ten riders had arrived before us , bikes neatly parked against the trees leading to the statue , riders quietly ready the plaque and taking pictures , few words being said as we acknowledged his great courage and sacrifice, and were humbled by his truly epic voyage across this country so sadly cut short here in Thunder Bay, we left as quietly as we came.
Todays route was a short one , right from the start Lake Superior made an appearance as we climbed out of town and for a good part of the journey would play peekaboo with us ( we will be following it’s shore line for the next week or so ) . The scenery today was of softer rocks and mixed in with the evergreens were poplar and other deciduous trees, even some farm land every now and then would appear. We took it easy today , none feeling overly energetic and Bob not having a good day at all , and we had to contend with a bit of a head wind also , so no records were set today.
We spent the first part of the day on nice quiet roads but eventually had to get back on the trans-Canada , it was busy but at first had good shoulder , unfortunately they despaired for the last 30 km and that part was not pleasant at all , add to that a long session of chewed up road waiting to be re-paved and I would say that today ( the last part ) was the most unnerving ride we have had so far.
Great dinner was had again , burritos !!! and fruit salad for desert, we quickly were back to our camping routine: arrive and head for the truck to get your tent polls, grab your duffle bag ( tent in it ) and head out to find a spot to pitch it , about 10 minutes later the tent is up ( we are getting real good at it ) and then it’s time to find the showers , usually a line up forms so patience is a must and usually lots of joking goes on. Once showered , head back to the tent and arrange your stuff , get clothing ready for tomorrow, do some blogging or bike cleaning before dinner is served at 6 . After dinner more bikes get cleaned , some socializing , try to get hocked up to the internet to upload blog and then sleep.
Today we once again are under bear alert so no food to be left in the tent .
Total ridden today: 118.4 - Average speed: 21.0 - Ridding time: 5.37
My peaceful little stream and snoozing rock
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