It started out a day or rest. We walked our bikes to the bike store. Then we ambled down Bank Street towards the Parliament buildings. We thought it would be a good idea to visit Lou Sekora’s...
28 days traveling over a 35-day period, consuming July, they cycled 2,057 of 2,077 kms from Kenora to Alfred
It started out a day or rest. We walked our bikes to the bike store. Then we ambled down Bank Street towards the Parliament buildings. We thought it would be a good idea to visit Lou Sekora’s...
Enroute [to Dryden from Vermilion Bay] we stopped at Egli’s Sheep Farm. Wow! They raise the sheep and do all the manufacturing of clothes, mitts, slippers, leather jackets, etc...
We didn’t leave until noon — another relaxing breakfast. Enroute we stopped at the commemoration to Terry Fox — a park, statue, building overlooking Lake Superior. Very impressive...
Mostly, the roads have been friendly for cyclists. A white line dividing the traffic lane from a paved shoulder, which ranges from a meter to a car width provides a safe zone for cyclists. But on...
A day over Lake Superior. It was a typical day in that we did not start as early as we had planned. Loretta, the pessimist, thinks the day will produce rain; Marv thinks the day will be great. Both...
Woke up this morning feeling really tired. If we had been in a bigger place we may have rested. It was very hard to leave that cozy room. It was overcast and a wind that appeared to favor us so off...
Time off in White River Now that we’ve relaxed we realize that we left it too long. Dad has slept and slept and slept. The whole body does not want to move much it seems. We are in a delightful...
After much debating, we decided to take today off. It seems that we have to justify it to ourselves which is stupid. I was concerned at how tired Marv was yesterday, not to mention that we’re...
[After meeting the Whitfords], the sun is high, getting hotter (33º) and we still have a few hills to climb, albeit much easier hills than the past 2 days. The combination of not totally recovering...
Surprisingly, my injuries didn’t hurt pedaling until noon or so and then the left leg started hurting a bit and swelling increase a little. [Recall, Loretta’s right arm still aches from...