Loretta

Minnedosa Rest Day

Minnedosa at the Valley Motor Lodge We woke up to pouring rain. I was feeling tired and we easily decided to stay for a day. We realized that we had been on bikes for 8 days which justified us taking...

Richer

Took a picture of Marv against some dark clouds — we dodged showers all around us all day. Also, it was neat to see the longitudinal center of Canada.

Falcon Lake

Last night while we were watching TV we heard this ssssss. I jumped up to see my back tire go completely flat! It sure was good timing as we could put a new tube in outside our rooms. The tube had...

Ottawa

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...

Vermilion Bay to Dryden

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...

Boote’s Home

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...

Marathon to White River

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...

White River

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...

Another Day Off in White River

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...

Heyden

[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...