Today: 145.4 km To date: 4,510 km To go: 3,290 km A long day accompanied by absolutely nothing written in my journal. Hmmm I must have been tired! The one highlight I do remember from today was passing through a… Read More ›
across canada
Sault St. Marie – Bruce Mines
Today: 66.25 km To date: 4,364 km To go: 3,436 km The bike shop did not open until 10 am this morning, so we had plenty of time to eat before we got going…… we had the most delicious breakfast… Read More ›
Montreal River – Sault St. Marie
Today: 120 km To date: 4,298 km To go: 3,502 km What began as a beautiful day with a brisk tailwind shooing us along and up the hills turned ugly as we got closer and closer to The Soo (Sault… Read More ›
White River – Wawa
Today: 97 km To date: 4,055 km To go: 3,745 km After a good sleep in the woods outside the local Cemetery, we had a terrible A & W breakfast. I started trying to record through photos all the food… Read More ›
Marathon – White River
Today: 97 km To date: 3,958 km To go: 3,842 km approx… Last night I had a horrible dream inspired by recent (and frequent) encounters with the local pests: in this nightmare mosquitos were massive – about the size of… Read More ›
Schreiber – Marathon
Today: 100 km To date: 3,861 km To go: 3,939 km “World-class athletic training” is how Alex described today….. I have come up with a new strategy for dealing with hills – and that’s just imagine the worst and you… Read More ›
Nipigon – Schreiber
Today: 95.5 km To date: 3,761 km To go: 4, 039 km We finally entered the hills we had been hearing about since Manitoba. This area has been claimed to be worse than BC because of the steep grades –… Read More ›
Mirror Lake – Nipigon
Today: 96km To date: 3,666 km To go: 4,135 km What a terrible riding day. Fuelled only by oatmeal and coffee, I had to battle a headwind all morning. Actually all day. I checked later and the winds were about… Read More ›
Thunder Bay – Mirror Lake
Today: 60.5 km To date: 3,569.5 km To go: 4,230.5 km Woken up around 2am by some intense snoring. Turns out I gained a room-mate during the night. I find out later that he is an American who drove… Read More ›
Upsala – Thunder Bay
Today: 147.5 km To date: 3,509 km To go: 4,291 km At breakfast this morning we overheard two road maintenance workers discussing an accident yesterday involving two cyclists – I do not catch the details, but expect to hear about… Read More ›
