Wednesday 22 July 2015

Day Twenty Seven - Rest Day Kenora

It was 8 before I opened my eyes and emerged from the tent. It was a rest day and I had plans to go to the bike shop at 10. Matt also needed to go for a derailure adjustment. When we left Duncan joined us as we were going for lunch afterwards at 1.

The bike shop said they had seen a few wheels like mine in the past year. They were all different brands of bikes. Common problem I guess. My wheel can only be replaced by another Trek wheel as it uses a through axel that only Trek uses. My next touring bike should have common parts that are available anywhere. 

Lunch was at the Lake of the Woods brewery. Wednesday is the only day that it is busy there because of the farmers market. We waited a half an hour to get a table for six as other riders were joining us there. Lunch was good and we had a lot of laughs. 

It was 3 when we decided to go back to camp before we fell a sleep. Once back at camp a couple of us headed to the lake for a swim but I opted for a nap on the grass in the shade. 

Dinner was leftovers shrimp jambalaya. It was good last night for dinner and good today too. Really quite an uneventful rest day but very relaxing. We have only 4 days to the next rest day where we will be staying inside for the first time since Vancouver. 

Lunch at Lake of the Woods Brewery
A welcome sign after 100 miles of horseflys