After dinner yesterday I used Google maps to map out the route for today to check out the elevation gain. Arlen said that it was going to be a difficult day because of all the hills. Google maps said the elevation gain would be around 1025 metres. Not too difficult compared to the mountain passes in BC and Alberta.
Starting out we had a good tailwind. The wind was coming from the West and we were travelling North East. During the day the wind changed many times. You would climb a hill and have a tailwind then at the top be nearly blown off your bike. All in all the wind was favourable for us luckily.
We passed some very nice looking rock faces during todays ride. Some were rust coloured and in one place it looked like a man made wall (See pics below). There were also some really nice look outs were we pulled over to view lake Superior from above.
Our first stop was in Gravel River at 50 km. Mostly everyone stopped and some had snacks like pie or butter tarts. Arlen had a chance to eat his first ice cream sandwich after eating a 2nd breakfast of a fried egg sandwich.
At 74 km the route detoured us from the highway into Rossport. We stopped at a restaurant called Serendipity for lunch. While there we had a gentleman request a picture of our lunch table. Another man and wife said that they had driven all the way from Thunder Bay to eat there. He said it was a 2 hour drive and we took 4 hours to bike there. Many people had the blueberry shortcake for dessert.
Less than 5 hours after we started we were in Terrace Bay and at our campsite. I was on cooking duty so I quickly sat up my tent and headed over to the rec centre for a quick sauna and shower. Dinner was tuna and macaroni with salad and chocolate pudding for dessert. Tomorrow is a 139 km day and looks like the wind will be at our back.
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| At a lookout over looking Nipigon Bay ON |
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| Red rock outcrop on the descent to the lookout |
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| Arlen with his photo smile out front of Serendipity restaurant in Rossport |
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| Inside the restaurant |
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| Natural rock out cropping looks man made |
