Luckily today was an "easy" day because we only had to travel 87 kms. The fist 5 kms or so my legs feel like they will not make it. Then they warm up and suprise me most days on how they perform. The legs just have a mind of their on and peddling is a reaction to sitting on the saddle.
In the morning at camp we ate pancakes as it was fitting because we were in Pancake Bay. They were consumed quickly by most because their was no wind and the mosquitos were out in force. Sam and I tried to leave camp quickly because it was forecasted to rain in the morning. We did get a couple of drops on us but not too much despite there being dark rain clouds looming beside us for a couple of hours. Arlen, John, and Kerry joined us on the road and we road together mostly.
Our first stop was in Havilland at about 50 km. We saw an ice-cream sign and knew that even though it was 10 am Arlen would love to eat some. He didn't though and people ordered their second breakfast. Kerry found a butter tart to eat which was not his favourite of the trip. Later I was glad we stopped there and not in Heyden a little bit down the road as I needed a little bit of time to digest the food before the Mile High Hill.
The Mile High Hill was not that bad. But I did drop out of the pace line to remove extra clothing that I wore to keep warm in the cool morning air. It had warmed up quite a bit since then and I didn't need to lose any extra water while climbing up this monster hill.
The rest of the ride was uneventful but I did notice quite a few of motels in disrepair on the approach to Sault Ste Marie. Once in the town it looked like all others of that size. We chose to bypass the city and not follow the cue sheets. We got to the campground in good time.
We spent some time to pitch our tents and I got a couple of hours sleep before dinner.
