Day Forty One - Sheguindah

This morning I woke at 5:15 and got my tent packed up and ready to go before 6:15 when we started preparations for breakfast.  We made eggs and fried bread because we do not have a toaster.  The mosquitos were very very bad as soon as I left my tent but improved a little bit once there more people up and more bodies to bite.

Even though our crew had to cook and load the truck we were on the road by 8.  There terrain was rolling hills and not to tough.  In Massey Sam and I stopped at a convenience store for a drink and to eat a PBJ.  I found out others went further into Massey to visit a bakery.

The road from Massey to Espanola were country roads and the quality of the road surface varied quite a bit.  We stopped to change a slow leak in Sam's rear tire.  I found a very small piece of wire that was barely noticeable.  It had to be pulled out with my leather man pliers.  While there the group that was at the bakery passed by and asked if we needed assistance then continued on.

In Espanola we went to Timmy's for lunch for a "cheese toastie".  When we were getting off our bikes Arlen pulled up which surprised us because he was so far ahead of us.  It turns out that he made a wrong turn and added a couple of km's to his ride.

While is the Tim's we met Brad that was traveling on his Kona Sutra from Toronto to Sault Ste Marie.  A week earlier he and his friends had traveled the west coast of the US from Washington to California.  He said that he was using Hot Showers.  I was thinking we also take hot showers when we can too.  It turns out it is a website that enables people to stay at peoples houses for cheap.

After lunch we were back on the main road that was very busy and the terrain changed to steeper, longer hills.  About 10 km before the bridge to Manitoulan Island a head wind really started to pick up and it was really difficult to move forward.  On that same part of highway there was a system to detect dear crossing the road that would trigger lights to flash to warn drivers.

Like most of the riders, just on the other side of the bridge to Manitoulan Island we stopped for ice cream.  I hadn't eaten any food since lunch and was feeling a little calorie depleted. There wasn't too many kms to go and once in camp I felt much better.

Tomorrow is a short day at 60 km but we must get the ferry at 1pm.  Once we are in Tobermory it is a short ride to the campsite.

Little Current swing bridge to Manitoulin Island

A creek flowing down a rock face just before the campground.

Marsh adjacent to where the tents were set up