June 22 - Wawa 92 km

Goose 1

Goose 2

Goose 3 

Another selfie 

Sign for Dubreuville.  Our uncle lived here, and we spent part of one summer visiting him

Church

 Another fantastic day.  Started off cool and foggy this morning from all the rain yesterday.  The fog only lifted when I was close to Wawa, and then it got hot!  27C and humid.  The cycling was great today….only a few small hills, the rest was either flat or down hill.  Lots of trees, so no view of Lake Superior.  

Tomorrow the plan is Agawa bay(95 km), and Tuesday Sault Ste Marie (140 km).  I may not have any service for the next two days, so don’t worry.  After Sault Ste Marie the service should be a lot better, just need to get through the next two days.  I went to a grocery store and bought food for tomorrow and the next day, until I’m back where there is phone service and restaurants.  

Tonight we are in a campground just outside of Wawa, and the four of us are sharing a rustic cabin.  At least we will stay dry if it rains tonight.  😀😀😀

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June 21 - Day 46 - Weather Day

The four of us L to R

Me, Chris, Jarka and Patrick

Storing our bikes to keep them dry today. 

 Another weather day today.  We’ve had thunderstorms on and off most of the day, along with strong winds.  Things have finally died down, but it’s far too late to try and make it to Wawa today.  

I’ve been texting with the quebecois boys, they are in Iron Bridge, 110 km east of Sault Ste Marie, Marcel is almost as far.  I’ve met up with three other cyclists, Chris from Edmonton and Patrick and Jarka from Vernon.  We spent the morning visiting after we checked out of our hotel, and before we could check into a different one, as the original one was full tonight.  

It’s been a fun day visiting and telling stories, we should be good to go tomorrow morning for Wawa.  Possibly stay at a campground there.  Then it will be two long days to Sault Ste Marie, with likely limited service.  

June 20 - Day 45- White River - 90.7 km, 635m

Celebrating over half way!!!

Winnie the Pooh 

Lunch spot

Selfie

 Another day done….and it was a great day….nice and easy.  I wasn’t in a rush again today, just a fun day.  I salted just enough this morning for it to warm up just a bit, so I was comfortable the whole day.  Although it looks like I was going uphill all day, I wasn’t.  The grade was good, not too many hills.  

I did see a mama black bear and a baby cross the highway not too far ahead of me, but I was going uphill….so couldn’t go very fast.  When I got to the area where I had seen her cross, she was there, hiding behind some rocks just watching me.  Then several vehicles passed, and by the time I was a ways away, and never saw her again.  About 15 km further, I stopped at a restaurant and had an ice cream.  The server was quite chatty, we talked about the bear….her take on it is that she was showing her cub how to cross the highway.   That’s certainly a possibility.  

I was starving when I arrived in White River….being hungry is new for me, so I had a meal after washing up.  I was still hungry, but too embarrassed to order more food so I went for a walk to another restaurant where I had my celebration that I didn’t have yesterday!!!!

So I’m in White River…their claim to fame is this is where Winnie the Pooh started.  The story goes that Lt Colbourn was a vet and was looking after horses on the train.  When the train stopped in White River and he saw an orphaned black bear beside a trapper, he offered the trapper $20 for the bear.  He named the bear Winnie after his hometown of Winnipeg.  Eventually he gave the bear to the London zoo, where A.A. Milne’s son Christopher Robins Milne loved the bear and would feed it spoon fulls of honey.  And the rest is history!!!!

June 19 - Day 44-Marathon 77 km - 950 m

4135 km 41 riding days, 3 non riding days- but sort of 4 since I split one day into two,  38 sunny days,  lots of headwind days….and so many incredible views!!!!

The elevation chart for today.  It wasn’t actually as bad as it looks.  

Love it when the road disappears….downhill coming up!!!

New shirt today to celebrate….i threw away the other one.  Less to carry!!!

Nice view

Selfie 

Narrow shoulder.  Most of the time it was fairly wide, but when it’s this narrow, I get into the gravel when I see a semi in the mirror

 Half way!!!!  Whoop Whoop.  Hard to believe I’m already half way….feels like I have so much left to ride, but then looking back…I’ve ridden a lot!!!  

Another fantastic day….lots of elevation, but a relatively short day which is why I slept in this morning 😀.   This morning was grey, overcast,  cool and super windy, and not in the right direction!  Hummm….well nothing to do but get on my bike and go for it.  

The clouds broke quite quickly and I had sunny skies, and the wind did slow down a bit, but remained gusty till the end.   I didn’t have many views today, but those that I did have were spectacular.  I did make three stops today, one for a bite to eat - banana and bar, one for pictures and one at a view point.  I think these stops really help me out, rather than cycling hard all day without stopping.  

I saw a small black bear on its own - running in to the bushes, then a bit later a momma and one baby.  Glad I’m not wild camping….nor really camping.  Just never know.  So I’m in a hotel tonight, it’s on the highway, because it’s 120 meters down into town, so that means it would be 120 m up tomorrow morning….in addition to the day!  No thank you….but there’s a taxi in town for the win!!!  

June 18 - Day 43 - Terrace Bay- 111 km, 1200m

Total mileage is 4,058 km!!!!   Tomorrow is my half way point.  

 

Camping last night

Still foggy

Lake Superior 

Lake Superior part way up one of the hills

Rest stop

The beach had some sand, some small rocky area, and this area with huge rock 

Waterfalls near Terrace Bay

🤣🤣🤣

I had an amazing day…despite a challenging start.  But first an update on last night.  It rained while I was having dinner, so at the campground, I set up under the shelter.  Not long after the sky opened up…and it poured for about 30 min.  A woman and her two kids came to the shelter just before the deluge, and cooked a birthday dinner for her son….then we all had some cake after singing 😀

The campground was very basic, no shower, no running water, just an outhouse without any paper😳. I decided to change, so managed in the outhouse, without any hooks, and nothing touched the floor…. I was quite proud of my feat!!!  I washed mostly clothed at the marina, between two boat launch areas.  Clean!!!  Whew.  

This morning I woke up at 0530 to fog….pea soup type fog.  I got dressed, packed up and headed to Tim Hortons for breakfast.  I wasn’t sure what I was going to do….and just as I was getting ready to order a man struck up a conversation.  What was I doing, where did I start etc.  really interested, he even bought my first breakfast!  Very nice.  As I was eating another cyclist walked in, he’s going east to west.  We discussed the road, the hills, the lack of services…I wasn’t sure what to do….and I was a bit tearful.  Because it’s so isolated out here I was thinking of renting a UHaul and just driving to Sault Ste Marie and being done with the isolation, but the cyclist said the road is good, the hills aren’t bad and he was sure I could do it.  Ok…..so I had a second breakfast, with extra to go, and off I went.  

I started at 0830, and already the fog was starting to lift, and by 1030 blue skies!!!!  Yippee!!!!  The lake was still foggy, but now I could see the vehicles and they could see me.  I didn’t feel in a rush today, so took as many stops as I wanted.  Stopped a few times for pictures, lunch was a banana and the three remaining oatmeal raisin cookies I bought in Fort Frances so long ago!  I stopped at a picnic area for more pictures….a short detour to some water falls.  Just a fantastic day, and I’m feeling really good, lots of energy.  

I did a hard reset of my phone and that has fixed the live tracking.  Sorry, didn’t mean to worry anyone as I looked like I was stuck in the middle of nowhere for hours….but after a chat with my tech support (Ted), I think we fixed it!  

I’m in a hotel tonight, as there aren’t any campgrounds near the town.  Laundry is done, dinner was amazing and all my stuff is dried out.  Another early start tomorrow to Marathon!  Thanks for all the texts and encouragement ❤️❤️❤️

June 17 - Day 42 - Nipigon

View of Lake Superior from the view point.  

 Today I’m remembering two great men who influenced me.  First is my Dad….he would have been 99 today.  A great Dad who really loved us ❤️

Second is Terry Fox.  I went to visit his memorial statue this morning.  It was 45 years ago that he was doing his marathon of Hope. I was 15 years old, running 10 km races, and really wanting to run a marathon.  Back then there weren’t any training plans, and I wasn’t sure how to increase my mileage.  Then came along Terry Fox with his iconic hop/skip/run with an artificial leg, and he was running a marathon a day…..every day!  I was inspired by what he was doing, and was devastated- like the rest of Canadians-when he had to stop.  He was a true hero.  

I continued on to Nipigon, making it here in good time.  Someone said that they saw me on the highway, and also saw another cyclist about 2 km behind me….too bad we didn’t meet up.  Although I wasn’t far from Lake Superior all day, the only view I had was from the Terry Fox memorial….there’s an excellent view point there.  

Good luck oilers tonight…..I’m going to get to bed early for an early start tomorrow.  Apparently there’s a forecast of thunderstorms tonight…..I’m setting up my tent under a shelter in the hopes on not having to pack up wet tomorrow 😀