Day 81 July 26, 2011 Batchawana Island to Middle of Nowhere 61km

We’re going dark

The run today was along the cliffs of Lake Superior. It was absolutely beautiful, and looking out over the lake reminded me of the ocean, it’s so big. It actually reminded me a lot of the Sea to Sky highway from Vancouver to Whistler. Part of what made the route beautiful also made it very hilly and I encountered some of the biggest hills I’ve had to date. But the temperature and humidity were perfect and it was a really enjoyable run. I’m still listening to Those In Peril by Wilbur Smith and it’s a great book, I highly recommend it.

Along the way today I met a guy from Quebec who was cycling from Victoria to Quebec. His daughter committed to suicide at age 12 and he was riding to raise awareness of suicide in youths.

We’ve been looking for a small cooler to put next the driver seat to store my water to keep it cold. We looked for it at the only store I passed today. We didn’t find a cooler but we did find a rock based weather system. I’ll let the photo below explain.

What’s really exciting is that I managed to run 60km back to back for the first time since the start of this trip! Awesome! What’s not awesome is that Mike has no service on his phone, which means that our Internet hub won’t work because they use the same carrier. I have reception but it’s sporadic. It’s the only time so far this trip that I have had reception while Mike has not. I may start to tone down my hatred of Rogers if it keeps up. So we’ve essentially gone dark and can’t update our Facebook, Twitter or blog. Hopefully it doesn’t last too long although there isn’t much between here and Thunder Bay.

I finished running right beside a random dirt road that opened up into a small clearing; our home for the night. With no reception/service we had lots of time to do stuff that has nothing to do with the Internet (read: we went to bed early).

I have to give a huge shout out to my Aunt Anne Riley for solving the blisters between my big toes. After visiting her in Muskoka she gave me a pack of wool to put between my toes. I was skeptical at first but I haven’t had any trouble with them since she gave me the wool and they are almost completely healed! Thank you Auntie Annie!!

We’ll see if I can keep up this distance tomorrow