Day 77 July 22, 2011 Blind River to Thessalon 61km
24 Jul
So many cyclists!
It was a lot cooler this morning although still quite humid as the morning run took place along Blind River, beautiful and calm at that early hour in the morning. I felt good for the first 15km and then started to feel really tired. I couldn’t quite figure it out but my pace had slowed significantly over the 5km from 15-20km. At the time I was listening to True Grit on my iPod so I changed back to music and my pace improved dramatically, back to where it had been earlier in the morning and I didn’t feel as tired. Bizarre.
I again had lunch at 35km, and then sun was slowly starting to make its appearance after hiding behind clouds for much of the morning. Unfortunately, I didn’t make the connection between the appearance of the sun and the fact that I had not put on sunscreen this morning.
I have met a number of people cycling across Canada since I started this trip but over the past two days that number has dramatically increased. Yesterday I met Mike Hennessy, who was going the same direction I was, and passed two others who were going west to east. Today I met two girls who were going from Sudbury to a music festival at a lake just north of Kenora. Tomorrow morning I can tell you (because I’m editing this blog from Sault-St-Marie) that I’m going to meet Bill, who is from Nova Scotia and who started in Victoria and is going to Newfoundland and tomorrow afternoon I will meet Ann Fisher who is also riding across from west to east. Ann and her husband Brian, who is driving the support van, are both O.P.P. officers, and Ann is trying to raise awareness for impaired driving. Lots of cyclists!
As the afternoon wore on my feet started to get really sore, but the rest of me felt great. Were it not for the blisters on my feet I probably could have carried on for another 5-10km, but I was hobbling when I stopped at 61km.
We spent the night at a campsite with a huge red Muskoka chair, claiming to be the largest in Northern Ontario. It was huge, though I’m guessing from the claim that it’s not even the biggest in Ontario. Small towns across Canada sure are fond of having huge random items.
The campground was right on Lake Huron and Mike and I were swimming almost as soon as the MCC was parked.
We’ve already thrown the circuit breaker 4 times thanks to our air conditioning and the limited power at the campsite, but we’re determined to keep it going all night so we don’t cook in this oven!
Tomorrow I get to Sault-St-Marie and then a day off!
It was a lot cooler this morning although still quite humid as the morning run took place along Blind River, beautiful and calm at that early hour in the morning. I felt good for the first 15km and then started to feel really tired. I couldn’t quite figure it out but my pace had slowed significantly over the 5km from 15-20km. At the time I was listening to True Grit on my iPod so I changed back to music and my pace improved dramatically, back to where it had been earlier in the morning and I didn’t feel as tired. Bizarre.
I again had lunch at 35km, and then sun was slowly starting to make its appearance after hiding behind clouds for much of the morning. Unfortunately, I didn’t make the connection between the appearance of the sun and the fact that I had not put on sunscreen this morning.
I have met a number of people cycling across Canada since I started this trip but over the past two days that number has dramatically increased. Yesterday I met Mike Hennessy, who was going the same direction I was, and passed two others who were going west to east. Today I met two girls who were going from Sudbury to a music festival at a lake just north of Kenora. Tomorrow morning I can tell you (because I’m editing this blog from Sault-St-Marie) that I’m going to meet Bill, who is from Nova Scotia and who started in Victoria and is going to Newfoundland and tomorrow afternoon I will meet Ann Fisher who is also riding across from west to east. Ann and her husband Brian, who is driving the support van, are both O.P.P. officers, and Ann is trying to raise awareness for impaired driving. Lots of cyclists!
As the afternoon wore on my feet started to get really sore, but the rest of me felt great. Were it not for the blisters on my feet I probably could have carried on for another 5-10km, but I was hobbling when I stopped at 61km.
We spent the night at a campsite with a huge red Muskoka chair, claiming to be the largest in Northern Ontario. It was huge, though I’m guessing from the claim that it’s not even the biggest in Ontario. Small towns across Canada sure are fond of having huge random items.
The campground was right on Lake Huron and Mike and I were swimming almost as soon as the MCC was parked.
We’ve already thrown the circuit breaker 4 times thanks to our air conditioning and the limited power at the campsite, but we’re determined to keep it going all night so we don’t cook in this oven!
Tomorrow I get to Sault-St-Marie and then a day off!
