Started 8:15am ended 8:30pm

It was a little warm last night and I had trouble sleeping even though I relaxed all day yesterday. I had been waking up on and off all night and thankfully Margie rang a bell at 7am to wake me up. We chatted while I ate breakfast and I packed up reasonably quickly which included some leftover chicken from the night before.

Back on the road I was feeling lethargic and it took me a while just to get to 40 kilometers. The hills are deceiving here and there is a lot of steep grade between 6 and 7 percent. Near Rossport the Trans Canada wraps closely along the lake so I decided to take a break on a piece of Canadian shield on the lake shore. I ate the rest of the chicken and grabbed a 5 minute nap.

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