Monday July 30th

I don’t have map my ride marked yet and it is too bad because it was a bit of an interesting route.

I woke up around 6 but slept in for a it before joining Carol and Craig for some breakfast. My cold is still lingering but I think that is more to do with the drinking so I need to escape Ontario! This morning was on cooler side of things although not much cloud and the sun was well on it’s way to a scorching mid day sun but it was still a few hours before that. Craig and Carol drove me out to Julian lake which I don’t consider cheating since I lengthened my route coming up here and it was really worth it. I can’t thank Craig and Carol enough for really taking care of me and making sure I had a relaxing time.

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Sunday July 29th

Today was definitely a sleep in day since the plan was t sit in the sun by the lake. For those following I apologize for being so behind. When I have a rest day with friends I usually don’t blog since I am spending time with them even if it is drinking beer on a hot day under the sizzling sun. From about 11 onward we were have team Canada coronos and jumping in the lake when Craig I got to hot. I only sustained one weaval attack and we caught some small fish off the dock but no big mouthed bass. It was funny actually I saw craig disappear into the boat house for what I figured was more bear but he had live bait. Always be prepared they say!

Craig scaling Blueberry Hill!

Saturday July 28th
Ride details coming…

Before we start I have to mention some updates to the bike and my gear. All during the week at Ian’s I had a tarp in his garage which had essentially three rows. One for stuff I absolutely had to take with me (e.g. bike pump, water bottles), a second for stuff I might not need (e.g. tent, cotton shirt) and a third for things that were going home for sure which included the front panier bags. I decided that the tent was still required to keep costs down and therefore had to keep all of the tarps. I also kept my fabulous Stormtech fleece and jacket since I knew it could get windy on the “The Rock” (Newfoundland) but I did send home my bike jacket. All in all I sent back 4.7 kilograms of stuff including a USB backup of my pictures and video. I added a new lightweight towel, handlebar bag and the business cards had forwarded to Ian. Overall still a descent reduction in weight and the front of the bike was handling way better now plus I had less wind resistance!

I took the lake shore path and road from Ian’s. It is pretty new and a nice little back road but it is pretty short and it was long before I was on a regular road running West the 400 highway. I took it all the way to Whitby before turning North on the 12 which turns into the 7 highway.

My little send off...

Lakeshore rd.

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