Distance: 130.81
Time: 5:41
Elevation: 1034 M
Weather: Sunny and Hot...slight headwind from SE 14 - 41? Avg 27
Bathroom Rating: 10
Flats: 0
We left the wonderful campsite at Agawa Bay. Lake Superior was at it's finest. Calm, clear and beautiful as it was yesterday. Fog was way out this morning...and it was nice to start the day looking out at the expanse.
We had to dry camp....haha...we are in a trailer...but did not have internet, water, sewer or electrical hookup for a night. Tough living eh?
We got up a bit earlier today to start before it got too hot. But still didn't leave camp until 8:30 am. Somehow we don't get any faster. It was a bit earlier and being a Sunday, truck traffic was much less, so that was nice for riding.
We left camp and soon after we had our first big climb of the day. Montreal Hill. It was okay...not too bad as it was kind of in sections and nothing over a 8% grade that I saw. Now going down the other side was another matter. It was straight down for the whole thing to Montreal Bay. I am glad we didn't have to climb up that side.
After Montreal Hill it was a lot of ups and downs until about 60 K. Greg met us at Pancake Bay where there was a Coombs type stop. We had a rest and ate. I had an Ice cream....It tasted good. Filled up our water bottles and then headed out and Greg headed to the Soo.
The road after our break was a lot less up and down as we road along the lake, but much warmer.
We took a small side road through Harmony Beach and I stopped and did a short dip. It worked wonders at cooling my core down. The water was beautiful. It is nice to have hot weather now to do that. All those beautiful little lakes in Northern Ontario and it was too cool and you didn't feel like you had to jump in!
Met up again with Nancy and Dave and we rode onward to about 25 K from Sault Ste Marie. We stopped for a cold water/drink break at a store. We had a discussion about our last big climb coming up and as soon as we hit the road and went around the corner...there it was, looming in the distance about 3 km out. The climb itself was not bad at all....only a 7% or so....it was just the heat and the end of the day. But from there it was easy sailing with a bit of headwind to the KOA campsite outside of the Soo.
Greg of course was there and had us all set up and a bag of ice ready for cold drinks. What a guy!! A bit of a rest and then off to the showers and out for Pizza! Great Pizza at Fratelli's Kitchen and a beer to wash it down.
Tried to find water to refill our large water bottles....but no grocery stores in town do it. They just sell new already filled ones. So much for being ecofriendly. Will do some calls tomorrow to see if we can find someone around here that fills them.
I sometimes forget when we are riding that we are in frigging Northern Ontario!!! That is so amazing. When I remind myself...I have to smile!
I spent some time and added up our km to date and what we have forecasted for our trip, (except for PEI) and we are now 10 km past halfway!!! Tomorrow night we celebrate!!!!!
Back to camp....a few emails and calls and blog writing...and then to bed I think. Internet is good here so trying to download a few things as well.
Amazing trip so far...Thanks for reading.
Heidi
Time: 5:41
Elevation: 1034 M
Weather: Sunny and Hot...slight headwind from SE 14 - 41? Avg 27
Bathroom Rating: 10
Flats: 0
We left the wonderful campsite at Agawa Bay. Lake Superior was at it's finest. Calm, clear and beautiful as it was yesterday. Fog was way out this morning...and it was nice to start the day looking out at the expanse.
We got up a bit earlier today to start before it got too hot. But still didn't leave camp until 8:30 am. Somehow we don't get any faster. It was a bit earlier and being a Sunday, truck traffic was much less, so that was nice for riding.
We left camp and soon after we had our first big climb of the day. Montreal Hill. It was okay...not too bad as it was kind of in sections and nothing over a 8% grade that I saw. Now going down the other side was another matter. It was straight down for the whole thing to Montreal Bay. I am glad we didn't have to climb up that side.
After Montreal Hill it was a lot of ups and downs until about 60 K. Greg met us at Pancake Bay where there was a Coombs type stop. We had a rest and ate. I had an Ice cream....It tasted good. Filled up our water bottles and then headed out and Greg headed to the Soo.
The road after our break was a lot less up and down as we road along the lake, but much warmer.
Met up again with Nancy and Dave and we rode onward to about 25 K from Sault Ste Marie. We stopped for a cold water/drink break at a store. We had a discussion about our last big climb coming up and as soon as we hit the road and went around the corner...there it was, looming in the distance about 3 km out. The climb itself was not bad at all....only a 7% or so....it was just the heat and the end of the day. But from there it was easy sailing with a bit of headwind to the KOA campsite outside of the Soo.
Greg of course was there and had us all set up and a bag of ice ready for cold drinks. What a guy!! A bit of a rest and then off to the showers and out for Pizza! Great Pizza at Fratelli's Kitchen and a beer to wash it down.
Tried to find water to refill our large water bottles....but no grocery stores in town do it. They just sell new already filled ones. So much for being ecofriendly. Will do some calls tomorrow to see if we can find someone around here that fills them.
I sometimes forget when we are riding that we are in frigging Northern Ontario!!! That is so amazing. When I remind myself...I have to smile!
I spent some time and added up our km to date and what we have forecasted for our trip, (except for PEI) and we are now 10 km past halfway!!! Tomorrow night we celebrate!!!!!
Back to camp....a few emails and calls and blog writing...and then to bed I think. Internet is good here so trying to download a few things as well.
Amazing trip so far...Thanks for reading.
Heidi
5 comments:
I loved Wawa and the Soo! Does Wawa still have the goose? And I took this same photo of dear Winnie the Pooh! You are arousing so many good memories! Thank you for sharing your adventure. May the hills be gentle and your tires stay round.
Barbara and Watson in Nanaimo
That looks totally awesome! I am so envious. To think that you get up every day for a 100k ride and get incredible country and scenery that you have never seen before. (I am so sick of Northwest Bay Road.) Have a great "half way" celebration. You all deserve it!
Heating up eh!! Fun times!!! Not the fun starts as you head further east eh!!!! Enjoy Enjoy!
Cheers Tony T
(Just had Norm and the T's here for a fish, swim and a snack!)
BromleySon.blogspot.com Entry #1
Well, I got my bike back from the shop, so I figured I should probably take it for a spin and retrain the ol' brain (and knees) for clipless pedals.
I had dropped it off last week as the front shifter felt kind of stuck. The mechanic said it worked great for him after he replaced the cable.
Got all decked out in the biking gear that's been collecting dust since the fall, and went for a lil' jaunt around the neighbourhood. I have a bad habit of pushing myself too hard when I get back into an activity, so I made a concious decision to keep this one short.
About half way through, the front shifter started acting up again, but who needs that other chainring, right?
Me decked out
Ride route (Google Maps time estimate is a little slow)
I'll be posting more in the month leading up to my trip out east to meet up with the bromleypatterson.blogspot.com crew in PEI, so stay tuned!
-Dusty
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