We started out the day in Mindemoya and headed towards Little Current via the back roads. Shortly after starting out, we passed a sign that told us that we were in an area where they are reintroducing black bears! The roads were really nice, with hardly any traffic until we got to the turn onto... Continue Reading →
Day 38 – Durham to Kincardine, ON, and back to flat roads
We started off the morning wet and slightly sore and tired from the day before. We discovered that Adam's right front rack had sheared off the bolt on the bottom and we completed an emergency repair with tie wraps. We cycled in to Durham for some coffee at Tim Hortons. The traffic was quite heavy... Continue Reading →
Day 37 – Orillia to Durham, ON – A 155km record day
We left the Mara Provincial Park campsite fairly early and headed towards Kincardine. We passed Bass Lake Provincial Park and turned up onto Horseshoe Valley Road. This was a pretty awful road, with minimal shoulder and a fair bit of traffic heading towards Hwy 400. It is one of the only paved roads between Orillia... Continue Reading →
Day 31 – Towards Carleton Place and the rest of Ontario
Day 32 – Ottawa to Appleton Today we started from Renzo and Leslie's place in downtown Ottawa and headed towards Carleton Place along the bike paths. We headed east for about 1km, then hooked into the bike path along the Rideau Canal. All was well until we got to the parliament buildings, where we once... Continue Reading →
Day 30 – Manotick to Ottawa
Day 30 – July 15th, 2010 – Manotick to Ottawa We first said our good-byes to our fury friends Winston and Jake at Steve and Lynn's house (we said our good byes to Steve and Lynn the night before as they had to head out to work early in the morning). We wanted to say... Continue Reading →
Day 22 – D’Oka to Montebello
Day 22 - D'Oka to Montebello Due to our racoon encounter the night before, we had a slow start to the day but headed for the tourist office in Oka first thing. Of course, it was again closed. It seemed from our current bike map that we could just follow the coastal road ( in... Continue Reading →
Day 21 – Montreal to D’Oka Provincial Park
Day 21 – Montreal to D'Oka It took us all day to escape the suburbs of Montreal! We left Adam's aunt and uncle's in the morning and followed the beautiful bike paths along the south shore off the island of Montreal. We enjoyed this but it involved a lot of detailed route findings and map... Continue Reading →
Day 19 – Getting into Montreal
Day 19 – Massueville to Montreal Today we headed for Montreal where an awesome meal and a shower awaited us at Adam's aunt and uncle's. We started early and headed for Saint-Ours to the ferry, stopping for an early lunch at the grocery store before the ferry. It was a nice store with tables outside... Continue Reading →
Day 13 – Rain, wind, and 8 degrees by the St. Lawrence River
St. Germain to St-Jean-Port-Joli, PQ We started the day at Michelle's house with an awesome breakfast of eggs and toast and fruit. We thanked her profusely for her generous hospitality, especially considered the cold and rainy weather the night before. Gilles drove us to his house, where we had cycled to the previous day. As... Continue Reading →
Day 11 – Into Quebec!
Today we cycled about 80kms from de la Republique Provincial Park in New Brunswick to a wilderness camping area along the Temis trail between Saint-Louis de Ha Ha and Riviere du Loup. We had a quick chat with the cyclist who had shared our camping area the night before. It turned that they lived just... Continue Reading →
Trip Around The World 