We had an early start to the day to try to beat the holiday traffic on the TCH. We left about 7:45AM and found the traffic actually quite light on our side of the road almost the entire way. We even had a little tail wind and with good pavement we made it all the... Continue Reading →
Day 47 – Espanola to Serpent River, and the infamous Trans-Canada Highway
We said good bye to our fellow neighbour tenters and started out from our campground. Within 5 min, we ran into a fellow touring cyclist from Quebec. His name was Jean Francois and he was biking from Vancouver to Quebec. While we were chatting 3 touring cyclist stopped on the opposite side of the road.... Continue Reading →
Day 46 – Manitoulin Island to Espanola
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 45 – Tobermory to Manitoulin Island
We woke up a little later than we wanted but we still managed to catch the 7AM ferry to Manitoulin Island. The ferry was full and there were quite a few cars that could not get on and would have to wait until the next ferry in 3.5 hours. Throw that in the pile for... Continue Reading →
Day 44 – Port Elgin to Tobermory, ON
We started at 8AM today as we wanted to make it to Tobermory which was about 120km away. We encountered our first paved bike path since Orillia in Port Elgin. They had just installed it this summer, and it is a beautiful path along the water that goes almost all the way to Southampton. The... Continue Reading →
Day 43 – Kincardine to Port Elgin, ON
We left Shane's place (Thanks Shane for the great hospitality!!) for a quick 50km trip to Port Elgin. We had a tail wind and the roads were flat and the traffic was very light along the shore road. In Port Elgin we met up with the guys that I used to work with for some... Continue Reading →
Article in the Ottawa Region Newspaper
This is the article from the interview we had last week with Patricia from the Carleton Place Canadian Gazette: http://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/article/851153--honeymoon-adventure-lands-couple-in-cp Hope you enjoy it!
Day 39-42 Rest days in Kincardine
Just a quick update to let you guys know we have arrived in Kincardine, ON, and are taking a few days off to see friends and rest up. We'll head out on Wednesday to Port Elgin, then Thursday to Tobermory. We'll catch the Chi-Cheemaun ferry from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island on Friday. We have fallen... 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 →
Trip Around The World 