We woke up to the sunrise and the mist on the lake. It was a very quiet and peaceful morning. Fog came and went while we had breakfast and packed out stuff away. We had to bike up hill to get out of Marathon which was a bit tiring first thing in the morning. We... Continue Reading →
Day 55 – White River to Marathon
Before Henri left in the morning we got a quick photo with him. Our ride was smooth, with little wind and traffic. We came across many beautiful lakes. We then noticed that the forest started to look very strange. We later learned that there was a massive forest fire here in May of 1999 (known... Continue Reading →
Day 54 – Wawa to White River and Winnie-the-Pooh
This morning we met Mark from Toronto, who was also staying at our campground. He was coming from Vancouver and was headed back home. We shared some tips and had a nice chat. Mark mentioned that he had met a cyclist that said the tourist office in White River has free camping so we noted... Continue Reading →
Day 53 – Agawa Bay to Wawa
Just a quick update to let you know that we have made it to Wawa, ON. Our parents have been telling us there are many stories of hitch hikers getting stuck in this town of Wawa. We have had absolutely no cell coverage since we left Sault Ste Marie, and since we had been staying... Continue Reading →
Day 52 – Pancake Bay to Agawa Bay
After an awesome breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes (at Pancake Bay of all places), we headed for Agawa Bay, climbing the famous Montreal River Harbour hill along the way. This is the hill that Terry Fox wore a special t-shirt about the hill to inspire him to make it over the top. The views today... Continue Reading →
Day 51 – Sault Ste Marie to Pancake Bay
We headed away from Velorution this morning...a bit sad to leave the oasis but feeling recharged and restocked. We followed their suggested route out of the city, staying on Old Garden City Rd and then Landslide Rd. This kept us off the super busy "Great Northern Rd" through the center of town. Velorution is pictured... Continue Reading →
Day 50 – Rest day in Sault Ste Marie at Velorution
We said goodbye to our fellow touring cyclist friends this morning who were all departing today. We are taking the day off to catch up on our usual chores (laundry etc) and maybe go check out downtown Sault Ste Marie if we have the time (we tried their new Hub trail to try to get... Continue Reading →
Day 49 – Bruce Mines to Sault Ste Marie – At Velorution, a touring cyclist oasis
We started in foggy and muggy conditions along 638, which helped avoid the TCH to Sault Ste Marie. Although it was hilly, it was nice not to have to deal with the traffic in the misty weather. There was basically no services the whole way. We stopped in Ophir, population 12, for a quick snack.... Continue Reading →
Day 48 – Serpent River to Bruce Mines and fellow touring cyclists
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 →
Trip Around The World 