Friday, July 23rd
Beausejour (MB) to Kenora (ON)
171km
It was freezing cold last night. You could see your breath in the tent. I was warm enough under all of my layers, but I didn't feel much like getting out of bed and into cold cycling clothes.
I rode with Paul today. Rick was on breakfast crew, so he didn't get to leave until the truck was fully packed. Roselyn woke up early, and left about 45 minutes before Paul and I.
Paul and I hadn't been rabbit chasing together for a while, and we enjoyed flying past people in the morning. I figured that we would catch Roselyn at the small bakery, 40km into the day, but she hadn't stopped there. We stopped and enjoyed some large cinamon buns...straight from the oven.
We rode hard again to the next little town, around the 77km mark, and still no sign of Rosalyn. By this point, we had passed all of the other rabbits...Rosalyn was the only rider ahead of us. We had a sit down lunch in this little town of Renne, bwfore heading out again. Peter, from England, joined us at this point.
The terrain was very much hillier than yesterday. After Renne, most of the route was rolling. Nothing too steep, but not pancake flat like the prairies anymore. In addition to hills, granite rock faces started to appear at the side of the road today. There were also a few “group of 7” style lakes, with granite rocks and tall evergreans around them.
We crossed into Ontario today. It is deceiving though. Ontario is so large, that I am actually still very far from home. But just making it back to the province I started in feels like an accomplishment.
In the end, we never did catch up with Rosalyn; she beat us to camp by an hour. That's right...Paul and I got beat. We got beat bad, and we got beat by a girl. We chased hard too...29.5km/h average speed, over some pretty hilly terrain. It was the breaks that did us in. Rosayln only stopped a few times, to eat quickly. That was her advantage. That's what Paul and I are telling ourselves.
I did laundry after arriving in camp, and made supper with my cook crew. We made a chicken Thai curry. It went over really well with the group. I am definitely looking forward to a nice rest tomorrow.
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Daniel Longo
CIBC Corporate Development
(416) 956-3831
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Day 30
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4 comments:
Those cinnamon buns will get you every time!! Not only do they make you stop for a while, but you are also carrying more weight when you start up again. No wonder the woman with some self control beat you! AND they are negating all that great calorie-burning, down to zero body fat, exercise!!!
It certainly is an achievement to make it this far, and it is hard to believe that you still have 6 weeks of riding to go. We forget how big Ontario is. But, at least, the scenery will get more interesting, peaking at the beautiful maritime provinces.
Enjoy your rest day,
Love Ma.
Hi Dan,
The cinnamon buns sound yummy! I hope you enjoyed them. Wow, you are finally in Ontario now! Yay!! I hope you don't get anymore rain.
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
SM
LANCE WON THE TOUR!!
Just to keep you in the loop!
L
Hi Daniel:
Do you fall off your bike as often as President Bush??!!
We hope not!! :-) Welcome back to Ontario.
The Whitby Longos
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