Day 43

Thursday, August 5th
Pancake Bay to Thessalon
162km

What a great day of cycling!  Gorgous scenery, strong tailwind, glowing sunshine but cool temperature, and a lovely stop in Sault Ste Marie.

It was really cold this morning.  I could see my breath as I set off cycling in my arm warmers, leg warmers, vest and gloves. 

The 75km into the Soo flew by.  There was only one significant climb to contend with, but even that wasn't too bad with the cool weather.

In the Soo, everyone stopped at a Tim Horton's for lunch.  We havn't seen very many Timmy's on our route thus far (at least relative to what I'm used to in southern Ontario), so it was a treat for a lot of the caffene addicts.

Jason even stopped off in the truck, so I grabbed my RIM and sent off several days worth of trip updates.  Good thing too, because I don't have any reception here at the campsite tonight.

After lunch, we stopped at the local library for some internet access and a quick phone call to mom.  Then we paid a visit to a local bike shop and hit the road again.

The second half of the ride was almost as nice as the first.  The tailwind became a cross wind in a few places, but the scenery and sunshine held.

We saw a giant looney at the side of the road, and stopped for as photo.  Turns out that the artist who designed the looney was from the small town we were in - somewhere around Echo Bay.

Today's campsite is right on Lake Superior.  45 paces from my tent door is water.  There's a small, tree covered island about 500m into the lake, which makes the view from camp maginificent.  If anyone is every planning to camp around Thessalon (this means you Jim Dalimore) then you should definitely stay here at Pincrest Park.  (705) 842-2635.

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Daniel Longo
CIBC Corporate Development
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