Today was a super short day, only 87km! :)
And tomorrow was a rest day, double woo hoo! Everyone was pretty relaxed that
morning, taking it easy packing up and leaving. Louise and I left camp at
8:30am with Clarke and Becky. We had a nice leisurely pace and were chatting
amongst ourselves. At around the 30km mark I saw Gee and Larry who had stopped
to look at a river, called Chippewa River. Conveniently, there were also
outhouses present and so I left Clarke, Becky, and Louise. The three of them
seemed to just want to continue cycling but I figured it was a short day and I
wanted to take advantage of that by stopping at areas that interested me. So I
joined Gee and Larry to look at the river and I rode with them for the
remainder of the day which was fun.
Today we climbed up Mile High Hill which was the last big
hill in the Lake Superior section of the route. Before we reached Mile High
Hill, Gee, Larry and I stopped at a general store to prepare ourselves to
battle the hill. The hill was a challenge, but it wasn’t any more difficult
than the hills we have experienced and so we climbed it with no problems :) Once we made it to the top it was downhill all the way to Sault Ste. Marie.
We reached the Sue quite early and so we did a few errands,
including making a stop at Bulk Barn for some goodies :) After that we
leisurely made our way to camp which was located outside of the city. It was
nice to get to camp early and relax. Since we had made it halfway I put a new
chain on Paula that evening (with the help of Dan and Yukon Greig) to avoid
damaging my cassette. Then I cleaned her all up and soon enough it was bed
time. Since I had already cleaned Paula the rest day would truly be a day of
relaxation because my only chore was laundry. I was looking forward to a day of
lounging :)
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