Today was the day, I was cycling home! I was the only
cyclist on the tour in which their home would be 5km from camp. My parents,
cousin and aunt were going to visit me, I was so excited! I decided against
actually cycling home because I felt being at home and sleeping in my own bed
would break up the tour so that cycling home would be part 1 and cycling to St.
John’s would be part 2. I did not want to break the tour up in parts and so I
stayed at camp that evening.
Unfortunately I was on galley duty so Louise and I wanted to
leave early to get to camp early so that I could see my family and have dinner
ready for the group on time. Louise and I have been notorious for stating that
we would leave early; however, we would leave half an hour later than planned.
But today it was different. The night before we got our sandwiches and snacks
together and that morning we woke up early, had breakfast and left camp at
6:50am, 5minutes later than planned. We were the first to leave camp which
impressed ourselves and other members of the group.
We managed to cycle 70km before we were passed by the speedy
riders of the group which was pretty awesome and we were not met by other
riders until we reached Kingston which was 115km into the ride.
The ride was great as the weather was nice and there wasn’t
that much traffic on the roads. Louise and I reached Kingston at 1:30pm where
we stopped for homemade ice cream at White Mountain in downtown Kingston. The previous
evening I was telling all the riders they needed to stop at this ice cream shop
because it is so yummy. When we reached the ice cream store Alain, Eric, Danny,
Neil, Elaine, Rob and Yukon Greig met up with us soon after and we all enjoyed
the tasteful wonders of White Mountain ice cream. After that point I knew
exactly how to get to camp as I was in my own territory :)
When we reached Gananoque I gave Louise a tiny tour along
the water, showing her the Gananoque Inn, the playhouse and my secondary school.
Right when we left Gananoque I noticed a van had stopped at the information
centre and lo and behold my parents and brother were there cheering Louise and
I on with mini Canadian flags, it was fantastic. I had the hugest smile on my
face, it was such a nice gesture from them :)
My parents and brother met Louise and I at camp and they
hung out with us for the remainder of the evening and my cousin, her partner, and my aunt came during dinner. Although I was on galley
duty my crew was awesome, allowing me to slack off so that I may spend time
with my family. As well, other members of the group helped our crew get dinner
going and my Mom even helped out :) Since we had so much assistance we actually had
dinner ready too early which was hilarious because we typically served it too
late.
My Mom and cousin brought with them a whole bunch of goodies
for dessert and the cycling group was ecstatic. Everyone had one plate full of
dinner and another plate full of desserts. My Mom and cousin ended up being the
best dessert providers of all the family members from the group who visited us;
it was fantastic, my Mom was so happy when I told her that.
It was an amazing evening and it was such a great boost to
see my family and have them give me tonnes of support to continue on and
complete the tour.
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