I slept well despite my tent being on an uneven ground and me being rolled off my mattress. I woke up around 6 am and got ready to go around 7.45 am. The instructions today were pretty simple, merge back on to the main highway and follow it till highway 71, make a right turn and make another right turn at end of day in to camp.
We were in prime Canadian Shield territory and it was
winding hills all day long with a minor headwind. In fact, the wind actually
helped in cooling us down with today’s heat. We had our first stop at 40 km by
the side of a road and had half a PBJ sandwich and a banana. The next few stop
was at Sioux narrows and it was the only place with any services to get some
food and water refills. We stopped at a small food joint and soon it was
nestled with many more cyclists within a few minutes as people started coming
in. I had a chocolate milk shake and ate my PBJ sandwiches. Posed for a few
pictures with native art and then just before leaving had another iced
cappuccino. The terrain was constantly rolling and it did settle for a bit but
for most day we were progressing at a very decent pace. It was fun to use the
momentum from a downhill and climb up the next hill. It became tricky when the
uphill was long and there was no real downhill.
Nonetheless, I got in to camp around 2.20 pm, my second best
time in to camp and was one of the first few people to get in, so I helped
unloading truck. I set up my tent quickly, as even ground was prime property
today, and arranged clothes. I went to the beach, had a dip in the water, very
refreshing although mirky, and had a good time just splashing around in the
water. I got out and found that I had more time on hand so I had my left over
sandwich and a banana at the beach. I still had some time so I laid down in sun
on a slide and soaked in the sun and tried to get a nap, which felt very
relaxing. After that I went for a shower, which was very clean and had warm
water, and got back to camp to find most of the riders in to camp. It was only
4.30 pm by then and so I decided to get caught up on most of the trip journal
entries.
Dinner tonight was Gypsy soup (vegetarian) with tuna
sandwiches (pita bread, hummus and cheese for me) and I went to camp store for
a drum stick ice-cream cone. It is 8.30 pm as I am writing this and I am ready
to hit bed soon as I would like to wake up early and get an early start to
repeat a day like today tomorrow. Getting in to camp early, while still
enjoying sightseeing, seems to be a very good idea.
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| Up and Down, Round and Round |
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| Lily Pad enroute to camp |
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