I decided this hilly day to try another type of "bike" - actually, Billy D whose in charge of our gear truck let me take a break in style. Too bad I was wearing spandex and a reflective vest instead of a cool leather jacket and boots.
A week and a half into the ride Sandy and I can put up and take down our tent with our eyes closed.
This is the camp fire where we were tortured (only allowed 1 smore). Really felt like "good" camping that night.
We ate pizza next to a bike shop with the name Shifting Gears, the same title as the Sea to Sea devotional book - too neat to pass up. Can you tell we are all holding in our stomachs from eating some very "loaded" pizza?
Watch out Niagara Falls, here we come..... - actually this picture was taken as we were leaving.
Sandy, Mike, Bill (on recumbent) as we road along the Welland Canal in Ontario, the route for boats to bypass Niagara Falls.
Our weekend hosts (billet in Canada), and Vahrmeyers. You can catch only a glimpse here of the beauty of their home surrounded by flowers and peach orchards. What a relaxing weekend.
We tried to drag Ralph out of this comfy lounge chair at a SAG stop to get going again. He reluctantly followed me and Sandy and left Rita (who is in my small group) to "chill" by herself.
Our 2nd hostess (billet), Anne DeJonge with Sandy and Jo (from NY). Us east coast girls decided to have a sleep over at Anne's house. Anne has had an interesting life as a missionary in Nigeria before moving back to Canada. We were a bit worried riding to her home as she cautioned us she was going to give us the "rules of the house." We breathed a sigh of relief when Rule Number 1 was "Make Yourself at Home!" We were waiting for the Rule Number 2, we're still waiting Anne?
Us outside a grocery store in Ontario where we had a chance to talk to several people inside the store about the goal of the Sea to Sea Bike Tour - of course, this stop was a bit longer than usual because of the glorious air conditioning inside. We came out to find John donating $10 to some local girls who were riding their bikes soon to find a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. How neat to be able to encourage these young bikers.
This is heaven for me - hundreds of cupcakes (didn't matter they all had Canadian flags stuck in them) and chaos with so many welcoming Canadians as we crossed the border that no one was counting how many I ate. I'll just tell you I ate 1 for each member of my family - I won't say whether that means immediate or extended family. Also, pictured is a cup of Tim Horton's coffee named after a famous Canadian hockey player. Seems this store is like our Dunkin Donuts except they go nuts every time Tim's name is mentioned - growing up in Florida did not prepare me for hockey player hoopla. Hey, isn't dunkin a donut (Dunkin Donuts) as a sport going to be added to the Olympics in 2 years? -
The 1st day out from GR my family met me about half way on our route to Lansing at one of the SAG stops. Jimmy had a great time trying out this recumbent bike.
Don't fret, this is not a picture from the remake of "Children of the Corn in Spandex." Sandy is just returning from 1 of her many "walks in the corn". Actually, this scene was replayed several times a day for the first week as we rode many warm days through corn fields. We were all drinking a lot - need I say more....
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