Archive for July, 2008

July 4: between Stinson and Callum to North Bay (~100km)

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I got up at around 9am, and the woman living across the street (not the highway; the restaurant was on a corner) from the restaurant behind which I had camped saw me when I was breaking camp. She came over and invited me to have some breakfast at her house when I was done breaking camp. Consequently, I got to start riding, with a good breakfast in me, at around 11:30am.

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July 3: Webbwood to between Stinson and Callum (~112km)

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My host in Webbwood fed me a good breakfast, gave me some good tips on alternate routes to the Trans-Canada for pretty much the entire run to Sudbury (and even a little past it) and I was able to get on my way by about 9am. My goal for the next little chunk of ride was to put in around 140km/day in order to make Deep River (to which some friends had recently moved) in three days, and keep the Sault-Ottawa leg of the trip down to seven days (though I'd budgeted eight).

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July 2: Algoma Mills to Webbwood (~81km)

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Having been told yesterday that my host in Webbwood would be heading into town around lunch (but home otherwise), I took my time getting going so that I could be quite confident that he'd be home by the time I arrived. Consequently, I didn't hit the road until around 11:15am.

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July 1: Sault Ste. Marie to Algoma Mills (~158km)

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After spending a rest day at Vélorution's free bicycle campground, and meeting a bunch of local cyclists in the store (and catching up with Andre, the owner, who I'd been involved in some provincial cycling advocacy with), I headed out, aiming to make it a little more than halfway to Webbwood (where lives another provincial cycling advocate who I was planning to visit).

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