That said, the Prairies are but a memory as we have hit the hills again. Or the Canadian Shield as it's called. It's not the Rockies but our day of cycling into Kenora was 116km and 2000ft of climbing.
Kenora is a very pleasant town, reminiscent of somewhere in the English Lakes.
Over the next four days our aim is to make it to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. Many hills to come but nobody said it was going to be easy.
Congratulations on reaching Ontario, we are also back in Ontario after our trips into Quebec ( Quebec City, Mont Tremblant and Montreal), spending our second day in Ottawa - Canada"s Capital and well worth the visit. Liked your story about the bugs - its not only cyclists/campers that need to worry - was absolutely bitten to death in the hills of Mont Tremblant, the scars are only going down after 4 days, so keep using the nets at night and spray during the day anywhere with heat and water nearby which is probably most places you are heading at this time of year! Still enjoying the pictures and stories and finding your progress pretty good for a man in your condition, suspect Susan is taking a bit of the pressure on the pedal power! Hope you get to Thunder Bay on your schedule - keep taking care, the roads in Ontario and Quebec are a lot more bicycle friendly than your recent experiences with big paved margins on most.
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Willie and Margaret
Thanks for keeping in touch. Sounds like you and Margaret are doing quite a bit of travelling in Canada as well. Hope the weather has been good as I believe it's been cooler and more unsettled than usual at this time of the year. Yes I think Susan does more than her share of the pedalling though I think that's only fair when you consider the weight of chocolate she carries for 'energy
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