Written by Dave Day 68 – August 4 – 58 Miles,  745 feet climbing (Middle of nowhere Jay’s Motel to Niagara Falls, ON) From the Sunday morning quiet of Jay’s Motel, with its 5 cars for 24 rooms, to the crazy mob-scene tourism that is Niagara Falls, today was quite a day. Starting off at … Continue reading Niagara Falls

Written by Nancy Day 67 – August 3 – 84 Miles, 1,801 feet climbing (St Thomas to middle of nowhere hotel) Well, another bust for us on camping in Canada.  After some pretty heavy consistent rain this morning we again ended up soaking wet by lunchtime and started reviewing our options for the night.  We … Continue reading More wet and a hotel reroute

Written by Dave Day 66 – August 2 – 66 Miles, 1,188 feet climbing (Blenheim, ON CA to St Thomas) Back when Nancy and I first started bicycle touring, to keep her keen to ride the next day, we came up with the wet feet rule. That is, if your feet are wet at the … Continue reading Three times wet

Written by Dave Day 65 – August 1 – 81 Miles, 630 feet climbing (Port Huron KOA to Blenheim, ON CA) AccuWeather Forecast – 1/August/2024:  Blenheim, Ontario Warm and muggy; a morning thunderstorm in spots, then a heavy t-storm; storms can bring flooding downpours, hail, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado Yup, you read … Continue reading Canadian Tornado