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Toronto Epilogue
Well, it took us sixteen days to get here – I figure it is worth a little meditation on Toronto itself. I guess kind of an epilogue . . . First off, we’ve decided that any initial hesitation we had about Toronto was due more to those first sixteen days making us tired than to…
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TORONTO!!!
The day we’ve all been waiting for! Okay, the day that Diana and I have been waiting for. Arrival! In Toronto! With a hot shower, a real bed, and a restaurant around the corner. Well that was easy. NOT! It was fun though. Super fun. And – when we can stop thinking about tired legs…
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Villians, Tragedy, Zombies, and Death
Staying on the Princess Bride theme, do you remember in the beginning when Peter Falk’s grandfather character tries to convince the not-feeling-well Fred Savage character to let him read the story? “Is this another kissing book?” asks Fred’s character. Well, the grandfather’s answer – all about adventure, swordsmanship, vengaence, etc. – is kind of how…
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(Dead) Porcupines and Waterfalls
I guess maybe we’re getting the hang of this bike touring thing. We get up, we pack up the tent, we find a coffee shop, post our blog, and we ride and see. Then, once we reach our destination for the day we hit a grocery store, head to our campsite, set up camp and…
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The Winds of Canada – and other Canadianisms
Since the Ominous Ghost Cloud our riding has really been pretty nice and easy. Wind generally at our back. Fair skies. Fun riding. So good, in fact, that we decided to throw in a ride on a mountain bike trail along the way. We took the green route – but still . . . See…
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Ferry Godmother
So we left off with our Ferry Godmother having saved the day by banishing the evil Ghost Cloud and conjuring a scrumptious meal out of the nothingness that is the approach to Manitoulin Island. The big question was whether she would come through again for our most important connection of the trip – the 30…
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Chuck
Now that I’ve been doing this a few days I can say that there are days where a long time goes by and you’re not quite sure what you’re going to write about. Today was not one of them. As soon as we left Tim Horton’s – after a surprisingly good breakfast – I met…
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My “Day Off”
The truth is that I was prettty tired by the end of the day yesterday. It’s not that we biked that far, or that the day was that hard. But eight straight days of 4-6 hours per day is a lot for this old body. I needed a day off. Of course, we can’t take…
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Mackinac Island
We interrupt our regular scheduled programming for a special report. Mackinac Island. Yes, we had to actually ride to get to Mackinac – and I’ll get to that. But clearly the headline for the day was the tourist trap they call Mackinac Island. (Did I mention this place we saw yesterday called the “Honest Injun’s…
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Maybe it was the wind…
Maybe it was the wind – howling into our faces much of the day. Maybe it was the lingering cloudiness. But for much of the day my view of the U.P. was eroding. The breakfast place was meh – and they didn’t have wifi. (Isn’t there a federal requirement that anyplace calling themselves a cafe…
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