This morning we rode in heavy fog with flashing head and tail lights. it was warm at 6:00 and the fog condensed on us as we rode making us as wet as if in a shower. We stopped in Dresden about an hour later for breakfast. Dresden, Ontario has a historical museum they call Uncle Toms Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe based her 1840’s Uncle Tom on a man named Josiah Henson. He was born a slave and, after escaping slavery via the underground railroad, started the Dawn Settlement in Dresden to provide refuge and an opportunity for former slaves to make a new beginning. After leaving Dresden we rode to the coast of Lake Erie and pedaled along highway 3 which is the old Talbot trail. The Talbot trail was a corduroy road constructed in 1820 to connect the Niagara region with Detroit. Colonel Thomas Talbot established the Talbot Settlement along the road, and according to a local, ran it as if it was his own personal fiefdom. He was apparently a despotic and absolute ruler. We arrived in Port Stanley to find another cross country bike group, a supported group of high school kids riding bicycles to benefit wounded veterans. Their website is spscyclist2011.org, if you’re interested.Greg