Yesterday our bikes were locked inside the bar until 11:00 in the morning, so we made alternate arrangements and carried our bikes and trailers upstairs to keep them inside our room. It made it a little crowded but we wanted to be pedaling again by 6:00 because of the heat. The bar wasn’t that busy last night but tonight they did a pretty good business downstairs, they have karaoke every Thursday and Sunday night. We could hear some pretty good singing in our room above the bar until 2:00 this morning, at 5:00 we got up for the day.
Our route today continues along the north coast of Lake Erie. We had one curious thing happen today. We stopped at a convenience store in Selkirk and the proprietor told us we could get a really good breakfast at the corner and that then we should turn right on Erie Street because the scenery was great, even though our ride might be a bit longer. We did as he suggested; we stopped for breakfast, then turned right on Erie Street and rode south. He was right, the scenery was spectacular and it was a bit further, but before we even realized what was happening we were back on highway 3 again, pedaling east, and the odometer said that the little bit further we had ridden was actually more than 8000 miles! Apparently our average speed today was about mach 1.5. If you don’t believe me, check out the map of today’s ride. The map only shows us riding south on Erie Street for one block! There are things that are beyond explanation.
We ended this day riding along a bike path beside the Niagara River with a spectacular view of Buffalo across the water. One last night in Canada.
Greg