Day 33, July2 88km; 215m vertical, 16°C N. wind and cold

Rainy River to Fort Frances
Just getting used to hotter weather and then this. Today was a gentle ride to preserve some energy for the next two stages. This is our first day in Ontario, 4 provinces done and 6 to go. We met another couple from Vancouver at the motel who are also riding to St John’s. They saw us way back at the laundromat in Creston (2200km ago) but since then we have been on slightly different routes. This morning they set off a little before us but we met again at Emo for a lunch break. There aren’t many places to stop at on the 440km to Thunder Bay (hence the long stages for the next couple of days) so we will probably be seeing them again soon. That makes eight groups or individuals to date either doing the same as us or on long rides to other destinations. I guess we will not get lonely.