Thursday, July 24, 2008

July 23; 169km; 823M vertical


Sudbury to Parry Sound
We headed south from Sudbury to Parry Sound on highway 69. We have criticized the roads often enough in Ontario, but today the road was the highlight of our Ontario travels. We passed through some minor construction and then the road was perfect. Six feet of clean, wide shoulder with a rumble strip separating the cars and the bicycles. We felt safe and comfortable sharing the road with the trucks and cars. We were aided by a north wind and set a fast pace. We covered 170 km before the day was finished. Along the way we passed the French River where the voyagers used to travel from Montreal to Fort William by canoe.

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