Traveling and adventure on two wheels
The last day of our tour was upon us, and it was looking like it would be a doozie. It was to be our longest day at over 96km to the southwestern suburb of Barrhaven in Ottawa. There were very few towns we’d be going through for chances to stop.
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Resolving to an earlier start than our previous days to beat the heat and get to our destination with time to explore and enjoy, the group (less Ilya) was up nice and early for breakfast of peaches and oatmeal. Chris, Alina and I went to fetch the stored bicycles from
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After a couple days of hard riding in the heat and humidity, we had earned our rest day in Kingston to see the sights and relax. The only plan we had for the day was to meet some friends, who were driving down from Ottawa for dinner at the Kingston
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The night’s sleep at Poonamalie Lockstation, just outside Smiths Falls turned out to be very broken at-best. The overnight temperature seemed to never fall below 20°C (70°F). It was hot enough that I never used my sleeping bag at all. Also overnight, a substantial thunderstorm rolled through and Chris and
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The day had finally come to start my second ever bike tour! My brother and I were both excited to hit the road, but also concerned. All of Eastern Canada had been in a pretty severe heat wave with temperatures climbing to around 35°C (95°F), that along with high humidity
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As I posted previously, my second bike tour was to be a group tour with my brother and some friends who had never been on a bike tour before. In fact, of the four of us who were to go, I was the only one who had ridden more than
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