Ontario....land of lakes and hills and rocks and hills...

Well, after a solid 5 days of biking in cold, wet and damp weather, I am happy to say we are sucessfully back on track and happier then ever! Before I describe the events of the past week I wanted to thank Betty and John Peters who somehow managed to track us down at our campsite just west of the Ontario border a couple weeks ago. After watching Katie and I on TV that morning in Winnipeg talking about Huntington's disease, they took a chance on catching up with us as their lives are also touched by the disease. They were somehow able to track us down and graciously offered us a warm place to stay at their nearby cottage. We also had the opportunity to head out on a couple of canoes and kayaks onto Falcon Lake and watch the sunset. It was a pretty memorable experience and we hope that they are doing well!

We made it back to Thunder Bay on Tuesday, July 10th and headed back onto the road Wednesday morning after a comfortable night sleep at Dan and Sue Santerre's beatiful home...thank you so much for your hospitality, it was greatly appreciated! From Thunder Bay we headed east to Nipigon where we stopped for groceries and lunch. It was here that we were offered a place to camp for the night by one of the locals who had a gorgeous cottage on lake Superior and lots of room for tents! Luck was definitely on our side that day because just as we set up our tents a roaring thunder storm came in off the lake and we were able to take shelter in the cottage.... otherwise, it would have been a long and wet night!

The next couple days were not much better weather wise as the rain continued to fall. However, we made it through the hills and the rocks and the breath-taking scenery making a few stops at a couple provincial parks and blowing a few more tire tubes (which are especially fun to change in the pouring rain!). We were definitely greatful for having John follow us in the car as this prevented all of our belongings from getting soaked and it also let passing cars know we were ahead when the visibility was poor.

We have now made it into Sault St. Marie where we are spending a dry and warm night with the Regina and John Ross. We are again extremely greatful for their generosity and appreciate an escape from the rain and a chance to dry all of our clothes! The plan is to head out again tomorrow morning and make it to Blind River for the night and then North Bay the following night. Thanks for all the support from back home, that is also greatly appreciated! We are determined to finish what we started and safety is always a number one priority!