Hello everyone!
We have hopped over to Sudbury from the Soo in the last two days - both sunny days which we have enjoyed greatly! We have returned to normal and are carrying our gear on our bikes after saying good-bye and a big thank you to my (Katie's) dad for being our support vehicle. On Monday he did one more favour for us before he left - while we started biking towards Blind River, he picked up some spare tubes for us and met us along the way on the road. We appreciated that very much!
On Monday our final destination was Blind River where we stayed at the Purzners (friends of Katie's from high school) house. Their house was 5km east of the city (less to do the next day) right on a lake (very beautiful!). We were greeted by the three german sheppards whose job was to help with the bear problem but they were very gentle with us! We thank the Purzners for their hospitality and we're sorry we didn't end up going swimming with Matt that night!
En route to Blind River, we also had the opportunity to stop at the Ross' camp which was 40km west of Blind River. After biking a hilly 4km in, we had a lovely break at their cottage. We thank them again for offering their cottage to us and we had a great time.
On Tuesday we biked to Sudbury...at least, most of the way to Sudbury. Leah's first flat tire happened at lunch which we had in Massey - the home of brooomball - so we changed that. 10km later, she had another flat. 40km later she had another flat. When we changed that flat tire and were pumping up the new one, we popped it right by the valve so we had to change it again. 4km later she got another flat. It was clearly not Leah's day!! We had one more spare tube after that but we were sure that no matter how hard we cleaned the tire before we put the new tube in, it wouldn't make a difference. Conrad Henninger - who we stayed with in Sudbury - was great and got his friend's car and trailer to come pick us up! We're not quite sure what we would have done without him and Andre. :-)
Our experience in Sudbury was great - we had a wonderful dinner with Conrad, his mum Diana and her friend from Germany, went for a boat ride on Ramsey Lake (where their house is right on!) and got a tour of the lake, got ice cream and got a tour of Henninger Diesel where Conrad works, and went to see slag...unfortunately we were too late to see the slag - the remnant rock substance after the metals are separated from it so pretty much lava - being poured from the train into the large pit but it was still interesting! Thanks Conrad for the superquick tour of Sudbury!
We're on our way to North Bay for tomorrow night...talk to everyone soon!
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hey ladies! sounds like things are going well...except for all the flats! I was making "our" salad last night Katie and thought of all the cooking we did as a house, hopefully you and Leah are adding to the 134 King St. recipie book! Anyway, keep having fun and stay safe,
Kails
Hi Leah and Katie! It`s Theresa Zettel. sounds like quite the journey you`re having! I`m in Québec right now - a small village called Trois-Pistoles- taking a french course. It`s so beautiful here- I`m sure you`ll enjoy the scenary in your trek through Québec. Be sure to let me know if by any chance you`ll be coming through Trois-Pistoles. Keep it up and take care!
So, you're coming to Halifax now? Need a place to stay either here, Charlottetown, Montague (PEI), or possibly Truro (NS)? Or anywhere else East-ish? I might know someone who'll put you up for the night!
Maeghan -- call me 902-835-0968
Hello Katie and Leah,
Not certain where you are but wanted to let you know that if you need a place to stay in Ottawa you're more than welcome. Penny was talking to your mom as she left on the train last night. She told Penny of the reason for the pause in your trip. You're amazing to keep going! If you need bike tune-ups on your way through I can help as well. Hope the panniers are holding up.
May the wind be at your back...
Paul
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