July 5 –White Lake Provincial Park to Wawa

Bike log: 129.5km, 886m of vertical, avg. speed 27.9 km/h

Another pretty good day today – no rain once again! It’s been a while since I’ve had two straight days with no rain, and the forecast is for more sunshine. Wind was a mix of crosswind and headwind for most of today, but due to the fact that the last hour or so was due south it was partially a tailwind for the last part of the day. A nice way to end it up.

We passed through White River on the way here – the only town (or village even) we went through all day. White River is “famous” as the place where Winnie the Pooh got his start. He is still there, Cheryl got a photo of me with him.

We have started to head south (as opposed to east) towards Sault Ste. Marie. We are now at the southern most point of our journey so far. We are about 40km further south than Victoria! We will be dipping down south another 450km or so in total as we pass into southern Ontario in a week or so.

The cyclist from Quebec, Jordan, once again did the same route as I did today. He will be resting here, and then heading on, continuing east to Ottawa as we go south across Manitoulin Island and into southern Ontario. A couple of other cyclists just pulled into the campsite – not sure which way they are headed or where they started! This is definitely the most cycling traffic I’ve seen on the trip. As I mentioned earlier it is probably due to the fact that there is not much choice of roads between east and west – and this is probably the most scenic one.