Day 34 – Thunder bay to Nipigon

A lazy start to the day as we couldn’t hand our keys back until 7.30am; I got up at 6.30 and went for a huge buffet breakfast at the Uni Cafeteria, then back to the bike sheds, loaded the bike and then handed back the keys.

We rolled out at about 8am and took a scenic route out of town, climbing to a viewpoint/memorial gardens.

Having taken a few final shots of the Bay and surrounding islands we moved off and a few km’s down the road came across the Terry Fox memorial. 

Terry Fox was a cancer sufferer who in the late 70,s early 80,s lost a leg to cancer and then in order to raise the profile of cancer research attempted to run across Canada from East to West. He made it as far as Thunder Bay running a marathon each day but sadly the cancer got the better of him and he had to retire hurt and subsequently lost his fight against the disease.

The Canadians found it particularly moving as he is one of their top national sporting heroes; he has been awarded all sorts of honours from across the globe, all that for someone who packed up half way!

The rest of today’s ride was through some beautiful country but quite hilly in places and also into a quite stiff head wind. Nevertheless, I got to camp at about 3pm and had plenty of time to get set up, showered and changed before getting stuck into dinner duties.

Tonight we had burritos, the same meal we cooked in Merritt but this time they got the quantities right and everyone was full after dinner.

The weather has been great again and the forecast is reasonable however Lake Superior has such an impact on the local weather that you can’t guarantee anything. 

Tomorrow is a 105mile ride, but this one has some significant hills along the way so it will be a challenge. We are doing breakfast so I will be sweeping which will add to the time on the road but hopefully the weather will be kind.

Onwards and Upwards!