Cross Canada: Day 5

Today was a sunny day; quite the contrast from yesterday’s cloudy and rainy day. First thing this morning is that I swung by a Canadian Tire to look for a replacement for the bolt that I had lost; for the kick-stand. It turns out the bolt was an M8. The process was rather quick. I bought the bolt that looked to be about the right size, and it fit right in. I screwed in the bolt by hand, then rode to a Napa near by, and asked for a wrench, and voila. I was happy!

From then on, I rode 705Km to Sudbury, ON; where I’m spending the night. I also had a little very late lunch picnic on one them rest areas across the Trans-Canada Highway. I also ran into this guy who is pedaling on some car/bicycle 2-seater. He’s raising money for something, and he’s going from East to West, hence arriving in Vancouver in like 3 months or something. I know all about this, because this morning, when I was loading the bike at the motel, a couple in the adjacent room had passed this guy the previous day and stopped to chat with him. Anyways, when I get the chance to properly blog about things, I’ll search this guy up, and provide further useless details.

I passed Lake Superior today, as well as a duck with its ducklings crossing the highway. I had to slow down greatly. They even  didn’t try to stop. One duckling got left behind, as I think it got scared and stopped from crossing when I got closer to them. However, about 500m behind there was a few cars coming up, and about 500m ahead there was a van coming on the opposite direction. I do not know if the ducks are OK!

 

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