Journey Notes

It was a good thing that I've had the last 3 days off because today was a tough one.

I got away at about 9:30am, riding down the road next to the creek that we used to toboggan down near (and sometimes into) when we were kids. Unfortunately they have landscaped the area and it doesn't really look much like it did when I was a kid.

Much of the day was spent slowly climbing a ridge north of Lake Ontario that was the shore of the ancient Lake Iroquois. The day started out cloudy and cool but slowly cleared and warmed up. It never got really hot so the temperature was great for cycling.

What made the day hard was the serious rolling hills and headwinds. For most of the day I was either going up or down. I think that I did more climbing today than on any day since leaving the Rockies.

I found a "short cut" that cut 3 km off of the trip leading into Peterborough. I think I made up for that in just going up and down! But it was nice that there was very little traffic on that road.

I finally reached our campground at 7:30pm. I think that is the latest that I've finished a day.

Tomorrow we head to Bancroft and then drive further north to visit more relatives.