Journey Notes

It was another long day today. There were not so many hills as the I have seen in the last few days but there was a mix of rolling hills and flat farmland. More flat as the day went on.

Rochelle caught up with me at about the 80 km point. I was just about to get going when a thunderstorm started. There was quite a bit of lightning so I figured it was a good idea to stay in VanGo until it passed. The lunch break ended up being 2 hours long.

I got back on the bike at 4pm with 70 km left to go. I put my rain jacket on as it seemed like there was still more chances of rain. That was a good thing as I was rained on several times. Nothing lasted for more than 10 minutes or so at a time but it was often a very hard rain. It also didn't help that I had headwinds for the rest of the day. That made for some unpleasant riding at times.

Google seemed to think that highway 17, just east of Renfrew was a good cycling route. It was a high traffic 2 lane road with lots of heavy trucks and absolutely no shoulders. I spend some time with the maps to find some backroads through farmland and found a more pleasant although considerably longer route.

We made it to the outskirts of Ottawa and are staying with some friends that moved here from Vancouver.