It was another gloomy morning in Sudbury. It was overcast and the rain was quickly approaching. Despite that, we decided not to wear our rain suits. The breakfast was identical to yesterday's and after saying our goodbyes, we were on the road at 9:20 am. Just as we were leaving, a light rain started to fall. Light rain continued to fall for about 25-30 miles to French River. After French River, the road condition gradually improved from wet to completely dry by the time we reached Parry Sound. And wherever we could, we tried to go at a very fast pace.
We stopped in Parry Sound to get fuel only and continued riding home. As we've done in the past, we exited Highway 400 at Vasey Road and continued through Elmvale. At one point for a couple of miles the road turned from pavement to gravel which caught us by surprise. Hopefully it won't be there next time.
At 12:30 we made our mandatory stop at the Midhurst Coffee Shop in Midhurst. We both had scrambled eggs with french toast and I also helped the shop turn its lights off as they closed at 1 pm on this holiday Monday.
We left Midhurst and rode through some back roads taking one detour thanks to constructions before reaching Highway 89 somewhere between Alliston and Airport Road. At 89, the traffic picked up and stayed that way as we continued on Highway 10. From Highway 10, we took a side road in order to avoid Orangeville and rode through some empty back roads until we reached Fergus. At one point we even saw three deer cross the road just as we were turning left off the road they crossed. Also, the stretch from Parry Sound to Fergus was probably the longest documented between fuel stops at just a hair under 250 km.
We filled up one last time in Fergus and arrived home minutes before 4 pm, both very tired after a long ride and a very awesome weekend.
Finally home.
SEASON STATS
Today's trip: 446 km - 277 miles
2009 to date: 6,850 km - 4,257 miles (80.6%)
2009 goal: 8,500 km - 5,282 miles
To obtain goal: 1,650 km - 1,025 miles
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We traveled about the same distance as you did this past weekend. We rode 261 miles on the first day, 210 miles on Day 3 and 129 miles on Day 4, the last day of our vacation. In the USA the first Monday of August is not a holiday. We did meet two Canadian men on Day 3 who told us they were on holiday. They weren't sure what was being celebrated on the holiday. Was the Freedom Rally a celebration of the holiday? How did your new communication system work for you?
ReplyDeleteThe holiday is generally known as Civic Holiday (see Wikipedia for further explanation). The rally is not a celebration but it's held on this weekend to take advantage of the extra day. It helped us as we didn't get there until Saturday but still had two nights of fun. We have another rally on Labour Day weekend but this time it will be local. And the communication system worked great. The battery lasted until we were halfway home which is way better than the old system. Of course the radio is a great feature.
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