Avoiding the rain in DRYden...(get it!?)

We are in Dryden, Ontario right now at the home of the wonderful Collins family. Mrs. Collins is friend with Alexandra Erikson's mom- who went out of her way to conact Mrs. Collins after treating us so well in Thunder Bay.

Some of you may have heard about the crazy weather that the prairies saw over the past few days- and I am glad to say that we have not seen any tornadoes here in North Western Ontario. Although the 400+km winds would be interesting to handle our our bikes.

Last night we slept in the garage of a beautiful couple in Ignace, Ontario. Bob and Pam treated us very well there, after we asked to set up our tents in their backyard during the beginning of a large downpour. They had us in for coffee, sandwiches and beans (our favourite), and also set up their garage for us to sleep in, so we didn't have to deal with the 7cm of rain that was supposed to fall that night!

PLUS- Bob made us an amazing breakfast of bacon, sausage and pancakes in the morning to send us on our way. Our ride today was great- 94km in 3h and 28 minutes- really really fast.

We were a pretty funny sight on the road today for most of the time- four guys on bikes with only our bike shorts on. That's a lot of skin for the Trans Canada highway. It's like we were traveling chip and dale dancers...haha!

Right now we are basically right between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg- and it feels great. Soon we will be out of Ontario, and we will even be able to celebrate Canada Day in Regina.

I met one of my trip goals today- I got to put around in a paddle boat! And let me tell ya, if you want to get around quickly in a paddle boat- you should ride halfway across Canada to train for it. Rainer and I FLEW out on the water today.

Tomorrow we have a pretty big day- about 150 km to Kenora Ontario. From Kenora, we have 2 days until Winnipeg (which means another OFF Day!!!).

Things are still going great- and we have been very lucky to avoid the terrible weather that has hit the area. Here's hoping that continues!

Cheers

Mikey