Our Days of Rest

We are still at Adrian's place on Manitoulin Island- enjoying the amazing scenery, living, and company.
I'll just update on the last few days we have had.

I haven't written a long update for a while- so please excuse me if I repeat some small details I mentioned before.

I'll go back to our time in Sturgeon- where we stayed with Christine.
We arrived in Sturgeon after biking about 136km, at about 8pm and we were greated by Christine...she was ready to take us to her nearby cottage for some much needed relaxation. Once we got there, we hung up our tents to dry from the rainy morning we had...went for a dip in the lake, and we were greated with a beer (the trend continues!).

Christine's mom cooked us an amazing dinner that night- a huge roast, pasta and the works. We all at more than we should ( I actually ate the least amount), watched a little television, and called it a night. Just as I was going to be though, I was hit with a crazy bad stomach ache...I still don't know what from. So, all night I was hurting. I didnt' get much sleep.

We agreed to sleep in, and leave late the next day. So we slept in a lot, ate a great breakfast and went back to Christine's house to use the internet at get our bikes ready for our bike to Sudbury. After checking our emails and updating our blogs a little bit, we went outside to get going.

But once outside, and all packed up- Christine's neighbour drove infront of her driveway and said "NO BIKING THIS AFTERNOON BOYS...there's a big storm in Sudbury...golf ball sized hail".

So, we decided to stay another night in Sturgeon. I cooked everyone's burgers for dinner on the BBQ at the cottage, and after we watched Crash- one of my favourite movies.

No stomach aches that night! We then woke up at 6am that morning and started our 165km ride to Espanola On, where Adrian's mom was to pick us up and bring us to their house on Manitoulin island. The ride was a long one, but fun. Brad stopped after 100km- his knee was acting up...so Adrian's mom picked him up in Sudbury.

The rest of us continued on...and eventually finished our 165km ride at about 8pm. LONG DAY, but it was a great feeling to finish such a great distance.

From there, we macked on some burgers from Wendy's, and headed for Adrian's house. I slept the whole way in the car, with my head being supported by Rainer and Brad's shoulders, depending on the way the van just turned.

We have been at Adrian's for a few days now- this is our 3rd. The highlights so far are Adrian's parents, his house powered entirely by solar and wind energy...and our sailing afternoon.

HERE IS A VIDEO OF US SAILING!!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSACfJ98zgw

That's about all for now. We will be heading to Blind River On tomorrow, and after that I do not imagine that we will have access to the internet for a while, but we will do our best to keep in touch.

Thanks for reading, hope all is well!