Whitemouth to Kenora 130km (3511km total).
I set off in the fog and drizzle heading for the Ontario border. There were obviously big changes in scenery including lots of rock and trees!! I got some free downhill km's for the first time since probably Alberta and I had to remember how to climb and use Gary!! I managed to stay off Hwy 1 until just before the border by going through Whiteshell Provincial Park. Then the Ontario road (Hwy 17 which I will follow for some time now) was good all the way through to Kenora with a nice shoulder and quite a bit of new asphalt.
But today was still about the people I met and talked to.
Rennie - a guy from Winnipeg going to Thunder Bay and back on his scooter. He wanted pictures of me and my bike saying crossing Canada was his dream.
Also loved the Rennie sign.
Caddy Lake - a family who were having a picnic with their 88yr old Dad, they had come to the area as kids 40yrs ago. One of the guys seemed somewhat in awe and was trying to subtely take pictures while I was talking (not sure why he didn't just ask for one!!).
Ontario sign - German couple who are in an RV and left Vancouver roughly the same time as me.
Pinewood Lodge - Arlene who was on her way back to Winnipeg from her cottage in Clearwater Bay. She couldn't believe I was doing it alone (this part seems harder for people to grasp than the actual journey) and wished she was going the other way and could have invited me to her cottage for the night. I gave her my blog address and told her I would post our picture!!
Kenora sits on shores of Lake of the Woods and is very pretty although I was a little put out that the only campground in town charges $30 a site whether you are an RV or small tent, I heard camping in Ontario wasn't cheap!!
Finally one for my British readers, taken in downtown Kenora.
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