The night’s sleep at Poonamalie Lockstation, just outside Smiths Falls turned out to be very broken at-best. The overnight temperature seemed to never fall below 20°C (70°F). It was hot enough that I never used my sleeping bag at all. Also overnight, a substantial thunderstorm rolled through and Chris and
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Day 1: Ottawa to Smiths Falls, Ontario
The day had finally come to start my second ever bike tour! My brother and I were both excited to hit the road, but also concerned. All of Eastern Canada had been in a pretty severe heat wave with temperatures climbing to around 35°C (95°F), that along with high humidity
Continue reading »Planning my 2nd Bike Tour
As I posted previously, my second bike tour was to be a group tour with my brother and some friends who had never been on a bike tour before. In fact, of the four of us who were to go, I was the only one who had ridden more than
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