Just steps away from the dock is a Starbucks, the only boat up location in the world.
But, this morning I didn’t boat up for my morning Grande Dark Roast, I cycled in from the cottage, a 35km round trip. It was a great ride on a sunny but not too hot morning. There were a couple of Cat 4 & 5 climbs and then there was the Cat 1 climb from the swamp to the peak of Branch Road #3, a narrow and twisting climb. There were also several fast descents hitting 60+ km/h.
While in Kenora enjoying the coffee a couple on a tandem pulling a BOB trailer stopped to ask me directions to the cycle shop in town. After I gave them the directions I asked about their trip and where they were going. This couple were older that Shirley and I and they had left Montreal and where heading to Vancouver! Will they have some stories to tell.
I watched several boat-loads of kids getting loaded into large boats for the run out to Camp Stephens. One of the boat drivers encourages the kids to wave good bye to their parents, but not too much happened. These kids were either too terrified about going to camp or waving bye-bye just was not cool.
After a little cruising around town, it was petal to the max for the return trip back to the cottage in time for a late breakfast. an awesome start to the day!