We decided on an early start and were tempted to make noise
as revenge to last night’s partiers.
However, we behaved and left quietly.
Joe and Jeff pushed their bikes up the steep gravel road to the highway
but HP road his electric bike. He looked
like a potentate on a sedan chair waiving and smiling at the peasants. We started without breakfast but hoped to
soon find something. After several
climbs we came to a small café that Antoine, the owner was just opening. In addition to serving coffee, he also roasts
it. We had Brazilian roasted coffee and
home made muffins to fuel the miles ahead.
We soon came to a “screaming” downhill with Joe leading the way and HP
close behind. HP and Joe were not sure
that Jeff appreciated the fast descent and wondered if the “screaming” came
from him or his breaks. At the bottom,
they pried Jeff’s hands from his handlebars and knew where the sound came
from.
We cycled along the Seaway for many miles. It was mostly flat and easy cycling. It was warm but we had cooling winds out of
the north that did not impact our cycling until we turned away from the water
and were hit with the wind’s mighty force.
After cycling with Joe for 16 years, Jeff had a "first" on a
medium uphill. He pasted Joe struggling
up the hill. Jeff was euphoric, Joe
dismayed. Joe claims that he “forgot”
that he was in his large chain ring, right.
About half way thru our ride we finally found a restaurant
for a real breakfast. We were frustrated
that none of the previous towns had a place to eat. Now we had 3 restaurants practically next to
each other. Our waiter Kevin was very
friendly but could not get orders straight and had to ask 3 times what we
wanted, but still got it wrong. However,
he did suggest a few things to see that were not highlighted in the tourist
guides.
After our late breakfast, the cycling gods smiled on us. The
winds changed and we had a powerful tail wind pushing us at 20 plus mph. If it wasn’t for the one big hill, we would
have arrived at our motel in about an hour’s time. As it was, we cycled 25 miles in just over an
hour. Jeff said that it was the fastest
he ever cycled for so many miles.
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