Am I tired or is this a hill?

The beach at our campground overlooking Agawa Bay. The Agawa Canyon where Via Rail does a fall colours tour is nearby. On of the cyclists tried to bike to it but the rain and terrain prevented him from seeing it.
The top of the hill into Montreal River. As it goes, Terry Fox wore a t-shirt the day hie climbed up this hill going west. The shirt said "Montreal River, I've got you beat". He was going west and as you know he was nearing the end of his trip. It was cut short in Thunder Bay where he died from cancer.
Montreal River.
The minute I saw this, I saw Bob Marley. Terri thought it looked like a cat. Maybe the trip is getting to us when we are seeing things in the rocks???
This plaque says it is the halfway mark (mileage wise) but we are told that the halfway mark is actually a bit farther west this was just a prettier spot for the plaque.
The Chippewa River looked good for white water rafting. This flows by where the plaque is located.
We napped a tourist to take this shot of us in front of the Chippewa River.
Goulais River, as calm as can be.


Agawa to Goulais River Day 38 and Rest day 39

I an sitting in the Steamy Bean Coffee Shop in Sault St. Marie where I am using wireless service. This is all I will see of this city, this and Tim's where we had lunch. I must say, I have become quite accomplished at tapping into the local wireless networks. I might have to start calling myself a techy?

I have spoken to a few others who had the same experience Terri and I had coming out of camp yesterday morning. We thought our legs were failing and wondered if we would even be able to do the day. The road looked relatively flat but our legs and speedometer were telling us different. We have agreed it was a hill, however subtle it was.

Our trip to Goulais River was the shortest of the 5 previous days and we were all ready for a rest day. Although it did not rain everyday these last 5 days, the rides were challenging with repeated hill climbing we hadn't experienced since the west coast. We all loved the descent into Montreal River. Terri clocked her fasted downhill at 67km/hr but don't tell Don. This is the hill (but going east and up) that appears in the Terry Fox movie. We had hoped to see a sign posted regarding this historic moment but we do know that it was a 7% grade, something that would have been a real challenge for him especially as we now know that he was close to the end of his trip and not well.

We had a wonderful lunch (yes it is all about the food) at the Voyageur Restaurant and as it had been raining steady throughout the morning, we were intrigued when some people at the other table mentioned our campground had a motel. We had the number so called ahead and decided to treat ourselves with two nights in one of their clean and spacious rooms. We are spending rest day doing laundry, cleaning the bikes and doing the blog. What else is new? Tonight we are being treated to a special dinner. One of the cyclists has a cousin who owns an Italian restaurant in the area. They are bringing a complementary dinner to the camp. Such a treat.

According to my odometer and our manual addition, we have completed 3,997 to date. We are close to home over the next leg of the ride and will see our family and friends soon. We still have lots of miles to cover so the visits will keep us going till the end.

Pray for dry.