Day 32, July 21st, Terrace Bay Ont. to Marathon Ont.

Today was the second shortest day of the trip. You’d almost think we’d planned it that way with the hills we encountered. It felt like we were back in BC at times. The only difference was the hills only lasted a 1 or 2k, not 20. Again, the views were spectacular. Every time we rode down a hill, we had Lake Superior to the right. It was difficult to take pictures because of how overcast it was today.

Brett was having difficulty with his knee today. We have been worried about what these hills would do to his knee since Dryden. I rode ahead most of the day. I didn’t see the bear that was killed on the road. Brett and Vanessa were visibly disturbed when they caught up to me.

I rode ahead into Marathon and waited for a while before Vanessa caught up. I saw Brett’s bike racked on the van. He wasn’t too upset. I think he knew this was a possibility for this leg of the trip.

We all decided to go to the hospital to get some things checked out. We arrive in these communities too late to go into walk-in clinics. It was a funny site to see us all waiting in the hospital. We didn’t get out of there until 11:30pm. Allan had set our tents up at the campsite, which was greatly appreciated. We were all pretty tired. The hills today took a lot out of us.

We only rode around 78k today. Tomorrow is another light day in terms of distance at 96k. Although in terms of hills, we’re not completely sure. Every local has a different opinion on what to expect.