33.9 miles/ +586.2 ft/ Total miles 881.5 I took a detour off the Adventure Cycling route to go to Alpine Cycles in Port Huron- and I'm glad I did! The bike was not shifting smoothly any more and I needed a replacement SPD cleat. It turned out that the chain was totally worn out, so …
19-Ridgetown, Ont.-Marysville, Michigan
65.6 miles/ +391.6 ft./ Total miles 847.6 Left Canada today, back into the USA at Marine City, Michigan. Ferry across the St. Clair River from Sombra, Ontario, to Marine City. Definitely not like the Washington State ferries! Only $2 for me and the bike. Easy to get through the booth and back into US. I …
18-Port Stanley- Ridgetown: Weather
49.1. Miles/ +833.6 ft/ Total distance 782.0 miles Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Maybe not a quote from Mark Twain. Here the talk is of the cold and wet spring. One farmer told me today that the corn should be a foot high by now but instead it's …
17-Port Dover-Port Stanley: Cycling with Canadians, eh?
67.7 miles (108.9 km)/ +1,679 ft/ Total distance 732.9 miles (1.179.5 km) Two metric century days in a row! A few miles out of Port Dover, I came across a Tuesday group ride. OK, it was a group of two plus me, and we rode together about 20 miles to Port Rowan, where we stopped …
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16-Port Colborne- Port Dover: This and That
62.6 miles (100.7 km)/ +920.3 ft/ Total distance 665.2 miles (1,070.5 km) No theme today, just a mix of this and that from the road. Along the lake shore, there are many varieties of birds. I think the Ontarians are definitely "bird people," because I have seen several of these apartment complexes for the purple …
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15-Niagara Falls-Port Colborne: Another Canal!
39.0 miles/ +447.2 ft/ Total miles 602.6 (969.8 km) View of Horseshoe Falls this morning- blue sky! And me in front of the falls: I left Niagara Falls, riding south along the Niagara River to Fort Erie, where I turned west to ride along Lake Erie. This was the point where I finished the Adventure …
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14-Niagara Falls: Zero Day
No riding today. My bike and I took a break from each other. The weather was cloudy, 60s, and no rain. So I had a chance to explore the tourist sights. Best view of the falls was from the river just above Horseshoe Falls (Canadian side). There are rapids and standing waves in the river …
13-Lockport, NY-Niagara Falls, Ontario: Into Canada, eh!
26.0 miles/ +467.2 ft/ total miles 563.6 More rain today, not as heavy, but cold. Just about froze waiting in line to get through Canadian customs. But after that the rain let off a bit, for a nice ride along the river to the hostel. Took my bike to the shop a few blocks away …
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12-Addendum: Locks at Lockport
In the afternoon the rain let up and I was able to visit Locks 34 and 35 - opened in 1918 - and the original Flight of Five - built of local stone in 1822-25. The original canal opened in 1825. The Lock tender was locking a tour boat going downstream so I watched as …
12-Medina-Lockport: “Dust Control”
17.7 miles/ +555 ft/ Total miles 537.5 "Dust control" -- that's what my favorite tunnel superintendent would say (in his Irish brogue) every time we had rain at the job site (Brightwater). So I had plenty of dust control today. Fortunately a short ride to Lockport. I passed a canal worker who was walking the …
Judy's Bike Ride 2017 