Saturday, July 14, 2007

Day 42: Shabandowan to Thunder Bay 87km


Well after the day of bike problems we got off to a good start and made it to Kakabeka Falls 40km outside of Thunder Bay for breakfast part 2. This is officially the greatest breakfast part 2 of the trip and the best tea due to the very large pot. We also had a sneaky ice cream afterwards so we ended up taking a much bigger break than planned. On the way to Thunder bay I got my comeuppance after laughing at Agnes yesterday, my back wheel punctured. I think we will have to get some new tyres at least back ones anyway when we get to Thunder Bay, which will no doubt be an expense.
We arrived into town at around 3ish and cycled round looking for a tourist info with no luck. Thunder Bay is possibly the crappiest town I have seen in Canada so far and as it turned out there was no info centre. This is probably because people don't come and visit. A local ended up giving us directions to the hostel. As he was a local Cop he advised against going to the downtown and directed us to the university halls of residence. This turned out to be cheap and just perfect so we decided to take a day off tomorrow and use the free Internet at the university. Also our bikes need a few things replacing as we are halfway across Canada.

3 comments:

donegalman said...

Hey wild man, get a haircut! Impressed by all the photos of "stunning views" (all that early input has paid off!).

mim adams said...

Dan, congrats to you and Agnes for reaching the half way point. the trip sounds like a blast.
LOVE MIM & TOM

John In Colorado said...

Dan,
This is such an amazing adventure! I wish i could drop life and go on this sort of trek. i enjoy reading and look forward to your posts. i check daily. regards, john