Fwd: Stats of the Ontario ride.

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From: Jeffrey Reaves <jjreaves@me.com>
Date: July 22, 2015 at 7:07:07 AM EDT
To: Jeff Reaves <jjreaves@me.com>
Subject: Stats of the Ontario ride.

Day one- 81.4 miles
Day two- 82.8 miles
Day three - 84.2 miles
Day four - 70.4 miles
Day five - 68.5 miles
Day six - 92.9 miles
Day seven - 124.7 miles
Total miles - 605.5 miles

The reward

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Day 7 Lake Side SP to Hamiliton Ont.

DONE!!!!!
It was 125 mile today and 12 hours in the saddle. It was slow going with 10 to 20 mph headwinds all day long. I'm really glad I was on my recumbent. I don't think I could of stayed on an upright bike for 12 hours!

Today was Niagra Falls day. Got up an personal to the American Falls. The USA side seems to have been doing alt a lot of improvements and it was very nice.

View out the tent tonight!

Camp at Lake Side State Park

Swim in Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

Day 6 Sodus Point to Lake Side State Park

Today was a joyous day on the bike. 90 miles - the longest of the trip to date. I got rolling by 7:30am after saying my goodbyes to Johnny Mac and his tales of marriage, divorce, heart surgery, the trucking industry, hotrods, police work, etc,etc, etc.
Whew the guys was a nonstop record.

The day was cooler all day and made riding more enjoyable. By passed Rochester and a monster decent/ascent at Irondequoit Bay. After Rochester the roads were pretty much flat with nice views of the lake. I got to Hamlin State Park around 2:00pm and decided it was too early to quit riding for the day - even thou I had in 70 miles. Ate lunch at Hamlin and took my 1st swim in Lake Ontario - oh felt so good!! Tan line looks a little funny. 😎

I rode on another 20 miles to Lake Side Park and got a beautiful site on the Lake. Had fresh corn and blueberries with beer tonight! Fat and happy.

I'm think of sprinting to the finish tomorrow - over 100 miles but would save a day. I'm planning on it anyway and not washing any bike clothes for an extra day of riding.

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A lot this all day long

Drumlins and Eskers

Day 5 Selkirk Shores to Sodas Point

Hot- hot and more hot! Heat index today was in excess of 100 degrees! Glad I started early and took frequent breaks - no land speed records today! Left camp by 7:00am and made it to Sodas by 3:30pm - 65 miles. A lot of Drumlins and Eskers (aka - a crap load of steep hills)! Was expecting thunderstorms this afternoon but none have developed. I'm hoping that maybe we get one tonight - I just love a good thunderstorm.

Nice and quite camp tonight -compared to last night. I'm sharing a campsite with Johnny- Mac. Truck driver, preacher and ex-cop! Can't wait to hear what comes out of his mouth tonight! Hey but the camp site was only $5 including a shower! A lot of motorcycle riders (bikers) in this neck of the woods and as usual they are pretty decent folks.

Sodus Point is the a lot like Torch Lake but the Sandbar and Dockside are right together and their are five Docksides! A PARTY SCENE! Don't worry Jeannie I'm in camp and it's only 7:00pm.



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Tale of two campsites

Camp was interesting last night. One half was a group of Kayakers and the other half were from who knows where! The "who know where" group were smoking, drinking and swearing all night. So I migrated over toward the Kayakers for some conversation. The Kayakers were from Pennsylvania and come up here annually to shoot the Salmon River.

The one good joke told among the group. "What is the difference between a canoer from the states and a canoer from Canada? Canadians know how to make love in a canoe!"

Today is starting of fine the 1st 20miles have brought me into Oswego. The site of a major battle of 1812. We lost- they won.

Leaving Kingston

Day 4. - Kingston to Silkirk Shores

Out the door a little late today. By the time I had breakfast, hit the grocery store for tonight's diner and caught The ferry to Wolfe Island it was 9:30am! Met 8 fellow bikers on the ferry who were doing a day trip on the island. Island is very rural - a lot like Sauvie Island back in PDX . One hour petal across the island to catch the next ferry to the USA. I had a half hour wait for the ferry so laid down and continued reading Racing in the Rain. If you have not read it you should. (This is my second read of the book).

While at the ferry I got interview by a local newspaper reporter who took down my story and snapped a few pictures. Geez I can't go anywhere without the paparazzi showing up!

Today ride was 72 miles mostly flat with a few big hill throw into the mix. The big factor today was weather -hot and humid. Over 80 degrees and high humidity made it a very challenging day. Had to constantly rehydrate and be mindful of my water supply. With the late start and humidity this was my most challenging day yet.

The area I pedaled through today is where the War of 1812 was fought. From everything I have read along the way - this war was mostly a naval battle in this section of Lake Ontario and Kingston was the original capital of Ontario (now it is Ottawa).

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Ferry crossing

Downtown Kingston

Day 3 Brighton to Kingston

Met another cyclist in camp who completed all five lakes over the last five years. We traded stories and drank wine until midnight! Hard to roll out of the tent this morning.

Today was 82 miles through wine country on Ontario. Lots of opportunity to stop and taste. But you I did that last night! You don't stop to drink wine and ride 80 miles! Rains threatened all day and final dumped the last hour of my ride.

Kingston is a pretty neat city with a great downtown of architectural decent buildings , good restaurants and a pretty good music scene.

Tomorrow I'll catch a ferry back into the USA.

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Day 2 ride added info

Brisk headwinds slowed the pace and tired the legs, that were already sore from yesterday. Met a lot of nice town folk today and had some good chats. I find it curious that all truck stop waitresses call you "darrl-inn" and they have big hair.

Town of Cobourg
Enjoyed the town Cobourg, where I met Tim who was waiting to meet a guy who is traveling around the world via non-motorized travel. He started in Toronto and has the goal on getting to Vancouver BC and sail to Hawaii and then to Indonesia. My geography may be off but I think he is going the wrong way! Currently he is in a canoe - I would of thought you would head west through Lake Superior. Oh well all great travelers set their own routes!

Tonight I'm at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Brighton ON. I'm ahead of schedule by about 20 miles and think I will need those miles to slack off when the weather turns rainy.

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Day two of Lake Huron ride

The day was filled with views of the lake shore and large tracks of beautiful farm land. The 80 plus mile day was split between busy roads and quiet country lanes.

Field of Plenty

Outside Toronto on the Bike way

Toronto in the distance.
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Day one of ride

Today was 80 miles from Hamilton to Whitby. The weather was mid 70s but had a brisk headwind! Only "oh crap" was I forgot my biking raincoat. Luckily I had brought another raincoat that should keep me - damp. The ride today was actually pretty nice considering I had to ride through Toronto. I had expected urban warfare where I would shoot my "asshole" bazooka at all the stupid drivers - I only fired it once at a minivan mom.

A lot of my ride was along roads named Lakeshore Drive. That typically suggests big lake front houses and quiet streets - I was not disappointed.

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Getting ready for my Ride Around Lake Ontario.

• riding daily to get the legs pumped
• planning my route
• Day 0- 8 hour drive from the lake cabin on Torch Lake
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• Day 1- Ride along the north shore from Hamilton to Toronto - 45 miles
• Day 2- Toronto to Cobourg - 75 miles
• Day 3- Cobourg toApolphustown - 70 miles
• Day 4- Adolphustown to Cape Vincent (USA) - 60 miles
• Day 5- Cape Vincent to Selkirk Shores - 60 miles
• Day 6- Selkirk Shores to Sodas Point- 58 miles
• Day 7- Sodadas Point to Hamilin Park - 63 miles
• Day 8 - Hamilin Park to Old Fort Niagara- 55 miles
• Day 9- Final Day of riding bike along the Niagara River , (and Falls)then back into Canada To Hamilton - 70 miles.
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• Final Day - Drive back to Torch Lake.
• Summary
• Plan on starting my ride July 14th, 2015
• Total miles - 550 miles ( although I think it will be more like 650 miles with getting lost!)
• Total Days riding 9 days with 0 rest days.

My Route around Lake Ontario