Bought a new water bottle at a brand new bike shop in Durham to replace my old Wilson bottle, which got a crack. On to Flesherton where I learned about where I could camp and also had the best burger of my life at Aggie's Caf�, another new establishment. I found the camp ground on Eugenia Lake (see pic below) with no problem, about 10km from Flesherton, arriving just after 4 to set up the tent in light drizzle! Didn't go too badly. Of course, the rain stopped as soon as the tent was up! No worries. I had a short swim and here I am, watching the sun go down. Tomorrow, to Orillia!
...right, but before I get there, I should talk about who I met after writing the above entry! I wandered down the road to the next campground to use the payphone which was in the Games Room. As I dialed, 4 guys walked in to play pool. They were staying at the Camp's Cottages while they worked on the hydro lines in the area. Anyway, they were a bunch of hic-town, good ol' boys who were happy to light up their cigarettes as they exclaimed 'Holy fuck that's a long way to bike! Why??!' They were fun to hang with. Had a beer around the campfire with them and swapped stories about riding and snowmobiling. I welcomed having something to do in the evening, but had to head home just after 8 since it was getting cold and pretty windy. I'll have to come up with something better to do when it gets dark and all I have is a tent. It's a long time until the sun comes up at 6am, and there's not much to do in the meantime. |
