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Photo by Marc Gibaud, Clouds on Tres Cerros and Mount Fitzroy, Argentinian Patagonia

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Mount Fitzroy, Argentinian Patagonia



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We were warmly welcomed to they home and treated royally. We had some nice meals, great conversation, and exceptional wine! Dan also swapped out the regulator and charge was 14.1!!!

Ontario-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ontario-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

For a treat today Peter took us on an hours flight over the region in one of his sea planes! Dan even got to fly the plane for much of the ride.


Ontario-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



Ontario-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


We then decided on a road trip to the Norman Hardie Winery for very good pizza and excellent CabSav.

Ontario-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Ontario-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


We are supposed to be in Pickering tonight at Sara’s cousins home to meet up with he family again.

Ontario-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We set out for the 120 km to Pickering at 6 15 and stuck to the main roads to make time. This was on the 7 to the 115 to the dreaded 401. This is here an 8 lane highway with very high speed drivers. It was nice to have a family dinner and spend time with the kids.

Screen Shot 2018-08-25 at 08.56.30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Today we have some time to lay low here and get caught upon some work as we are only going 39 km to Bowmanville.

Screen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.01.26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We have been invited to the home of Doug and Sharon Wildeboer. They have been kind enough to ask us to spend the evening with them to talk about planning their big bike trip.We had a great time with them and their family. Sharon cooked us a fantastic meal and Doug took us on a small evening ride to the ice cream shop.



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Getting up in the morning we have just 107 km to Oakville to the home of an old friend from University. We again stuck to the highway and the 401, which near Toronto is a 14 lane nightmare. We hit some traffic on the DVP, but otherwise it was just dealing with Ontario speeders.

Screen Shot 2018-08-25 at 09.02.53 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



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So great to see Cara and we always start back as if we saw each other yesterday and not 5 years ago. She lives near the lake and so we stuck close to home for some R&R for a few days.

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From Oakville it is just a 41 km to Toronto, where we will visit with Sara’s cousins Cynthia and Ben, our friends Paula and Barry, and her sister Emily and see a few more friends from University. We headed out on the Gardner east and then on the 427 to the 401. It is much faster to go around the city than thru it. We headed south on the Allen Expressway to Maplewood.

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Then we had a 86 km ride out of the city to Alliston, on the 401, and the 400, all of which were stressful with he traffic and speeders. They really need average speed cameras here. Ontario drivers are too intense. We got off the highway and relaxed on the concession and side roads to get to Sara’s cousins Chris and Tanya.

Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 20.44.47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We are here to try out the new smoker (ribs) and visit for a few days.
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We set out at 9 south towards Oakville again as we had dinner with Dan’s cousin. They had just moved out of their house today and so we are staying at Cara’s.

Canada-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We went thru Hackley Valley and the small roads until Brampton and then hit the 427, which was mobbed with cars and only let up when we could go west away form the city.

Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 20.47.05 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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It is 29 degrees and very humid today. It is also pretty windy. We have had too little sleep, too much food and alcohol in the last month and are worn out from the party. Nice to arrive back to Cara’s at 11 and have the entire day to relax. She was home at 4 and she was on fire to make Tinto de verano after reading my Camino posts. We had dinner plans this evening with Dan’s cousin Brad and his wife. They are the last of our old friends we need to see here before we head west. Great to reconnect and make plans for when they move near to us in the new year.

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We had planned to stay around for a few more days and maybe go to Point Peele the southern most point in Canada. Unfortunately we have had some sad news Dan’s Uncle in Whitehorse has passed away and his uncle in Calgary is gravely ill with cancer. Both were just diagnosed. We will try to get to Calgary sooner than planned.

Today we are headed west! There are 2 options either ride to Tobermory and get the ferry to Manitoilin Island across lake Huron, or ride all the way around the lake. We will take the more scenic ferry route.


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