Day 62: Elmvale to Bass Lake/Orillia ( the inception of a good friend)

The best part of not staying in Wasaga beach was that today, we had only 40km to go! Finally we would get to bed early!

And yes, to cut the suspense, we did make it to Bass Lake early and the ride was wonderful. We took a great little side road that was both beautiful and very insightful. The great knowledge that we gained involves the until now, secret conception story of a great friend of mine...

We learned that 28 years ago 2 great stones collided in a small town on our route to orrillia and a town was named after it. Out of this collision was born my good friend and in her honor I have reenacted this great occurrence in the photo below. If you are wondering, I am making the the sound of two moonstones crashing together. Just so you know Moondust, I recount this wonderful tale with only the best of intentions...



Gliding through Moonstone on the Moonstone East road with rolling farmland and minimal traffic was a real treat.


Arriving at bass lake park at 11:25 pm was just the icing on the cake. The rest of the afternoon was spent swimming, and getting a bit burnt lying on the sandy beach. Leah's spidy sense for berries was very sharp and leah and I picked 2 huge cups of wild dark raspberries.





All was great with the exception of one thing...
The hill into the campsite was horrible! Let's chat little bit about hills.

Despite what some say, hills are not the enemies of bikers. They are certainly tiring but once you mentally and physically get into a grove, even the biggest mountains are achievable because you know at the top, you will always get the thrill of cruising down the other-side. There is some debate within the group as to how we like the hills dispersed. Some like it up and then right down. Others like it up, then gentle down but none of us like grades over 7%. These super steep inclines put even Shane into his lowest gear and has been know to flip bikers who are too heavily back weighted.

The thing that made the hill into the bass lake tent sites even worse than all other steep inclines yet was that it was a pointless hill. We killed ourselves getting up it and then immediately took a 170 degree turn and went back down the hill. This left us about 20 meters from where we started and a lot more tired. I have a few choice words for whoever designed this park road.


Distance: 44.26 km
Time on bikes: 2:19:34
Average speed: 18.8 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 4961 km
Start: 8:50 am
End: 11:25 am
Wind: north-west ( medium- tail)
Conditions: sunny


Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Bass Lake, Ontario