Monday 27 June 2011

Day 46: Thunderbay to Nipigon (Don't give us the cold shoulder!)

We woke up to the sun
Said boy, are we going to have fun!
We got on our bikes
Then Alan said yikes!

Clickity clack
Ohhh, what was that!?
A broken spoke...?
Oh nope nope nope!

We found it was true
Well what should we do?
Of course back to the shop
Bad luck, it didn't open till 12 o'clock

Back at the camp
Sat the four other scamps
They thought sitting in the sun wasn't too cool
So they took a dip in the pool













After all the bad luck
We didn't get stuck
And for the first time in a while
We had a reason to smile
Cause the wind had our backs
And we were gone just like that!

Our first day on highway 1
Sometimes wasn't so much fun
Avoid it you can't
So we bikers rant...

Hey dummy with a boat in tow
No no no
We shouted, "watch where you go"!
But he barreled ahead and passed a truck
And we almost got smucked!

We liked the shoulders when they were wide
So we didnt have to duck and hide
But when they were slight
Oh, what a fright!
When they disappear
Now that is something to fear!

But dispute the road and traffic
The view if the lake was fantastic!
But we continued along
And here we are in Nipigon!

We searched for a place to lay our weary heads
But the price they quoted made us see red
Fifty-two dollars!
We ain't ballers!

Luckily we came across a lovey spot
And in we did trot
We were welcomed with a smile
So we decided to stay for a little while!

Distance: 96.64 km
Time on bike: 5:03:13
Average speed: 19.1 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 3654 km
Start time: 2:15 pm
End time: 8:15 pm
Wind: Southeast (light-tail)
Conditions: sunny


Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Nipigon, Ontario

2 comments:

  1. TAIL winds! alright! been waiting for those words to show up at the end there - after all, the wind has to turn sometime, no?

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  2. p.s. - I'd heard about THE tan but that's unbelievable! Just seeing a photograph (and with you two involved) my mind did stray suspiciously to 'is that paint? or cycle grease?!' :D

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