I’m up and out of the tent making oatmeal. It is 6:30 a.m. The Irish woman, now living in British Columbia, is also moving around her campsite. She will drive to Toronto today. I am headed to Agawa Bay. Dave on the other side is still sleeping.
I am packed and getting ready to leave when the guy across the road comes over to talk about my bike and touring. I give him my contact info. Hopefully, my blog will inspire him to try touring.
I am off, but I want to pick up some road food and drinks. I have a hundred kilometer ride. There are major climbs, so I plan to ride slow and easy and stopping to eat on top of those hills. Unfortunately, I need to go three kilometers off route into Wawa to do this. Now, I am back on the road.
I hit the first long steep hill, then the second, and the third is four kilometers long and agonizingly steep. The slow trudge lasts forty-two minutes to get to the top. I still have sixty kilometers to the campground. This will be a long day.
I coast down to Lake Superior and enjoy the view. And then, of course, ahead of me are still more long climbs ahead.
I finally arrive at Agawa Bay Provincial Park Campground and check-in only to find that I booked a site in their Rabbit Blanket campground. That campground is now twenty kilometers behind me and on top of a five-kilometer long climb. The campground I am now at is full, with no available sites. The young woman in the office calls the park warden for advice. She lets me know that I can stay here in the campsite saved for emergencies.
I sent up camp and ride to the camp store for cold drinks and ice cream. I am close to the showers and water, so I get cleaned up and cook dinner. It is now time to walk to the beach for the sunset. It’s cool. The moon is in the sky to my left and to my right. The sun dips into the water. This beach really accentuates the beauty of Lake Superior.
Back at the site and ready to sleep.
