by timshazz | Apr 13, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Ottawa Lakes, Michigan to Grand Rapids, Ohio: (60kms) When we left Ottawa Lakes, the morning skies were heavy and grey. It was only a matter of time before we’d get wet, not a great motivator to get out on the road. Getting wet means getting cold, even when...
by timshazz | Apr 13, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Clyde to Elmore, Ohio: (35kms) A couple of weeks ago a friend of ours, Megan, contacted us and asked if we would be anywhere near her house during our trip. As it happened, her house was only about 100 miles off route, so we decided to cycle up to Michigan and see...
by timshazz | Apr 13, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Geneva On The Lake to Mentor On The Lake, Ohio: (55kms) The route today was pretty convoluted. Ride a mile, turn left. Ride a mile, turn right! It was like that all day until we reached Painesville where we stopped in the middle of town for lunch on the sidewalk with...
by timshazz | Apr 13, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Evangola State Park to Westfield: (72kms) From Evangola State Park, we followed Lakeshore Drive (Highway 5) along Lake Erie as it wound its way around the shoreline past hundreds of seasonal holiday homes and villages. The road rose and fell but never steeply enough...
by timshazz | Apr 12, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Foreward: Having done a couple of housesits in Ontario and waited for the weather to fine up, we had made our way down to Crystal Beach, adjacent to the US border, and were now ready to join the Adventure Cycling Association’s Northern Tier route and head west...
by timshazz | Apr 12, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Toronto to Burlington: (72kms) Toronto Waterfront, ready to ride around Lake Ontario The streets of urban Toronto are vastly different from our ride so far. Our route from Orillia had been tough, with hills and busy highways to negotiate, but today’s ride to...
