Day 33 - Prawda (MB) to Kenora (ON)

109.1 km - Total so far 3025.33 km - http://ridewithgps.com/trips/5253906

We had a lovely evening at the campground. Hélène made hamburger meat with mushrooms and powdered potatoes. That meal has become our comfort food after a challenging or wet day. We got to eat in a fully screened summer kitchen away from mosquitoes. These mosquitoes appear to be getting more numerous and aggressive as we move EAST. Can't wait to see what they will be like when we hit Sault Ste-Marie.

Hamburger meat, mushrooms and powdered potatoes,,,,,yummy!!!!!!

During the night a critter chewed on Helene's mud flap, sort of 'Meals on Wheels'

The happy couple after their 'Ukrainian Breakfast' in Falcon Beach, MB

This picture is dedicated to one of our readers

This gentleman was photographed placing graffiti on the post holding the 'Welcome to Ontario' sign

This is the message he left...he should stick to writing as he can't draw!

We rarely saw flowers in the ditches of the Prairie provinces 

One of hundreds of inukshuks that are all along the highway, Helene is once again wearing her rocket pack

We had a nice relaxed ride down Hwy 1 and we could really notice the change in terrain and geography. We are now in rolling terrain (terrain valloneux) with trees on either side and more and more rocks and rock faces. We are no longer in the Prairies. There are marshes along the highway but they are not home to ducks and other wildlife as they were in Manitoba. We saw no sign of human life between Prawda and Falcon Beach  (36.6 km away). We had a bit of excitement when another cyclist snuck up and startled Hélène and she let out a scream. Daniel (the cyclist behind Hélène) apologized. He informed us that he was cycling to St-John's, Nfld and planned on being there by the 24th of July. He was lightly equipped and covered 200 km a day. We wished him a safe trip and watched him quickly accelerate away from us. We felt like we were stopped as we watched him go. 

As we crossed the border into Ontario, we could see a significant increase in the number of lakes of all sizes. Have a look at the GPS data and you will see what I am talking about. Lakes everywhere! From the border, we had another 60 km or so. Like every other day, we aimed to be in Kenora at a reasonable time. By 4 pm, we were at the grocery store by 4:30 pm at the Beer store and the motel by 5:15. We are staying at a motel on the EAST side of town as there are no campgrounds in or close to Kenora.

Our objective for tomorrow is Dryden about 140 km. We understand from talking with the motel owner that we have a number of nice hill climbs on our way to Dryden.

In a previous post we had mentioned that jalapino and cheese tortillas with peanut butter and jam was a good combination. We also tried vegetable tortilla and peanut butter and jam. DO NOT try that combination at home as it takes an incredible amount of will power to chow down on that. Not a good combination.

67.79 miles - Total so far 1,879.85 miles