6:15am alarm! Y showered, then B and we went down to a great cafeteria with natural, locally sourced products, home made bread toasted breakfast sandwiches, very good coffee and coffee to go in thermoses. The cafeteria lady took great pride in the products, including home made popsicles! We would recommend the residence which was clean dorm 2-bedroom suites for $105, with double beds and such nice people. We left the suitcase "free to a good home". Our first task was to swing by Phat Moose, where we had left off on our first trip leg, and then ride to Parliament. We encountered more construction, which complicates the GPS routes ....but, as a result of the delays, we got to see a spectacle at Parliment and Y took a short video. We then linked up with a very nice trail system along the Ottawa River (and saw a wonderful rock sculpture garden, and were surprised by a buck bolting out of the woods and across the road in front of us - he was pretty startled too!). The trail system eventually ran into secondary farm roads, including gravel sections. We stopped for our first of the trip Subway lunches, followed by torrents of rain for about 1/2 hour and got drenched in spite of booties and rain gear. There was lots more rain over the next 60ish Kms to our camp site. About 30Kms from the Renfrew camp, we met Cedric, who had about 70Kms to finish a ride from Victoria to his Ottawa home! At the Renfrew camp, we ordered in "so-so" pizza, which we ate at the camp shelter while our clothing was in their dryer. We also made coffee in thermoses for the morning time. Our tent is warm, dry and cozy. We have large thermorests and pillows, which are both worth the extra bulk. Our tent and two sleeping bags are approximately the same weight as one thermorest!
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