Phew! We arrived in Thessalon just before the lightning, thunder and cloud bursts of rain. Our day started with an early breakfast at the lovely Back Home Bistro (mom in the kitchen and daughter serving). We are repeatedly struck on this trip by the energy of individuals and families to provide services in the small towns of Canada. Arriving in a small Canadian town to see deserted business causes us to lament the vision, efforts and finances of those who put the business together. At our morning break, we spoke with an elderly gentleman, Willy Dunn from Elliot Lake. He was curious about our journey and wanted to find out if we knew about Elliot Lake. He spoke about the decline in population at Elliot Lake and his thoughts about the causes of the decline, some of it related to the mall collapse in 2012. The longish ride today was fairly level and the wind was with us for parts of the day. At one point Y turned to thank B for the push up the last bit of one hill only to see that B was too far back to have been the one who pushed the bike! For those who may have read past Blog entries, you might recall that Y calls her right pannier "turbo" and her left pannier "booster". Today on the flats and down hills turbo-booster were very effective; with the wind from behind, even the uphills were a breeze. We have completed more than 1/4 of our bicycle ride and tomorrow (August 20th) is a day off from bicycling, possibly for storm-watching over Lake Huron, from our Carolyn Beach accommodation.
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