Tuesday, September 6, 2016

143.9Kms
Maybe it was the tarantula-looking Wolf spider rappelling at high speed off the upper edge of the camp site shower in the flickering, dim light and us there, ah, exposed in our b-day suits*; or maybe it was another beautiful lake and us without canoe gear or even access to any; or maybe it was that we both hit a bit of fatigue late in the bicycle ride today (likely due to not enough rest between our 153.6Kms day and today's 143.9Kms). Whichever, as we looked up at the stars and sliver moon from our tent, we decided to make this our last tenting night and head to Kenora a day early. Earlier in the day, we clipped along for about 90Kms at about 20Kms/Hr in a changing landscape of rural and "cottage country" scenery and lower hills with bushes and small trees. Again, there was water everywhere, even on the road, for, as we were getting pelted with rain riding into Fort Frances two days previously, the Sioux Narrows area received a sudden 10cm of rain, which significantly increased the water table, flooding some areas of Highway 71. We had risen at 5:30am and arrived at Sioux Narrows Provincial Park to our walk-in camp site near to sun set, quite late due to our slow riding in the late afternoon and early evening. We put up the tent, ate dinner and headed to the shower house. *We share a shower for the same reason we sit back-to-back when we eat lunch in bear country - lucky thing we both were in the shower - B saw the spider and Y kept her eye on it and reported it's location as it repelled to the shower floor and dashed passed the drain.





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