This was our longest ride, ever, and almost a "century" (160Kms or 100 miles). We almost did the extra 6.4Kms, but chose to stop as we had reached our Fort Frances accommodation (we agreed to try a century together when we get back home). We had our 4,000Kms moment today on the Noden Causeway, which crosses Rainy Lake by Fort Frances and is part of the Canada/US border. The landscape continues to be interesting and watery, and some leaves are starting to turn red, orange or yellow. Since Thunder Bay, this area of Canada is like a sieve, with lakes and waterways everywhere and bits of land where the roadways lay. There was a sploosh of blinding cloud burst that soaked us in about a minute 30Kms before Fort Frances. The downpour lasted until Rainy Lake :-) :-) but we were almost dry again by the time we reached our accommodation, and then the thunder and lightning started and the density of the rain again made it difficult to see beyond a few meters. Due to the long ride, we took very few pictures today. We saw a bit of animal life today: Beaver Dam and House, Mink, Grey Jay, Groundhog/Woodchuck, Turtle, and Deer (including two fawns playing "tag, you're it" while Doe watched). We had planned a shorter ride, but the uncertainty of accommodation in the 209Km stretch from Quetico to Fort Frances resulted in shifting 25Kms from one day to the next, making today's ride 153.6Kms and yesterday's 55.3Kms.
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