Day 51. June 14. Thursday. Grafton to Belleville, ON

I am so sorry some of you worried about me but often times campgrounds are out in the boonies which was the case the last three nites.  There is nothing I can do without internet.  Please don’t worry about me.  Consider no news, good news.  Once I get into northern Quebec, you may not hear from me for days.

Last nite was the noisiest yet of campgrounds.  Between 7 and 9, there was a constant stream of airplanes.  I’m assuming they were taking off from Toronto.  On top of that, trains every 10 minutes and I could still hear cars on the highway.  Had a hard time falling asleep.

My tent was fairly dry this morning except for the ground cloth.  It was a muddy mess.  The rain fly had a few drops on top but the rest was dry.  I was glad because there is nothing worse than rolling up a wet tent and having to carry the extra weight.

So today is the beginning of riding in more of a straight line from point A to point B.  No more riding 50 miles to go 30.  If that means I ride the highway, then the highway it is.  I always check with locals about the amount of traffic and shoulder conditions.  I want to make progress, not ride in circles.

I could have gone further today if I had not stopped for a couple hours to catch up on blogs. I knew some of you were concerned.

Bummer today was my cyclometer died.  Poor thing has been drenched so many times, it just gave up.  It was squirting water out this morn so guess I’ll have to take it off every night or at least cover it.  As I was cruising through town on the way to a motel, ( yeah, the nearest campground is another half days ride.  I’m not riding that far out of my way just to camp), I spotted a bike shop.  I was going to ask if one was in this town.  So I stopped and got a new cyclometer.  Yeah!

Need to take a nap.  Later

42.0 miles today. 1839.2 total

Author: bikeral2000

Retired musician, now gardener and cyclist. View all posts by bikeral2000