Friday was beautiful. We loaded up and headed out for a leisurely paced all-day ride to Silver Lake Provincial Park. Even though our route was only 120km, we took all day as the loaded bikes and our relaxed mindset dictated the pace.
After enjoying over 20km of Ottawa bike path and about the same along country roads, we stopped in Almonte for a pitcher of Sangaria and veggie burgers at the Barely Mow along the water. A couple more hours of picturesque car-free country roads and then we indulged in another stop where we enjoyed too many cookies and the casual, yet prolific, cursing of the local color of Lanark.
As we neared the end of our day, we were growing weary of dragging our heavy loads through the highlands of Lanark County. The hills were steep and many.
When we woke up in the morning, we were greeted by intense thunder storms. I think the video says it all...
Eventually the intensity subsided and we nervously set out. We headed into Perth on nice gravelly, cottage roads to avoid highway 7. It began to rain again so we hid in a cute little restaurant to wait it out. From Perth we took the easy, flat way home on the route that the Rideau Lakes Tour takes to get back to Ottawa. A wicked tailwind helped make this day much easier than the previous.
A mid-afternoon stop was necessary at the subway in Richmond to avoid yet another downpour. We weren't so lucky when we were 30 minutes from home with no where to hide and the heavens opened up one last time just to make certain our gear would need to be hung to dry.
Here are some pictures of the journey...enjoy.
2 comments:
munchin junction . . . what's it's function?
poutine the routine, burgers and pogos - yum, yum
your legs looked green in that video
Not only do my legs look green but my voice sounds all twangy.
I was singing the munchin junction song too!
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