T2 Day 45 (Maura)

 Wallaceberg to St. Thomas, ON



Today we woke up at the beautiful Shiloh campground in Wallaceberg, Ontario, right off of Walpole Island. Yesterday was our first evening in Canada and it was so memorable. Today we have a longer day…it’s about 72 miles to our next destination, Dalewood Conservation Area in St. Thomas. Rogan and Olivia left a little earlier than us but about 10 miles down route 40 we magically saw them at a Starbucks and happily pulled over. After an iced coffee and bagel, we got back on the road. It was not a super memorable day, to be honest. No podcasts or music for me, just chatted with Claire and enjoyed the peace. We stopped next at a grocery store in Belheim and Claire ate so many fruit snacks that she gave herself a stomach ache. About 15 miles later Audrey got a flat along route 3 which unfortunately took about an hour to change due to some weird pinching happening around the valve. Once we fixed it (with the help of Dan Surkis as always) it was about 2:30 and there were still 45 miles left, but we decided we wanted to keep pushing ahead to the campground. We sadly didn’t have time to stop for the fresh blueberries or the brewery that we passed along the way but knew it was for the best. Despite some brutal headwinds at the end, we remarkably made it to camp right at 7:00pm and got tents, showers, dinner, and laundry all set up in record time. A cute little dog came to greet us from a neighbor’s RV and we’d like to think that it was because she loved us. I was pretty tired by the end of the day, both mentally and physically, and I think a lot of it was from the time crunch that we accepted when we decided to push on after the flat. I never like the feeling of chasing the sunset at the end of a 70-something mile day, but sometimes it is what it is. Tomorrow we’ll head to a bike shop to get Audrey a new tire before landing at camp. Hopefully well have time to to enjoy more stops along the ride!

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