Day 32, August 2, 2006
Espanola to Tobermory 85 km
We had a wonderful dinner last night at the Pentecostal Church and then were introduced to our billets. We were placed with Laura Wright as well as Bill A, Carol and Neil, Wib, Dave, and Reg. Laura was a very interesting and motivated individual. She told us that when we were coming into town she cried. She had a son, David, who was an avid cyclist who at one time raced competitively and at aged 39 dropped dead while out running. She had been widowed and remarried 2 years ago to Cleveland Wright. Their home was lovely and large with enough room for us all. You should have seen the train set up in the basement! It belonged to her previous husband and covered much of the room. It was set up on tables that wound in and around, with tunnels made just like what we saw in the rockies! Then there were grain elevators and all sorts of reproduced buildings. It must have taken years and years of work. Laura said that he would work on it from 1-4 daily. We did a communial laundry and then just sat in the living room and talked. It was nice and relaxing. I went to bed at 10 and had the best sleep so far of the trip despite that I had to get up twice in the night!
We got up just after 7..Laura had made a lovely breakfast for us and then dropped us back at the Lighthouse Church to meet the group. It was raining very hard and Bruce has made the decision to trailer the bikes 20 km out as the road leading from Espanola to Tobermory had no shoulder and was in horrible condition. Bob and I were in the second group so enjoyed the extra time to relax. Pastor Jason played his guitar and Adrienne got on the keyboard and we sang. When we arrived at the meeting spot, it was still raining. It wasn't cold so it was bearable. There was traffic, but not bad. We had to stop at the Little Current Swing Bridge because it was open to let the larger recreational boats pass. Then it was on to Holy Trinity Anglican Church for lunch.
We then continued on, stopping at "Doug's"...which used to have lots of animal carvings and the band The Arrogant Worms wrote a song about. From there it was 13 km to the ferry landing to trailer the bikes. As I write this I am sitting on board the ferry, Chi Cheemaun, to Tobermory. I have just had my dinner so am full and happy and ready for bed. We will go to the Anglican Church in Tobermory to meet our billets. Tomorrow we go through Wireton... I wonder if we will see Willy?
We had a wonderful dinner last night at the Pentecostal Church and then were introduced to our billets. We were placed with Laura Wright as well as Bill A, Carol and Neil, Wib, Dave, and Reg. Laura was a very interesting and motivated individual. She told us that when we were coming into town she cried. She had a son, David, who was an avid cyclist who at one time raced competitively and at aged 39 dropped dead while out running. She had been widowed and remarried 2 years ago to Cleveland Wright. Their home was lovely and large with enough room for us all. You should have seen the train set up in the basement! It belonged to her previous husband and covered much of the room. It was set up on tables that wound in and around, with tunnels made just like what we saw in the rockies! Then there were grain elevators and all sorts of reproduced buildings. It must have taken years and years of work. Laura said that he would work on it from 1-4 daily. We did a communial laundry and then just sat in the living room and talked. It was nice and relaxing. I went to bed at 10 and had the best sleep so far of the trip despite that I had to get up twice in the night!
We got up just after 7..Laura had made a lovely breakfast for us and then dropped us back at the Lighthouse Church to meet the group. It was raining very hard and Bruce has made the decision to trailer the bikes 20 km out as the road leading from Espanola to Tobermory had no shoulder and was in horrible condition. Bob and I were in the second group so enjoyed the extra time to relax. Pastor Jason played his guitar and Adrienne got on the keyboard and we sang. When we arrived at the meeting spot, it was still raining. It wasn't cold so it was bearable. There was traffic, but not bad. We had to stop at the Little Current Swing Bridge because it was open to let the larger recreational boats pass. Then it was on to Holy Trinity Anglican Church for lunch.
We then continued on, stopping at "Doug's"...which used to have lots of animal carvings and the band The Arrogant Worms wrote a song about. From there it was 13 km to the ferry landing to trailer the bikes. As I write this I am sitting on board the ferry, Chi Cheemaun, to Tobermory. I have just had my dinner so am full and happy and ready for bed. We will go to the Anglican Church in Tobermory to meet our billets. Tomorrow we go through Wireton... I wonder if we will see Willy?
posted by Unknown at 11:04 PM
1 Comments:
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Wireton Willy died recently.
Joyce
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