Saturday, August 23, 2014

Day 3, Dutton to Turkey Point Provincial Park.  Breakfast was at Tall Tales, a local gas station and restaurant, which afforded us wifi (not sure if we were supposed to be able to use it but it worked!).
 
Had some gravel roads between the Breakfast stop and our next one (Port Bruce).  We finally got our feet in the Lake Erie water at Port Bruce Provincial Park, in addition to refilling our water bottles and snagging a candy bar.  Water was pretty cloudy, but warm.  Took me some time to clean the sand and pebbles out of my riding sandals after I went in with them on.  We met Tim, a cyclist from England that was circumnavigating North America, at least until the money runs out.  Had a nice chat, and exchanged "cards".  Stopped in Port Burwill for lunch, which, like Port Stanley, is a little touristy and has lots of places to eat.  Had sandwiches at an ice cream place, followed by (wait for it...) ice cream.  Started seeing wind turbines again, so we are apparently out of Elgin county (lots of anti-wind turbine signs there).

It was a long haul to finally get to Turkey Point PP, but it is a nice place, and the community is just about 1 km away which is very nice.  Unfortunately it's a pretty big climb back to camp after dinner (which I'm currently at).  My first time being served Poutain (fries, cheese and gravy -- delicious).  Total miles for the day will be close to 90 once we get back to camp.  Looking forward (again) to my tent (actually, the sleep that will occur in it!).  One more long day, tomorrow, and then a short one to Niagara Falls.
 
 

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