Hi Everyone,

It seems that I made things more difficult yesterday by using the hotel pc. 
 My iPad was able to send email, but because it could not run the Internet 
speed test for uploads, I assumed that there was something wrong with the
 server / iPad connection. 

From now on I will run an email test before I jump to any conclusions that
 make things harder on me.

Today I left Port Hope under sunny skies and a light headwind.  At my first 
hill, I discovered that I need a day off or something because I just don't
 have the energy that I had on the way to Toronto.  Maybe it was because it
 was flat with tailwinds until I got to Toronto!

I should arrive in Quebec Province in two or three days.  The weather 
forecast for the next few days is good. Then I will go to Sherbrooke 
directly or via Montreal.  That will take another two or three days.  
I am lucky that the Canadian Labour Day is Sept 6 so I don't have to 
worry about arriving at Arkel in Sherbrooke on a holiday. 

I sent Arkel an email asking them on a recommended bike route to the factory. 
 The only time that I visited them, they were in Lennoxville about 10 miles
 away.  But that time I drove my car there!

Today I was passed by a bicycling tourist, a true lightweight tourist.  
He had only a handlebar bag!  He was riding from Toronto to Kingston to
 Ottawa and return to Toronto.  Was it Bruce Hildabrand that gave a talk at
 the Bicycle Outfitter who toured the Alps with only a saddlebag?  Jobst 
Brandt used only a saddlebag and maybe a handlebar bag.

It helps to do a three day tour near home.  The weather is known, help is 
available from home in case of mechanical problems, and the route and 
facilities are known.

I had a pizza slice for lunch and I am glad that I did because when I 
came out, there was a couple who had rear panniers.  They were going 
from Toronto to Montreal. 

I am staying at the Ramada Inn and I was surprised when I saw a cord 
in the shower / bathtub.  I double-checked before I pulled on it.  
It was a clothesline.  In Italy the bathtubs have cords but they 
are for an emergency to call for help.

The Statistics:  54.99 miles and 933 feet of climbing with a light headwind.


Steve in Belleville, Ontario, Canada


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