August 06, 2012

Day 37 - Terry Fox

I was up and feeling good to go so I bid my hosts farewell and first headed to chapters to pick up a copy of "Fools Fate" so I could finally get back to reading since the kobo crapped out. I headed northeast out of town and back onto the TCH and had a whole separate three lanes to myself due to construction.

I stopped to visit the Terry Fox memorial and ran into Quinn on the way up to the lookout. He was heading to Nipigon or further so I let him go on and figured we would meet up the road somewhere. The Terry Fox memorial was pretty great. The guy truly is a hero and inspiration to me.

I got back onto the TCH briefly then turned off on Lakeshore drive for a nice view of lake Superior. Quinn ended up getting a flat and we met up again back on the TCH not long after. A dark sky up ahead around 80 km in ended up pouring on us for a quick but hard shower. The last 30 km into town was enough to dry off.

I had scouted a few places to camp on the way through town and noticed a Baptist Church looked decent. We rode a few more km down the road to a convenience store and cooked some food on a picnic table across the street. By some strange coincidence the pastor for that church pulled up and asked us if we were camping and if so we were welcome to use the back yard of the church.

After a day that went from cool to hot to wet we ended it with our bellies full of warm food and a welcome spot behind a quiet church. Content is a word most fitting for how I feel tonight.