With less than an hour before we get off the train, we both thought it would be cool to just list some of the memorable people, places, and quotes from our little adventure.
Belinda: Amazing love of live and a dedicated adventurer. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR CONTINUED TRAVELS!
Helmut: Enigmatic master distance rider and time trialist. Gotta love a man who says "Yeah, I ran a dive operation in Saudia Arabia" as if he was telling you he had a coffee after breakfast.
Hector: Viva Bam-Bam! Former pro boxer, personal trainer, electrician, and afficionado of downhill slopes and peloton riding.
Cathy & Nick: Captain & stoker of a custom-built tandem, heart & soul of the peloton riding crew.
Jim: He'd be cool enough just by virtue of having roomed with Helmut, but he also did a 109km race with 35,000 participants in South Africa and has ridden a bike to 80 kph in San Fran - past a school bus no less!
The Dolphin Ladies (Kelly & Sheila): Two amazing Ironman finishers who are to bicycles what dolphins are to water. Inspiring every time they smoked past us at twice our speed - and with a great joie de vivre.
Meryl: Ageless retiree who's cycling 700k adventures in Ontario, trekking the mountains in Peru, AND finally got braces.
Michelle & Courtney: Young and motivated riders who were good sports about spending a week surrounded by old farts.
The Flautist: Australian provider of short and sweet lullabies.
Goh: Talented photographer, monster cyclist, and bon-vivant.
Supercycle man: Still riding a 12-year old bike he bought from Canadian Tire for $100!
Leslie: Qualified for the Boston Marathon at 40, 50, and 60.
Dave: Pissed off Leslie and lived to tell about it.
The cold lake in Cobourg, and the therapeutic value of soaking the heat and ache out of us.
Dinners at Pepperwood & Woodlawn Inn.
The Long Sault chain of islands.
The Port of Prescott & the grain elevator.
Brockville.
Beautiful meandering trails in unlikely places: Pickering, Ajax, and Whitby.
The Port Hope rest stop at the church.
The buttercup field in Hamilton.
The overlook at the Scarborough Bluffs.
The 70k (you read that right) of dedicated bike path from Upper Canada Village to Cornwall.
Slumber party in the Cornwall Armoury (more slumber than party).
"I think my caesar is getting low."
"Maybe you'll come back and invent pizza in a can and be rich... Wait a minute, I think I just had a million-dollar idea!"
"I feel like a mayor!"
"Phil's having fun, get off his back."
"If you can't wear it with pride, wear it with courage."
"Half of you won't make it!"
"You obviously have a lot of great ideas about how this family should spend its money."
"It's nice and cool back in the office, but somehow I don't wish I was there."
"Lousy rotten family!"
"You call that an 'incline'!?!"
"HEY! Stop patting his bum already!"
"You see every foot."
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