This was a long day with with some changes. First more gentle uphills, then down and up. It become very hot (36 C) just as I came into Wakefield a huge thunderstorm started and I spent and hour in a restaurant with a salad and a coffee. Then on to Ironwood, then long downhills to […]

Camping at Munising was good – the storm didn’t come, so no chance to test the tent so far on the trip!  Good news is that the phone and email are now working – thanks Cindy for figuring that out!  It’s good to be in contact again after a day without email. Beautiful cycling weather […]

Sunday was a day out of the saddle with the Arbus family in Sault Ste. Marie but Monday it was back to the tour.  Started in the morning with a visit and conversation at a local soup kitchen until around 11:00 am.  Then it was on the bike, over the border and into the USA.  […]

After drying out from the rain yesterday in a comfy motel in Blind River, the third day of the tour began with grey, foggy, and windy weather.  No rain, but no sun either, and you need to concentrate on the road, with trucks and very little room.  Stopped for lunch in Bruce Mines at Mike […]

Left Tobermory and the wonderful hospitality of Marilyn and Ralph Suke this morning to board the ferry.  Laura Robinson and John Cameron rode to Tobermory and are riding to Manitoulin and Little Current to keep company on the road.  Here’s a picture coming into South Baymouth and Manitoulin: On the trans Canada just outside of […]

The Change the Cycle Tour is on!! There was a great send-off at the Men’s Program in Owen Sound on June 20th.  MP Larry Miller,  MPP Bill Walker and Owen Sound Mayor Deb Haswell, along with co-workers, friends and family all joined in to wish Joachim a great trip.  Under sparkling sun, with a police […]