Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 6
We had a long day today with a drive to a hike, and then a loop ride to Little Current and back to the car. We didn’t get out of the cottage until about 10. We hiked at the Cup and Saucer starting just before 11. The information board said the hike was 4km,…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 5
It seemed like we had so much time to explore when we arrived on Saturday, but it’s already Day 5 which leaves us with only two more cycling days. Today, as we were preparing to leave, it started thundering and pouring rain, so we stopped getting ready, and enjoyed the cottage, chat and our…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 4
We decided to ride to the Westernmost settlement on the island today, Meldrum Bay. It was too far to ride there and back from the cottage – the guys decided to do a gran fondo, and Dayle and I, decided on 60km. They headed out earlier than us, in Wayne’s car, and started riding…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 3
My wrist continued to improve today, but still required me to ride one handed most of the day. We decided to ride to Gore Bay. The Manitoulin Island Cycling Association has 14 routes published on their website. We decided to do the Gore Bay-Lake Wolsey Circuit. It was about the distance I felt I…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey- Day 2
My wrist was less painful this morning, but more swollen, and became even more so as I ate and dressed. I was unable to get the prescribed thumb splint in Mindemoya yesterday, and was told by the pharmacist that I would need to go to Little Current which is 41km away from where we…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 1
I wore the wrist brace while I slept, iced from time to time, and took ibuprofen. When I finally dragged myself out of bed after 8am, I was still unsure whether or not my wrist was broken. By the time I came downstairs Dayle already knew the hours and location of the local hospital,…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Travel day
David, Dayle, Wayne and I are cycling on Manitoulin Island this year. We did some tentative planning in August but decided, given the pandemic, to wait until the travel week to book the trip. Sunday, we got together on a now ubiquitous Zoom call, and decided the trip was a go. Unfortunately, the two…
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Buffalo Getaway – Day 4
We awoke, dressed, packed, checked out, and drove to Wegman’s for breakfast. While yesterday’s hotel breakfast was good and relaxing, it just wasn’t worth three times the amount it cost at the grocery store coffee counter. Having said that, though, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Hotel Henry and enjoyed our dinners. I would…
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Buffalo Getaway – Day 3
I woke up late, for me, at 815, opened the curtains and was greeted with the type of weather I expect in Buffalo in December. We decided to eat at the hotel coffee shop. it cost three times the amount of our breakfast at Wegman’s yesterday. After placing our order I wandered through the…
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Buffalo Getaway- Day 2
We turned off our alarms and got up when we woke up. We drove over to the local Wegmans where we had breakfast and picked up a few items for snacks for the next couple days. Then we drove downtown and parked in the City Hall parking lot. Our plan for the day was…
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