Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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SWOdyssey – Day 6 – Forest to Grand Bend via Port Franks and Back
We met for breakfast in the hotel restaurant at 7:30 and, as so often seems to happen, all four of us of us ordered same thing – eggs, toast, home fries, bacon or sausage, and fruit – all for less than $7. We will eat there tomorrow, as well. Here we are ready to…
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SWOddysey – Day 5 – Sarnia to Forest
Once again, David and Dayle kindly delivered breakfast to my room so I could sleep a little longer, and eat while I decided what would go in my pannier bags, and what would go in my suitcase, and get my bike loaded onto the bike rack and belongings in the car. The land remained…
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SWOdyssey – Day 4 -Windsor to Leamington
We agreed to be ready to leave the residence at St. Clair college by 8 o’clock. The Tim Hortons on campus doesn’t open on weekends, but there was fruit and coffee provided in the lobby so we took advantage of that. We took our morning usie and were off along the Herb Gray Parkway…
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SWOdyssey – Day 3 – Leamington to Windsor
The day was forecast to be 32 degrees with a humidex of 42 and thunderstorms at 2pm so we decided to get an early start of 730 AM. Once again , David and Dayle kindly picked up breakfast and delivered it to my room. I was able to eat it while I decided what…
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SWOdyssey – Day 2 – Pelee Island
David and Dayle are such lovely people that they went out and picked up Tim Horton’s breakfast and brought it back to the motel so I could sleep a little longer. I had mixed berry oatmeal with brown sugar which was absolutely delicious, a bacon and egg English muffin, to pack in my bike…
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SWOdyssey – Day 1 – Leamington to Point Pelee
David, Dayle, Wayne and I are spending a week cycling around southwestern Ontario. The day started with Wayne picking me up at 7am. As I loaded my stuff into his car he showed me the flat rear tire on his bike. New tires, tubes and rim tape, but it keeps losing pressure. We drove…
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Foggy Fall Thanksgiving Ride
I awoke just before 8am and the bedroom was still quite dark. I peeked outside fearing that I would see rain, but the ground was dry, and the view foggy. Rani had planned a Thanksgiving day ride today, with a choice of meeting spots – Gage Park at 9am or Butter and Cup, in…
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#2018ErieOdyssey – Stats
Here is a summary of all my rides. My goal was to ride 350km for the week and I just managed that. I believe that Rani, Wayne and Nelson cycled over 700km each, David over 600km and Dayle over 500km. It was a fun week. I feel like I cycled the right amount. I’ve…
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#2018ErieOdyssey – Day 7 – Cambridge to Brampton
I moved the van around the back of the hotel, before the others had to unload last night, to a door near our rooms. So there should have been no more hallway bike riding, but I let the outside door close while my things were still inside, and no one had a key. So…
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#2018ErieOdyssey – Day 6 – Ingersoll to Cambridge- Part 2
If you read my blog post the evening of September 28, then you know that I fell off my bike and didn’t feel like writing about the whole day. I also didn’t have access to my photos since my camera broke in the fall. I am now home, have had three rest days and…
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