Category Archives: SWOdyssey

On our final day, we ate breakfast in the hotel and then loaded up our bikes and gear and drove home with a quick stop at the Woodstock Service Centre for coffee. Here is our final usie back at David & Dayle’s house. Here are my stats for the week.

This morning we asked the front desk clerk to come out and take our picture with our bikes, before we set off, rather than doing the usual morning usie. We began by travelling the same route as yesterday on Highway 21 toward Grand Bend, but turned off when we reached the road that led toContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 7 – Forest to Sarnia via Kettle Point”

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 goContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 6 – Forest to Grand Bend via Port Franks and Back”

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 extremelyContinue reading “SWOddysey – Day 5 – Sarnia to Forest”

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 sectionContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 4 -Windsor to Leamington”

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 toContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 3 – Leamington to Windsor”

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 bagContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 2 – Pelee Island”

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 toContinue reading “SWOdyssey – Day 1 – Leamington to Point Pelee”