Rain couldn’t dampen our travel day as we packed up, and in Orillia celebrated with friends. The next day, I rode my first gran fondo of the year from Barrie to Brampton, joined by Barry and Cindy. With over 500 km cycled in two weeks, I’m training hard for Quebec in October.
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Barrie and Algonquin Highlands – Day 3
A hilly ride from Dorset to Dwight, Group of Seven outdoor gallery, Dwight Beach, Dorset Scenic Lookout tower
Barrie and Algonquin Highlands – Day 2
Cold morning ride in the Algonquin Highlands from Dorset to Baysville. Lots of hills, fox sighting and cute village.
Barrie and Algonquin Highlands – Day 1
GO Train to Barrie, ride the Oro-Medonte Rail Trail, cottage visit
Montreal with Owen – Street Art
Montreal public art and street art with a map showing where they are located
Montreal with Owen – Day 3
Bike share ride to the Montreal, Archeology and History Complex. Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, a metro ride, and a ride up Mont-Royal on a Bixi.
Brampton to Tottenham on the Caledon Trailway
Caledon Trailway ride to Tottenham with trail history, gelato, and murals at Cardwell Junction.
Ride to Toronto – Biidaasige Park, Bike Rally, and Public Art
This is quite a long post, and I was thinking about whether I should break it into multiple posts, but I decided to add a table of contents, instead, to make it easy to jump to a specific section.  The Ride Cindy, Barry and I decided to ride to Biidaasige Park, a new parkContinue reading “Ride to Toronto – Biidaasige Park, Bike Rally, and Public Art”
Hamilton 2025 – Day 6
A big storm did arrive last night, and lowered the temperature a bit, but did not clear out the humidity. We left a little later this morning, and kept it local. On our way to visit New Hope Community Bikes, we passed by Hamilton’s Children’s Museum located in Gage Park. It is undergoing an extensiveContinue reading “Hamilton 2025 – Day 6”
Hamilton 2025 – Day 5
Last night, Cindy asked me if I had ever been to Ancaster. I had, on a Greg‘s ride, riding from Dundas up Wilson Street into Ancaster. I remembered it being very challenging, and it was a much cooler day that day, than it was forecast to be, today. I used Google maps to determine itContinue reading “Hamilton 2025 – Day 5”