We woke up to light rain; however, by the time we were scheduled to load baggage trailer the rain had stopped. Although the roads were wet, it did not rain again until most of us reached Brantford. So, we were blessed again. The temperatures were in the 70's, basically the wind was calm and where we are in ONT it is very flat; so, all those made for an easy 69-mile ride.
After 11 miles into the ride, we crossed the 3,000-mile mark! So far, we have covered 7 states and nearly Ontario, Canada. We only have left: NY, VT & NH. Anne and I will likely take a small detour so we can say we cycled in ME.
Since I wanted to get to Brantford before it rained I didn't take many pictures along the way. If I had, they would have showed much of the same - rich farmland and excellent looking crops. However, I should have taken some pictures of the farm homes along the way to show how profitable farming must be in Canada. Many of the homes were brick, two story and very large. Also, many of the farmers had plenty of equipment.
Although there was not much traffic where we rode, I nearly was hit by a semi hauling bales of hay. I could almost feel some pieces of hay sticking out from the bales. The truck passed me when another car was coming from the other direction. So, at the same time all three had to share the width of the road with no shoulder that wasn't very wide. I feel the truck should have waited for the car to go by before passing me. The roads were wet most of the ride and didn't help this instance either; but wet roads still beat riding on them in the rain.
Another nice bike path, but this one is in Canada. This path went for about 5 miles and took us into Brantford.
Another view. As you can see, the pavement is still wet from the morning rain and we are only five miles from Brantford.
The lobby in our motel in Brantford.
A Celebrity Wall in the motel. Obviously, they get many of them as all the pictures were autographed.
Our room in Brantford.
Much in Brantford is about Wayne Gretzy, maybe the best ice hockey player to play the game. Below is a tribute to him in the motel. The street to the motel was Wayne Gretzy Parkway and a portion of the motel has his name.
Another important person from Brantford is Alexander Graham Bell. He invented the telephone on the outskirts of Brantford around 1875. So, here is a tribute to him and his invention in the lobby. That's Anne's bag and water bottle on the table.
Tomorrow, Anne and I will ride the Co-Motion 74 miles to Niagara Falls, NY and back into the USA! Yeah!
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