Relaxing in St. Martin junction

First day on my own and I wanted to get an early start. Got up at 5:30, it took me an hour to pack everything up. Eating breakfast at a restaurant took another hour. Finally got cycling by 7:30.

Campground in Ashern was interesting, doors to the bathroom were bolted shut. I turned this into a free night again, if they don’t open the bathrooms what was I paying for. It was leave money in the envelope kind of place, except I didn’t.

This was a planned short day and it was the perfect plan. It was close to 30 degrees by noon, way too hot to ride. In total I did 69 km’s today.

Checked into the St. Martin Junction Hotel after lunch. A time to relax, clean up and organize.

Debating about taking Wednesday off or not. It will be the longest ride of this trip, most of it in bush country. Plan is to ride as they are calling for scattered showers throughout the day. This could be very helpful to bike in the rain. Hopefully I don’t need as much drinking water. My goal is to ride 180 km’s to Grand Rapids. I don’t think I have ridden this far in one day since I was in my 20’s. See what happens.