{"id":11366,"date":"2013-08-19T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T00:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11366"},"modified":"2013-08-19T21:20:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T01:20:35","slug":"day-60-monday-august-19-port-rowan-to-dunnvill-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11366","title":{"rendered":"Day 60. Monday, August 19 – Port Rowan to Dunnvill, Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best thing about staying in a bed and breakfast for the evening, is the scrumptious breakfast that awaits in the morning.\"\"<\/a>Another glimpse of Lake Erie \"\"<\/a>as we pedaled away from the sleepy town and straight into the fields of asparagus\"\"<\/a> and soybeans with a wily corn stalk.\"\"<\/a>Our ride this morning was anything but straight or flat. \"\"<\/a> We stopped counting the number of 14% grade drops\/climbs and just slowly pushed through each one……legs screaming. \u00a0Thankfully, the variety of homes\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a> \"\"<\/a>and landscape \"\"<\/a>helped divert our attention…..not really<\/em>, but definitely more interesting than yesterday. \u00a0Flowers graced the perfectly manicured lawns,\"\"<\/a> even when barns had been abandoned the yards were still maintained.\"\"<\/a>As we traveled further east, the homes began to line the shore,\"\"<\/a>large homes tucked next to little cottages.\"\"<\/a>The homes were getting larger and larger,\"\"<\/a> but nothing had prepared us for this (35,000 sq.ft.) monstrosity under construction.\"\"<\/a>Back to reality, we biked through lovely small towns\"\"<\/a> and ports on Lake Erie\"\"<\/a> and past a huge electric plant on one side\"\"<\/a> and farms on the other;\"\"<\/a>energy alternative abound.\"\"<\/a>We traveled past vineyards, finally getting a glimpse of the land drop to the water.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After lunch, \"\"<\/a>we opted for the more direct route to our destination. \u00a0Excellent decision as our original route was closed for construction, plus the on-shore wind had picked up and offered a nice push; a nice respite from our morning hills. \u00a0On flat, straight roads, we saw many more barns,\"\"<\/a>finally a field of sunflowers\"\"<\/a> and a new twist on solar panels.\"\"<\/a>Crossed the Grand River into Dunnvill and our motel romantically situated on the water.\"\"<\/a>Just down the street, we stepped back in time for pizza and a hug with superstars.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Not a bad 53 mile day and over 3100 miles for the trip…..and we are not there yet!\n\t\t