Day 44, Wednesday, July 9, Dorion, 90 km

We reluctantly left our soft beds, had a quick breakfast down at Joe's on Arthur Street and left town by local roads. Because of the history of Thunder Bay (Port Arthur and Fort William originally) our street name changed from Simpson, to Fort William, to Water, to Cumberland and finally to Hodder which took us. after 19 kms, back up to Hwys #11/17 where we were finally allowed to cycle.
Very quickly we came to the Terry Fox monument which was inspirational for all of us. Then we were on the highway again with some very bad patches with the shoulder being very narrow and full of holes, as well as the lane for vehicles beside it . It was horrendous for short patches on this two lane Trans-Canada Highway. We had planned to meet Brenda to make lunches but she phoned to say that there were 3 patches of construction ahead. So we stopped at Pass Lake to order a second breakfast/lunch.
We continued on into a headwind until Dorion where we decided that even if we continued we wouldn't get into Nipigon (original destination) until after 5 o'clock. It was very slow going and we were tiring. So we opted to stay at the Wolf River Campground just a few kilometers down the road.
It was a lovely site until the wind died down during the dinner hour and the mosquitoes came out. Even though we tried to be diligent mosquitoes got into the RV where David and Brenda had to fight a war before they could sleep. Those of us in tents fared better as it was a confined space with few places for the nasties to hide.
We hope for better wind tomorrow.
Contributed by Yvonne