Around Lake Ontario - Day 8
07/20/2010 13:00:00 by Administrator
Oshawa, ON
Brighton, ON
74 miles
A perfect day for riding, with tailwinds!
The first part of today's Waterfront trail was a combination of quiet streets and bicycle paths. Most of the paths were crushed gravel. Pedaling by Lake Ontario we past marshes and wildlife reserves. After Bowmanville, the Waterfront trail is mostly on road, and very hilly. There is a dirt bicycle trail that runs through the Samuel Wilmot Nature Area that has two very short but VERY steep hills. When the sign says "Steep Hill" we recommend you walk your bike! If we were traveling from east to west, SeeMore would not have been able to make this trail.
Almost all the way from Port Hope to Brighton, you travel through flat farmland with little sight of the lake. If you have a tailwind, you can really let your tandem loose.
We are living large at the Brighton Motor Inn and tonight is laundry night...so we best get moving.
