Day 97 Selkirk to Ridgeway 97km

The shine still hadn't worn off the novelty of having a very large and beautifully situated campground all to ourselves this morning. So we took full advantage of the peace and solitude over a leisurely breakfast. High winds were to be our accompaniment for the whole day, and I said many thank yous to the weather gods for making them a tail wind. Our route meandered along the northern shore of Lake Erie, and with the wind, the Lake was loud and tumultuous, the gulls gathered on the shore and the cormorants bobbed in the waves before ducking for cover beneath them.


As we approach Niagara Falls the towns along the lake get progressively larger, for a bicycle traveler this generally means more difficult to navigate, more dangers to avoid and more curious people who want to know where we are headed. We arrive in Dunnville just in time for the farmers market, where we can restock our fresh food supplies, with one of the biggest tomatoes I have ever seen! Port Colborne's public library is our next stop, where if we weren't so desperate for wifi (to reassure you all that all is well), the scary librarian would have caused us to leave immediately. What is going on in Canada's libraries when it is easier to pass through border security than to access wifi at the local public library? This experience would not be the first unexpected, un-Canadian item on today's agenda. Late in the day we hop onto the 'friendship trail' a beautifully made and maintained bicycle trail which will take us all the way to Niagara (very Canadian, friendly and well organised). With the shorter days of autumn upon us, and almost 100 clicks done we pull into Windmill Point Campground, for the second un-Canadian experience of the day... we have a new leader in the most expensive campground category! $45 for an unserviced, off season campsite! This seems especially steep, as the campground is nothing special, the usual lukewarm showers which could be cleaner, wifi which could be faster and tent sites which could be grassier. We are feeling especially grateful for the lovely (and free) accommodation we enjoyed for the last three nights. Kerstin is so moved as to state that she feels warm again with KOA but I'm not sure I'd go that far. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:King St,Port Colborne,Canada