Friday July 31 North Bay

I'm getting this dew thing figured out. Grass, table etc are soaked but clothes on the line and tent aren't. Only need to do 77 km by midday so I'm not rushing. Not much along the way except it looks more like Southern Ontario (farming on river/ Lake Nippising) and the weather is more summer like. North Bay is much bigger than I thought it was but I've never been here before as I always stopped at Uncle J and Aunt L's place just south in Collander. The premier must be from here because they are building a new hospital about the size of VGH at the north end of town. Arrived at the InfoCentre as scheduled about 1:00 pm and called Uncle J who is on his way to pick me up. The InforCentre is busy - North Bay is where a number of highways meet up and it's the start of the long weekend and the North Bay festival Summer in the Park. Got to J and L's place to find that B and D had arrived. Spent the day reminiscing drinking beer like Robertson's, watching some CFL and had dinner at the Legion. We all bought tickets for meat draws, cheese draws and who knows what else but we didn't win a thing.

OD 4717.0, 3:22:38, 81.90 km, 24.2 ave, 49.2 max