For those of you who have asked, I'll have pictures to share after we return to Rochester. I've been unable to upload pics to my blog on my iPad.
We arrived in Toronto Monday afternoon after spending the day pedaling 57 miles along paved roads, dirt roads, the Waterfront Trail, unmarked paths and parking lots. It was quite a day, navigating five pages worth of a cue sheet. Whew! But along the way, the Pelotones, as our band of six (yes, I know I wrote five the other day...it's actually six) singing bicyclists have come to call ourselves, enjoyed lots of fun, frolic and the modification of more songs and poetry.
The highlight of the day, before actually arriving in "Hogtown," was coming upon the sweetest little tea cafe in a plaza along our route. Not only did we enjoy sitting amongst tea drinking Canadians who found our cycling kits to be rather entertaining, we had quiche, scones, crumpets and, of course, tea (and coffee) on tables with white tablecloths and Prince Albert china. Our hosts, Janine and Richard were incredibly gracious and cordial, seemingly thrilled that we wanted to eat in their establishment when there was a bar and bistro right around the corner. We all laughed and said that we were equally thrilled that they would let our smelly, dirty, bicycling selves even step foot in their cafe. We felt quite civilized.
Toronto is a hoot, of course, a large, bustling city that has an impressive bicycling infrastructure. Our day today was a rather sedate one. Our one day off during this trip, and we each found ourselves interested in walking...drinking coffee...and napping. So much to see here, and most of us just wanted to rest in the sunshine!
Tomorrow, we'll pedal our shortest distance of 39 miles to Burlington, ON. Jo and I plan to return to "the Queen City" this fall to see "The Book of Mormon" & "Wicked." (There's also a show called "Spin" that I plan to see, a one woman show about Annie Londonderry--read up on her and her bicycle trip around the world).
For now, bedtime!
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