September 27, 2024
I was a little disappointed with this Best Western. The service was average, the taps in the bathroom were loose and I am sure that the “Queen” sized bed was only a double bed, I asked at reception and she assured me that it was a Queen sized bed. The breakfast was really good, lots to choose from: sausage, eggs, home fries and beans! Yogurt, cereal and fruit. Good coffee. I can’t complain too much as we used points and didn’t have to pay for the stay.
An interesting ride home. I had planned a route with RidewithGPS and downloaded it onto my Garmin. The start was almost at our hotel so we set off to connect with the Cataraqui Trail. Just a short ride of 4 kms on the trail and then down a quiet road towards Toledo. I was a little concerned when a fella asked us where we were going and why were we going this way as it was way out of our way. Way too many Ways in that sentence ! He told us we will eventually have to ride on Hwy 29 which is a death trap and we would certainly be killed or worse.
According to my memory we weren’t going onto Hwy 29. So we set of down the gravel track which is the Cataraqui Trail. Now, Ralf and I aren’t particularly fond of gravel and will avoid it at all costs, when we are riding our road bikes. We got to the next intersection at Golf Club Road and yes it spat us out on Hwy 29 and we would have had to cycle 19 kms on the death trap.
I got out my phone and asked google maps to take me home. Surprisingly it did an amazing job. However we did spend quite a bit of time on gravel roads and even more surprisingly we enjoyed the gravel roads. The traffic was minimal and the roads were hard packed.
We had one short section of Hwy 29 from south of Tincap to home only about 6 kms. We didn’t die (obviously).
Day two of training ride survived. Quite a few changes to what we are going to take with us on this trip to Taiwan. Less clothes and sandals instead of running shoes. Also no kitchen – stove, plates etc. I am sure we will not go hungry as we love eating street food when we can.
