Today was pretty uneventful. We entered Canada with no problems and then jumped on Rt 17, the trans-Canadian highway, for about 190 miles or so. The road was scenic, but surprisingly empty. We started calling Canada "miles and miles of nothing", haha.
We stopped for lunch at a little mom and pop greasy spoon called the Highwayman right on 17. I had the best grilled cheese of my life (no word of a lie) with some delicious fresh cut fries, and Jay enjoyed a late breakfast. Not long after we got there a British couple came in who was biking, as in on bicycles, from Toronto to Vancouver! They were hoping to get to Vancouver by the end of September. That made us feel a little less overwhelmed by the hours we were putting in for sure, haha.
We made it Sudbury (home of Canada's largest nickel!) in pretty good time and settled into a room at the Best Western. After two days of camping in warm temperatures the AC and big comfy bed sure felt good! We lounged out for a bit, showered and then headed "into town" for dinner. Town was a bit depressing - lots of closed down stores and restaurants and lots of homeless people. But the restaurant we were heading to was thankfully the one hopping place - a hip, home-cooking Italian place called Respect is Burning (we never did get the story behind the name, though we were really curious). We enjoyed some pizzas and wine, and had a good time just relaxing.
After dinner, it was back to the room to figure out the plan for tomorrow, veg and sleep.
Sadly, no pics today. There really just wasn't much to see. Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow.
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