Stage 5 part 2 London Ontario Canada to Niagara Falls USA

Distance ridden so far: 5395 kms

Rain days: 3

Am I feeling lucky: Damn right  !! . 

The ride from London Canada to Brantford Canada was a wet day. We started the 122 kms with light rain falling and it was wet through to lunch time. It was actually nice as there was no wind at all and it was quite warm too. We rode as a group of 3 as Mark was taking his enforced Detour ( more further down ) and Mitch went country boy on us and wanted to visit a market or something to buy corn  or whatever  !!  He didn't find one market open haha. We arrived in Brantford a university town and ate a great lunch in a modern part of an old town. We checked into the hotel at 1pm and I was told my room would be ready at 3.30 ish. I was a bit  pissed off but smiled sweetly. Dinner was in the motel and it was one of the best meals of the trip. It was a buffet but it was fantastic. Weird as it may seem there was a wedding going on in the room next door and the guests also ate at the buffet  !! There were 8 kinds of desert as well and not just fruit or ice cream. 

Brantford is the home town of Wayne Gretzky the famous ice hockey player and we ate in the Gretzky dinner in the Gretzky wing of the hotel situated on Wayne Gretzky Parkway. Just a little bit of an overkill  !! 

Next day we woke to clear sky's and a strong wind - at our tail again. I tell you west to east is the go for a bike trip. We rode as a 4 and we flew along. We rode 135 kms at an average of 33 kph. What a hoot, at times we were sitting on 43 kmh and not really trying, it was quite funny. It was also warm. One of the riders is a bit of a know it all and had told me it was going to rain so wore his rain jacket and rain pants all day, he must have boiled. 

We arrived at Niagara Falls at noon and WOW it truly is an amazing sight. It has been the most spectacular thing of the trip from a tourist point of view. The falls are breathtaking and I'm not sure if the photos do it justice. 

We have now completed Stage 5 and at Niagara Falls rode back into the USA.

The view from our lunch table  !!  No water shortage here. 

Meeting the Mounted police, behind him is his steed. 

Meanwhile my room mate Mark rode the 750 kms around the bottom of Lake Michigan staying within the USA. He took a very small backpack 4 tubes a spare tyre, my pump and thongs, his toothbrush, credit card, a pair of gym shorts and a light T shirt. And yes you guessed it he rode 750 kms in 3 days and arrived one day ahead of us, so he had 2 rest days. 

Mark hiked the Appalachian Trail which is 2200 miles or 3550 kms during last year non stop end to end by himself !!  Why did I ever doubt he would make the trip around the lake. 

Would you eat the Daredevil Burger  ??   What is it about peanut butter and the Yanks  ?? 

Ah yes the ice cream of the day. 

Only 7 more riding days  !!