Day 53/August 21 – Chatham to London – 121km

First full day biking through Canada. You can almost guarantee that whenever you see a sign off in the distance that it is for sea to sea. The support here is great, its great to be home.

Today we stopped at this place that had a blueberry farm? I guess you would call it. There was a little coffee shop inside that sold all kinds of blueberry baked goods, coffee and frozen blueberries! Yummy!! The frozen blueberries actually reminded me of my brother Eric. Whenever mom would buy blubes, she’d always freeze them, often for baking – especially for panakoek. My brother Eric would find the stash in the freezer, grab a yoghurt sized container, fill it – and eat frozen blubes until his heart’s content. His fingers and lips would all turn blue – evidence could not be hidden. The problem of the blueberry fiend is apparent until this day – he’s 25. Love you Eric.

The rest of the ride was again great. Ontario is very flat, but still beautiful. We’re still surrounded by corn and soy beans. We area also surrounded by incredible architecture. The churches around here are amazing! All along this whole journey I’ve been awed by the architecture that my naive little self thought only existed in Europe.

The sights and smells were super today.

Mom: Was thinking and praying for you all today. Wish I could be there with you – miss you so much!