15 August Sunday Port Burwell, ON – Selkirk, ON

Starting Point: Port Burwell, ON
Ending Point: Selkirk, ON
Via: Houghton Centre, Clear Creek, Port Royal, Port Rowan, Booth’s Harbor, Normandale, Port Dover and Nanticoke
Mileage: 62   
Time: 5:42   
Mph: 10.9
Terrain: hilly
Vertical climbing: 1,213
Temperature High: 85
Temperature Low: 77
Lunch: tomato/cheese and PB&J sandwiches
Dinner: hot dogs and beans, sauerkraut
Weather: hot, humid and partly sunny, overcast
Lodging: Selkirk Provincial Park
Cumulative Mileage: 3,422
Miles to Go: 678
Projected Distance: 4,100
Days completed: 70 (including 7 rest days)
Distance Completed: 83%
Days to Go: 17

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Lake Erie Shore or could it be the ocean?

     Still the humidity plagued us the whole day and so the hours unfolded into an endless search for cold drinks and ice cream. There are much worse ways to spend hours, I’m sure. There was a good breeze for some of the day which helped cool me down.
     I stopped in Port Dover when I found Dean and Joe at a pub/restaurant. We were very fortunate to have arrived today and not two days earlier when the hordes of motorcyclists were invading the town. The server at the bar said that it was a madhouse.
     Selkirk Provincial Park is a lovely place with a totally different evening character than yesterday. Last evening we were kept awake by the Loud People who thought it was necessary to yell at each other in the dark in order to hear better. There were barking dogs, crying babies and other semi-loud people throughout the area. So naturally I didn’t get much sleep. In Selkirk, there was just silence, the waves and the breeze.

Thistle in the Evening

     It is an exciting prospect to be biking along the shore of Lake Erie through all the different small towns and ports.