Day 15 and 16, Aug 8 and 9. Dunnsville to Port Colborne for a rest day

After sleeping a bit late - see Margaret's comments on "more than a few local beers..." - we left our Warm Showers hosts a bit later that usual, and got on the road at about 09:00. Once we crossed the Grand River in Dunnville, we angled south to parallel the Lake Erie coast. Today was a beautiful ride. Given our behavior last night, it also didn't hurt that it was less than 30 miles.

Wind farm at about 20 miles in. Seen from Long Beach where Margaret took a dip.

Our goal for the day was another Warm Showers family, Janet and Steven Rivers. They turned out to be a lovely couple with extensive cycling experience. They were also kind enough to host us for our rest day.

Port Colborne is a city of over 18,000, situated on the north east end of Lake Erie. It is the southern terminus of the Welland Canal which gets ships up and around Niagara Falls and into Lake Erie from Lake Ontario. The canal goes right through the center of town, and it is a little odd to be sitting and sipping a beer at a sidewalk cafe while a thousand foot long ship goes by.

Lift Bridge is open.

Here comes a ship.

Still coming.

Still coming

Now she's done.

Tomorrow we ride to Niagara Falls, ON, and a double rest day.