Today we went international. We rode 82 miles from Port Huron, MI to London, Ontario, Canada. It was amazing. Our hotel in Port Huron was just on the Michigan side of the Blue Water Bridge that we rode over this morning to Canada. We did things a little differently. We all assembled together and rode together over the bridge. They closed the bridge to traffic so for a few minutes, it was just us on the bridge. It was an awesome sight. Then we went through customs with no problems and we were off for the day. It stormed all night long so initially the roads were wet but then things cleared up and we had a great day - and I need to mention we had GREAT tailwinds so the ride went pretty fast.
I did not blog yesterday because I really had nothing left to say about Michigan. It was farm after farm for our 87 mile ride from Birch Run, MI to Port Huron, MI. When we woke up it was pouring rain, so the ABB team pushed back our departure by 30 minutes. Then the rain stopped and stayed away the entire day. So lucky!! Our route took us past Lake Huron and and the second SAG stop was in Andreae Park - yes - relatives of Nancy and Adrienne Andreae who are on our ride (Nancy is originally from Michigan) - pretty cool.
I was looking forward to getting to Canada for some different scenery, however, it's not much different then Michigan - lots of farms - we did pass a solar panel "farm" - which was different. Everyone was very excited to get to a Tim Horton's - a cross between Dunkin Donuts and a sandwich shop.
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| Gathering together first thing in the morning to get ready to cross the bridge - yes it was jersey day so we all look alike |
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| Waiting to go through customs and get our passports checked |
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| The Welcome sign to Ontario, unfortunately it was in the middle of the highway so we could not get too close |
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| The solar panel "farm" |
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