We got up at about 6 am EDT and changed our watches to Eastern time. By the time we got organized, the continental breakfast ready; it was very nice with waffles, bagels, cereal, orange juice and coffee. After filling ourselves we headed east on Hwy 17 shortly after 8 am. Today the weather changed; it was slightly warmer but raining. It rained gently except for about the last 2 hours of cycling. The good thing about it was that the wind died making it much easier to cycle. We arrived in Upsala a little after 11am and stopped at the “family restaurant” for a bowl of soup to warm us up; we tried the Italian Wedding. It was really good with small round pasta and little meatballs, plus vegetables- a little thicker and it would be called a stew.
The road was generally flattish as far as the time zone change, then it got a bit hillier as we approached the continental divide. On the east side of the divide, I thought that we would get a lot of downhill runs, but I was wrong again. It was down hill overall but there still were lots of hills to climb. None of them were too long or steep. We plugged along until about 4:30 pm when we checked into the Timberland Motel at Shabaqua Corner where Hwys 11 & 17 meet; the timing was perfect as it turned out because about an hour later, there was pretty violent cloudburst that went through. The Timberland is okay but nothing like last night’s place. There is no breakfast, microwave or refrigerator, and it is not as squeaky clean. Its main attraction is location. Tomorrow we will go only as far as Thunder Bay, and make it a rest day.
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