Day 29. Kenora to Dryden. May 26. 137 km.

By 6:30 AM we were ready for the hotel breakfast, which was quite good. Shortly after 7 we were peddling our way eastward in the direction of Dryden. The day was warm and dry with no wind throughout the morning. The sun was shining and the road shoulder was pretty good all the way to Dryden.

The major unknown was the condition of the road near Vermillion Bay because of the heavy rains a week previously. We had various reports about the road, ranging from thigh deep water to the problem is over. When we arrived in Vermillion Bay after lunch, Susie asked a gas station employee about the road and was told that it was about 6 km east and it would be ugly on a bicycle. When we got to the problem, there were men sending traffic through a single lane. The centre of the road was dry and presented no problem. One of the flagmen told us that last week, there was about 35 cm water over the roadway. Distance for the day was 137 km.

 

The water problem east of Vermilion Bay.