Everyone's busy this weekend so, and to quote Freddie Mercury, I'm going to take a long ride on my motorbike. Time for my first circumnavigation of a Great Lake, I'll start small with Georgian Bay. From Elora I'll strike north to Tobermory. There is a 1:30 ferry to Manitoulin Island, that's the only must get to (gotta get there an hour before departure, so 12:30pm in Tobermory).I'm aiming for Little Current to overnight. We stopped there last summer and it seems a lovely spot to spend the night, and The Hawberry Motel looks the part. That'll put me 340kms and a two hour ferry ride into an 873km circumnavigation.
Sunday morning I'm on the winding road up to Espanola and then over to Sudbury before the long ride south. It might seem like a stretch but the ride south includes some time on the 400, so I'll get to see how the Concours manages highway riding while making some time down the other side of the bay. Once I get back south of the Bay I'll cut over to the coast and follow it around before heading south out of Wasaga Beach for the final push home.
This ride is the longest I've yet done, and it also includes a ferry ride. I'm pretty revved up about it! Friday night will be the pre-flight checks then on the road Saturday morning. My buddy Jeff has said he'll do the first leg with me up to Tobermory, so I'll also get to do some miles in formation. Another box checked.
Here are the posts from the trip:
Part 1: To the North
Part 2: An informed ride
Part 3: Highway Miles
Part 4: The Kit
Part 5: Media from the Trip
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| The Concours is sorted and doing regular duty commuting me to work, time to stretch her legs... |
LINKS
The Hawberry Motel
The Map
The Trip Itself
