Signing off for now

We rode an easy 70 miles yesterday back to Ottawa/Gatineau, making our total for the circuit 650 miles.  Yesterday morning was our only rain of the trip, a shower lasting all of 15 minutes!  After that it was tail winds most of the way.  This morning is rainy and windy, and we are getting in our vehicles grateful for our incredible luck.
Good byes have been easy, as many of us will be meeting in St. Augustine in February, heading for San Diego.

Nice sunrise before the shower.

Hard to miss this trail marker.

After 35 miles of Ontario farmland, we rode this 13 mile deserted rail trail to the Ottawa suburbs.

We encountered two other bikers on the whole stretch.

Lunch spot at a marsh overlook on the trail.

Biking down stairs is tricky!

We rode the Rideau Canal bikeway all the way to downtown.

My friend Hope, when challenged to find a rhyme for Margaret,

wrote this limerick:

Her red blinking light is my target 

It helps me know how far I’ll get.

We’re just pedal power—alike

For us no electric bike.

And I’m usually following Margaret.

That’s all for now, folks.