July 28th
Tuesday
Miles 68
Port Glasgow, Ontario to Houghton Center, Ontario
We followed the Water Front Trail again today along the coast of Lake Erie. We were a little disappointed that it is not directly along the lake shore as it appears to be on the map. Much of the route is through farm land then takes you through ports along the waterfront.
We left early since another hot, humid day was forecast. It was a nice, cool morning with a little dew on the plants and grass. We noticed a sweet smell, trying to identify the flower it came from only to realize it wasn't from flowers, it was the corn tassels. Along with fields of corn we saw fields of asparagus, soy beans, apple orchards, cherry orchards, squash, sweet peppers, blueberries, raspberries, and wheat ready to be harvested or in the process of being harvested. We passed several fruit and vegetable stands stopping at one to buy raspberries that were fresh and delicious. The woman selling us the raspberries confirmed it was the corn tassels giving off the pleasant smell earlier in the day. We love the way most farmers mow the grass up to the edge of the fields. It was very inviting for taking breaks under the tall trees.
The day was hot! We drank a large amount of water, stopping to refill twice. The forecast for the next few days is the same, unseasonably hot and humid. While we were riding it seemed most people were cooling off in Lake Erie. We stopped to see the Lighthouse at Port Burwell, the oldest lighthouse on Lake Erie, Canada side. We ate lunch in Port Burwell at 'The Lunch Box', a local cafe with homemade food. We enjoyed sandwiches and amazing homemade cranberry, apple, peach pie. The owner offered to let us camp for the evening on her family's property, she does this for cyclists on the Northern Tier route. We declined hoping to find a place with wash rooms and showers so we camped at the Sand Hill Park, a very pretty place with nice large campsites under beautiful trees. This was our most expensive campsite to date and the facilities were not good at all. So far we have not been very happy with places to stay.
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