Zzzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
We slept in until 9am and didn’t even move out of bed for another 2 hours. Charlie reached over and pulled out a bag of deluxe trail mix, the kind with M and M’s in it. Mmmmmm…… We ate about 3 or 4 days worth of calories without feeling full. Eventually we wallowed out of bed, Charlie to go buy more groceries, me to pay for a second night at the motel. I ended up chatting with the proprietors, Marilyn and Claude for about an hour about all kinds of things: biting insects, the upcoming town fish fry, kids, grandkids, pranks and crimes in Longlac, blueberry tarts, 
(Claude baked a couple of dozen yesterday and gave us some to enjoy), the motel, the theft of Claude’s new vehicle. The thief rolled and totalled it in Jellicoe, breaking his neck in the process. Finally I went back to the room to find Charlie had bought potato cakes and eggs, and steak for later tonight. I made a great effort and actually cooked scrambled eggs tomatos, and cheese with my own special blend of herbs and spices I’d brought from home. Oh, it was an effort……
Right now I’m flaked out on the couch watching “Entertainment Tonight” and Charlie is sleeping soundly in the bedroom. My biggest accomplishment today was hand washing a few articles of clothing.
It’s 4:30. We have about 13 1/2 hours more before we’re back on the road again. It’s supposed to rain again tomorrow. We will be spending our Canada Day 150 sporting flags on our backs, cycling one of the most remote highways in Canada, highway 11 between Longlac and Hearst. We have been exploring options for the Canada Day night and last night Charlie spoke to someone who has a hunting resort midway between the 2 communities. The resort is closed until the hunting season and they won’t be there but they will be leaving a mobile home, located just off the highway, open for us. It has electricity but no water. Very, very generous of them. Mercia Diane et Jerry!
It’s now 10:20 pm. We’ve done even more wallowing. Polished off a family sized bag of potato chips, an entire bag of Cavendish frozen French fries, steak and broccoli and, oh, we’re into the beer again. Dad phoned wondering if we’re still alive because the wifi is so weak here in northern Ontario I can’t get any of my blogs to post. Probably because I’m using my iPad off my personal hotspot from my phone. Then Claude, one of the motel owners came by with wine he’d made himself. 
Both he and his wife, Marilynn are very friendly, kind people. Well, we handed him a beer and he sat down and we talked for a good hour and a half. Great people! Lots of stories about his family, (3 daughters, 8 grandkids, 6 greatgrandkids), their lives, his biking and skating for cystic fibrosis (47.5 hours!!!) and the things they’ve found under the beds since they bought this motel 24 years ago. 😳😫
It was a very wonderful way to spend our rest day!!!
Wendingourway:Across Canada by Bike 2017 
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