Friday 7 September 2018

Cross Canada Round Up: Stats

Departure date: May 8th
End date: September 7th (arrival to YXY)
Total trip days: 122
Days spent on the bike: 96
Rest days: 20
Travel days (ferry, airplane; no cycling): 6
Total distance cycled: 10 800 km
Average km/day: 112.5 (not counting rest days)

Best tasting pastry: Chacun Son Pain; Beaupre, QC
Best All Around Bakery: Superior Home Bakery; Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Best Donuts: Country Corner Donuts; Regina, SK

Best tasting single beer: The American Wild Ale; Rebellion Brewing; Regina, SK
Best all around brewery: Rebellion Brewing; Regina, SK
Honorable mentions: Old Yale Brewing; Chilliwack, BC and Trans Canada Brewing; Winnipeg, MB

Best Paid Campground: Sunshine Valley RV Resort and Cabins; Sunshine Valley, BC (I was there for a customer appreciation weekend and my site was discounted)
Honourable mentions: Christina Pines Campground; Christina Lake, BC and Gagnon Beach; Cap-Pele, NB
Best free camping: Horseshoe Lake Recreation Site; Cranbrook, BC
Nicest riding: Highway 138 between Montreal and Quebec
Worst riding: Toss up between the Island Highway from Port McNeil to Woss or Highway 14 in rural Nova Scotia.

Best Bike Shop: Velorution; Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Worst Mosquitoes: Alameda, SK
Runner up: Summerside, PEI

No comments:

Post a Comment

Kootenay Lakes day 5: ending rough

Accidentally writing this a week late... Anyways, felt pretty alright waking up in Slocan after a long day. Legs were definitely feeling the...