Two days of headwinds!

I'm combining the two days of riding from Kenora to Fort Frances, June 25th and 26th.

Kenora is like a vacuum for services to all the people who temporally make their home in the huge area Lake Of The Woods covers. So the 225km between Kenora and Fort Frances, the next major center, no cell service (expected) and no grocery stores, not even convenience stores with basics, (unexpected).

The ride between Kenora and Nester Falls is hilly, twisty Canadian Shield poc-marked with a million little lakes. Scenic but the headwind took the joy out of it. We did meet a German tourer named Stephan, who is only the second tourer we have met on this trip, riding from Alaska and across Canada. He said he was fueling his ride with chocolate. You ride as many kilometers as we do you can eat whatever you want.
Upon arriving in Nester Falls, we free camped on crown land that was an old ranger station on Lake of the Woods. During the night hundreds of fireflies made streaks of light above the grass and in the trees. So cool to see something I have only read about.

After leaving Nester Falls the next morning the quiet, almost carless road became busy with with trucks pulling boats with their weekend supplies heading for their cottages. I was told the Canada Day long weekend is the unofficial start to living on the umpteen lakes in the area. The last 10km was the usual urban sprawl with heavy car and transport truck traffic. It felt good arriving at Karin's friends place knowing we were off the bikes for the next day and a half

Our bodies and our minds are getting tired from battling the headwinds over the last several days. With the struggle to move forward the the phone did not come out often to take pictures. Sorry about that.