Cycling Journal: Day 2 (August 1)

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JOURNAL DAY 2 (August 1): Owen Sound (The Asshole Line) – Tobermorey (“Five Crappiest Towns I’ve Visited” Second Prize) – Sympathy of the Proletariat – Hunters – Wild Beasts – Guerrilla Camping Technique

I was on the road again by 8:00 this morning and made the 60k trip to Owen Sound in just a couple hours. Breakfast at the Old Bus Stop Diner, enjoying the company of a mildly retarded but friendly man with a singularly unattractive skin condition. We talked about the recent demise of Wiarton Willy (the famous psychic groundhog) and he gave me some vague advice about the road to Tobermorey (“it’s flat but there’s damn big hill in Wiarton!”).

The Old Bus Stop Diner, Owen Sound

In yesterday’s journal I mentioned how I later realized that Highway 89 was the Yuppie Cyclist Line because there are no YCs north of that latitude. Owen Sound was also a dividing line: it’s the Asshole Line. Read more