Falcon Lake
After 17 days of riding we took today off. It was nice to break with the morning routine and sleep in!
Falcon Lake...Resort Town... Falcon Lake in many ways is a typical resort town. The local grocery store is only open from May until Thanksgiving, the bakeshop is a deli, restaurant and the local bar, and the Lumber Store houses the local liquor outlet! Go figure! The town is within Whiteshell Provincial Park and both of the campgrounds are within the town. An exception to the usual pattern of small resort towns is an absence of small t-shirt and souvenir shops that clutter the main streets. Come to think of it this town has no main street! The lake itself is large and surrounded by cottages as far as you can see. Things are pretty quiet but by the number of campsites here it is obvious this will get busy in July and August.
We met another cross-Canada cyclist today who is going from Vernon to Halifax to raise awareness for The Sierra Club. He was just hitting the rode out of Falcon Lake at noon. Guess he likes to ride in the afternoon! Good luck to him.
Wildlife Sightings = Gophers, Red Squirells, Groundhog, friendly deer seen eating out of someone's hand outside the bakery, Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Flicker, Black Capped Chickadee.
Kevin = 3 Sue = 0.
