Around lake Erie - Day 7

Day 7, Saturday August 23 2014.

From Lakewood, OH to Sandusky, OH and on to Pelee island, Ontario - 95 km.

Day 7 route

Did not sleep well, woke up at 5:30 AM and went for breakfast at 6:00 AM. It was still dark outside.

Start to cycle at 6:30 AM. Put my rear blinking LED light on. Moved along nicely, traffic was light during the early hours. Took a washroom break at a local park, the maintenance personnel was cleaning the washroom, he was surprised to see me so early in the morning. We chatted a bit.

Ferry ride and cycling across Pelee island.

From a distance, saw three male deers (or elks, not sure), crossing the road. I stopped near where they had crossed and tried to take pictures of them, but they moved on before I was ready.

By 9:20 AM, I had cycled 50 km. Started to ease up and relax a little on my cadence, barring any mishap I should reach Sandusky with plenty of time to spare.

Passed a church with the same name as our parish in Brampton. What were the odds of that?

St. Anthony of Padua Church - was I in Brampton?

Arrived at Sandusky ferry port around 1:00 PM. No ferry in sight, everything was still closed including the ticket office. I cycled back to a park besides a marina that I had passed earlier. Here I had ice cream and spent my time in a gazebo making calls and writing updates offline for my Facebook.

Park and marina in Sandusky.

Gazebo, where I spent time waiting for the ferry to Pelee island.

On board of the M V Pelee Islander ferry. Mark took this picture.

Sandusly Cedar Point Amusement Park - viewed from the ferry.

Close to 2:00 PM I cycled back to the ferry ticket office. A few people were also waiting for the ticket office to open. They saw me with my loaded bicycle and asked questions. I gave out a couple of my fund raising card. None believed that I was 71 years old. They were amazed and admired what I was doing for the CNIB. Mark gave me a huge Peach. The largest and juiciest peach I ever had; if I was not mistaken it came from Ashtabula, NY area.

Sandusky port.

The ferry ride was close to two hours long. From the ferry port I cycled to the B&B place on the other side; East side, of the island about 6 km away.
The Internet was my source to find places to stay. I was looking forward to this Bed & Breakfast and meet the proprietor. From the Internet I gathered that it was a self sustaining farm. Growing their own food and living off the power grid as much as possible. This stuff always interest me. Here was a chance to see it first hand and learn about it. Vu-Shorgo was the name of this place.
Was very disappointed to find that this self sustaining farm was still in the planning stage; a business plan and permit was submitted, but still far from reality.
My B&B place was an old cottage on the 6+ acres of land where Vu-Shorgo was to be, and the proprietor, Mustaag stayed in a trailer on the property as well.
I had the 2 bedroom cottage all to myself, but it was not in good shape; the shower stall had molds and no hot water. The furnitures, bedding and linen looked like they came from a salvation store. The water was not suitable for drinking nor cooking. Bottled water were provided.
 No WiFi and my PetroCan cell phone did not work. Mustaag was helpful and let me use his cell phone to contact Theresia. No update on my facebook today.

Cottage at Vu-Shorgo, Pelee island.

Pelee island is the most southern land of Canada. Saw some wineries along the road.
After a cold shower, had my last freeze dried food for supper. My 'luggage' was getting lighter each day as I consumed the food that I carried.
Did not sleep well last night, hoped I could get some sleep this night. Must get on the 9:00 AM ferry to Kingsville, ON tomorrow.
Had a good ride and interesting day. End.