Thursday, August 5, 2010

Day 16: Antigonish to Shoreham Provincial Park

We did it!!

Love on Wheels pulled into Shoreham Provincial Park around 1 this afternoon, finishing our final day on the road. Despite the threat of abundant jellyfish, we stood in the Atlantic with our bikes overhead, feeling tired, triumphant and a little sad that that our journey was over.

A few stats from the trip:

Flat tires: 1
Flying squirrel sitings: 1
Rainy days: 2
Handmade Grohmann knives purchased: 4
Fromageries visited: 4
Provinces visited: 5
Loads of laundry done by Mom: 11
Pounds of lobsters sacrificed: 12
Estimated time to drive home: 24 hours
Cobs of "sweet turkey wheat" consumed: 24
Fastest single day average speed: 27.2 km/h
Campsite breakfasts, picnic lunches, and high carb dinners prepared by the Love on Wheels team: 54
Hours spent on a bike: 63 1/4 (each)
Fasted spead reached on a bike: 64.8 km/h (Liz), 66 km/h (Sarah)
Longest distance travelled in 1 day: 126 km
Number of casse croutes spotted: 367 (number of casse croutes resisted: 366)
Distance biked: 1491 km
Total raised for the Stephen Lewis Foundation: $8,794

The Loves

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