July 28 -Northern Tier- Port Stanley- Simcoe 85.5 miles

Today we weaved our way along the coast of Lake Erie on Lakeshore Toad although we only got brief sightings of the lake. We totally blew by 2 large signs saying that the bridge was out in Port Bruce so we had to go back 4 miles to the detour. We met a local bike rider who told us we could make the detour shorter by taking a shortcut down a pretty road that was gravel for a bit, but what does a”bit” mean? Well we took a chance and it was a nice road and the gravel part was only a mile or so. We stopped at a campgr along the way since they had a snack shack- delicious cheeseburger with fresh tomato – Yum. We had ice cream st Twin Sisters in Reyerse and then finished up our ride on a crushed packed stone trail in the middle of nowhere which led to Simcoe. We had a nice happy hour outside at the picnic area at the hotel and then took a cab to Port Dover for music and dinner.   The town is  on the Erie and there were a lot of people swimming, fishing and boating .