Day 2 - Coniston

Here are the twin stacks of Coniston; this is all that's left from the smelter that was there, and because of their size they can be seen from a long distance, including from Highway 17 as one arrives from the east.

Before arriving at Coniston there is this road sign which the Coniston Lions Club erected along Highway 17. Jean-Yves was instrumental in having these marker signs put up east and west of the entrance to town. I always smile when I see one of them as it welcomes me back home. You can see the trees growing on what was previously bare rock. (I'll have to ask if bears have returned to the neighbourhood.)

Above is the view from the lookout onto Lake Nipissing between North Bay and Sturgeon Falls; and on the right, the Tim Hortons in Deep River, the first of what will certainly be many stops at such fine estabilshments on this trip.


Below are Jane and phil, both of whom got up real early yesterday to say "bon voyage" - they are both fluently bilingual you know, well Phil is actually + bilingue que Jane.

And here's a picture of phil and I on the bike just before I left. I think he thought he should be coming along for the ride but I was able to convince him that he was needed to take care of Jane and the cats - Jane, ok, Rose and Lilly, not so much.

Well, waht about today? It's been raining since very early this morning so there hasn't been any riding yet. If it clears later this afternoon I will go out with my brother Gilles for a ride. He and I went to Lowe's to pick up a small piece of hardware to manufacture a cover for my GPS "key". We then picked up Jean-Yves at City Hall and went for lunch.