8/12 In Norfolk we had hot chocolate and big breakfasts at The Lunchbox while
planning the day's route. We biked 42 miles to Port Dover, first along Road 45
and for most of the day Road 3. On 45 we saw a sign with an image of three
triangles, which we soon discovered referred to the road elevation, but 3 was
flat and beautiful. We had pizzas for lunch in Port Dover with Timbits for
dessert while checking the conditions of a shortcut backroad along the water. We
quickly biked the last 33 miles of the day, shopped for groceries, and were
welcomed by Sandra and Kevin to stay on their farm. Kevin told us stories of
cycling from Portugal to Vietnam and we shared notes on preventing flats (buy
good tires) and learned about methods of surviving on a bike in foreign lands
(dumpster dive recently expired food, accept hospitality, don't worry too much
about what people think of their neighbors, duct tape can work wonders).
We enjoyed cherry tomatoes from Sandra and cooked a meal of pasta with beef
sauce and zucchini, made good use of their bathroom, and went to sleep.
