Friday 27, 2007, Port Huron, MI to London, Ontario, Canada, 82.1 miles, 7 hrs 25 min, 6 hrs 6 min on the bike, Ave. speed: 13.4 mph, Climb: 1070 ft.

What a special experience we all had this morning. We left the hotel with the silver van leading the way, then we all followed on our bikes with the white van and the luggage truck bringing up the rear. At the bridge going across to Canada, they shut down all lanes of traffic going our way and an official car led us across the bridge. I was in the back of the group and it was a very cool sight to see us all biking across in our red, white and blue jerseys.

Once on the Canadian side, we stopped and customs officers checked several people's passports. I was one of the names they called, but the man pronounced my name as the French for "John". In any case, he OK'ed my passport and I was on my way. Needless to say, everyone has been calling me "John" (with a French accent) today.

It was another great ride - flat, not much headwind (and some nice tailwinds at the end of the ride), and Canadian countryside - farmland with corn and soybeans for the most part - not much different than the states. So far the biggest differences are the currency and that everything is metric. [The photo is of a farm and you may be able to see the Canadian flag flying in it - but probably not - I'm not a great photographer.]

Rode fairly strong and I still like having the break from the hills. We had chances of showers in the morning and in the afternoon, but none materialized until we had to sprint across the parking lot to the restaurant for dinner (at least Daco and I did).

Tomorrow we head to Brantford, ONT and I think it will be another "easy" day - yahoo!

Note: If you would like to read what some of the other riders are writing on their blogs, go to: http://del.icio.us/maxtheman36/abb. My blog is listed there too.