Echo Bay to Blind River

July 10

Well, we're beyond the mighty Lake Superior now and on to Lake Huron, a great lake in it's own right. There has been a striking change in terrain - still the rugged Canadian Shield rocks but not the hills and mountains found along Superior's shores.
When we woke up today we almost thought it was a rest day - sky was black and threatening, forecast called for thunderstorms. We scurried around to get on the road early to outrun the weather. It worked. As the kilometers clicked by the clouds disappeared. The route was fairly flat and took us past farmland and cottage country and we followed the mighty Mississaugi River to Blind River.
Today was a big day for brother Rob - he hit three digits. That would be over a hundred kilometers ridden in a day - 104 actually. (He could have gone farther but the rest of us were tired.)
When we stopped in Iron Bridge today for a Gatorade break a car pulled up behind us. An older gentleman approached and pressed a donation in my hand. "Here. It's for a good cause." He shared with us that he is a cancer survivor and he recently lost his wife to cancer. Depression in the elderly as a group is common, and often goes undiagnosed and untreated. The stress of serious chronic illness can bring on new symptoms of depression or exacerbate chronic underlying depression in individuals. The Ride for Mental Health is for him too.