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“If you can walk... you can bike!” Continued from page 34 Ties a day — not surprising, after spending 6-8 hours pedalling — and I learned quickly why and how to keep that energy stock replenished. I ‘bonked’ once - meaning my energy tank was completely dry - and I made sure never to let that spending happen again. My energy booster...? Chocolate milk: it has sugar for immediate use, fat, and protein...and tasty, too!” Liz and Bob opted for the long and winding road throughout. “We went significantly out of our way to avoid high-traffic roads, like the Trans-Canada Highway, which certainly would’ve been our most direct route. And we often detoured in order to visita museum or a sightseeing attraction. As well as a physical challenge, this was our vacation.” Ironically, Bob reserves his only negative comments for the Ontario portion of the trip. “We saw the greatest poverty in Northern Ontario. You could see it in the people. That stretch of road also had the skinniest shoulder, which made travelling more dangerous. And there was no practical way to escape that particular highway.” The journey ended five years after it began in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, on the eastern tip of Cape Breton Island. “Actually, we biked 40 kilometres past there to reach a campground,” Bob laughs. “The