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Thompson Wellness Centre 25 Main Street North Acton, Ontario L7J 1V9 519-853-3460 Foot/Nail Care Sports Injuries Pediatrics Diabetic /Arthritic Foot Conditioning Custom Orthotics and Footwear Home visits 66-year-old Victor Bissonnette tackles perimeters of Lake Erie on his bicycle TRUSTY BIKE: Victor Bissonnette shows off his bike at his home. He says the bike must have over 5,000 km on it by now. Hes on the road again. For the second year in a row, Acton resident Victor Bissonnette, 66, has tackled the task of cycling around the perimeter of one of the Great Lakes. This years trek took him around the perimeter of Lake Erie, a distance of 1,170 km. The journey took 12 days in total, nine days of cycling and three days of sightseeing. Bissonnette was accompa- nied byhis wife Carmen, fellow cyclist Ken Chupa, and his wife Norine Chupa. This years adventure took the four-person crew across Southwestern Ontario, Mich- igan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York State, with 57 hours logged on the bike. They left from Fort Erie on August 23 and stayed at cer- tain points, or milestones, along the way. Stops includ- ed Port Dover, Port Stanley, Luna Pier, Michigan, Men- tor, Ohio and Dunkirk, New York, just to name a few. The trip ended back at Fort Erie on September 3. Bissonnette and Chupa travelled the highways and country roads that circled the enormous lake. They endured days of sun and heat, days of by Matthew Reid rain, and days of uncomfort- able wind. Last summer, Bissonnette cycled around Lake Ontario, a trek that took nine days to complete. He chose to bike around Lake Erie this year because of its similar size. Lake Ontario was a very successful trip, says Bisson- nette. So the next logical one was Lake Erie. Bissonnette, who turns 67 this November is also a type 2 diabetic. He was diagnosed in 2000, so he decided to take up hiking and biking to try and get his condition under control by means of diet and exercise. He has been off pre- scription drugs since 2004. Training for such an en- deavor required cycling trips that might seem horrendous to some, not to Bissonnette. His training for the Lake Erie tour included a ride from his front door close to Crewsons Corners, to Orillia and back in two days. It works out to be about 180 kms, explains Bis- sonnette, We go a bit past Orillia to my brother-in-laws place, stay overnight, and cycle back the next day. Bissonnette says he would like to tour all the Great Lakes eventually. However, he thinks he and Ken Chupa will take the next year off. The remaining three lakes, Lake Superior, Huron and Michigan are at least twice as large as Lakes Erie and On- tario, therefore making them more of a challenge. Everything Ive read says up around the Sault and the TransCanada, its very dan- gerous, there is no shoulder, theres a lot of trucks, says Bissonnette. For a large part it probably is not all that pleasant and very danger- ous. However, he says he would like to tackle either one or both of Lake Michigan or Lake Huron. If we did the four, I think that would be good, Bisson- nette says. READ THE TANNER