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As you can see by my flag, I am in Canada. We finally have and internet connections that is usable. We have been on the road since April 6th. We spent a week in Selinsgrove, PA and then traveled to Milton, Ontario, Canada. We arrived here on the 15th of April. The Wi-Fi was so bad that we subscribed to a local service. So now I have decent connection.

Why are we in Canada? Mabel is heavy into martial arts. She practices karate, aikido, and Japanese sword. The head of of her school of karate for all of North America is located in Burlington Canada and she is practicing with him. We will be here until June 15th. Mabel is preparing to test for her 4th degree black belt. No, she doesn't practice on me!! :D:D

Now an update on my health. I flew home for a post op eye surgery appointment two weeks ago. My eye is doing well; the retina is in place. My body is not producing the eye fluid rapidly enough to replace the air that was injected into my eye. The doc prescribed a steroid eye drop that she hoes will speed up the process. I have another appointment in June and I'll see how it worked.

Meanwhile, I am riding and exploring Ontario - lovely country. Is anyone on the forum located in Ontario? If so,I would love to meet you and ride with you. Unfortunately, I am a long way from Rocky.

My test results from the national lab on my prostate came back questionable. They decided to monitor my PSA monthly. I will have another PSA check in June.

I have a lot of catching up to do on the forum.
 
Have you checked out Niagara Falls yet? You're not too far if you're in Burlington area. I lived in Ontario years ago and found the Southern end to be pretty but flat and boring on a bike. Have to get up around Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to experience some twisty roads and a little more ups and downs. Farther North through Algonquin Park and East of there is scenic and the roads are much nicer for biking up around Barry's Bay and Bancroft area.
 
Thanks, Steve. I am in the escarpment area area and there are lots of twisties here. I have been exploring the back roads and gravel roads. I am planning a trip to the Lake Huron area in the next two weeks. I do plan on exploring Georgian Bay area.
 
Carl it's great to hear from you ! I hope your eye and other troubles are sorted soon ...good luck with that , you have a life times worth of stuff to catch up on so get reading !
And I think the best one of all is I Finnish my super 3 ! ....just thought I'd get that one in there :D, looking forward to some pics ?
 
Great to hear from you Carl.
Yes, you're much too far away for me to join you. It's when you start travelling that you realize how big our countries really are!
Best of luck with your health and take care out on those strange roads.
 
shanered6 said:
Carl it's great to hear from you ! I hope your eye and other troubles are sorted soon ...good luck with that , you have a life times worth of stuff to catch up on so get reading !
And I think the best one of all is I Finnish my super 3 ! ....just thought I'd get that one in there :D, looking forward to some pics ?
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Thanks, Shane. Congrats on the Super 3. That is great news. TUP

Rocky said:
Great to hear from you Carl.
Yes, you're much too far away for me to join you. It's when you start travelling that you realize how big our countries really are!
Best of luck with your health and take care out on those strange roads.
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Thank you, Rocky. Indeed our countries are huge!

Mad On Triumphs said:
Lets hope that the eye drops help you along the way to a full recovery. Enjoy riding in Canada.
Carl when you flew home was there a package there for you ??
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Thank you Garry. My niece is picking up our mail for us and she tells me there is a package waiting for me. I was only home for one day and did not get my mail.
 
Ok, now that I've posted my previous post in this thread. . . . It's great to hear for you and the report on your eye. TUP Hopefully the prostrate test will prove to be nothing.

Enjoy your time in Canada, sounds like it could be the trip of a life time. TUP
 
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Glad you're enjoying the Escarpment area. It is very scenic around there. Getting to the Georgian Bay area may be boring as the roads tend to run North/South- East/West. Easy to navigate but boring. Lots of farm country. Cottage country around Bala- Muskoka region, but very nice scenery. I never rode there the years I was there as work and family commitments restricted that but if I was to go back now, that's the area I would concentrate on.
You're not too far from the Hamilton area so you could check out the Aviation Museum that Rocky talks about and maybe see VERA, the Canadian Lancaster bomber that flew to England last year and is discussed at length on here.
Enjoy you're stay and see as much as you can, but look after yourself.
 
Q you took the words right out of my mouth :)
I was going to suggest that Carl visit the aviation museum in Mount Hope right outside of Hamilton.
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Steve and Rocky, thank you for reminding me about the museum; I did not realize it is in my area of riding. I will most definitely spend a day there. I have not done much riding along the eastern coast of Lake Ontario because of the traffic and congestion. We made a trip along the coast to Toronto. That was actually two trips in one - my first and my last! I have been through Hamilton and I will go back to the museum.

Steve, I am planning a ride to the Lake Huron coast in a week or two. I plan on riding to Goderich and north to the Georgian Bay area. So far, I have explored as far west as Kitchener and many back roads and unpaved roads in between. Lovely country and some great twisties and winding roads.

Adrian, more pics to come.
 

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