July 29
I arrived in good time after 84 miles riding to Wallaceburg, ON, which takes me away from Lake Erie and puts me into position to enter the USA tomorrow. I did not stop at the Tall Tales Cafe pictured here. A tornado and hail went through near Ridgetown, and so did I, but I went through about two hours after the tornado and hail. I got three warnings about the tornado: from President Trudeau on a cellphone alert blast, from a local standing in his driveway and flagging me down, and from a RCMP officer who pulled up alongside and rolled his window down. Later, I got to speak with an area woman in the tornado town, who is in the habit of speaking with touring cyclists. I rode a few hours wet but had thirty dry miles after late lunch so I checked into the motel dry.