What a difference a day makes. I awoke to a very warm and muggy morning and hit the road around 9am. I still had a lot of ground to cover and considering the holidiays (Thanksgiving in Canada and Columbus Day in the US), I was concerned about long wait times at the border.

I continued my trek across the 104 into Rochester then north again so that I could continue following the Seaway Trail, which was the route I had been following since entering the United States. This took me all the way to Lewiston then on to Niagra. I was hoping to cross at the Whirlpool bridge, however, that is now only accessable by Nexus Pass holders (of which I am not). So not wanting to double back to Lewiston, which is mostly commercial traffic, I crossed over the Rainbow Bridge back into Canada. I waited a whopping 5min to cross the border.

Okay…what the hell…I might as well drive past the falls since I was there anyway. Here I had bit of a rest (parked illegally) and took the chance to check over the bike.
Simply put…it’s in rough shape. The chain and sprockets are completely ruined and the chain is about to fall off or break. It wasn’t long before a cop passed by to check me out. I told him I had to check over the bike and that it wasn’t doing well but I would be on my way soon at which point he left me alone.

Not wanting to waste any more time or do a lot of extra shifting, I took to the highway and headed straight home.

All in all, the trip around the lake was a total of 849km long and when you add that to the riding from Friday and Saturday, I put on a total of 1547km over four days.