Ignite the Spirit Chicago-to-Toronto Ride to Fight Cancer, Day Six

Welcome Friends

This is a blog of the Chicago Fire Fighters "Ignite the Spirit" 580 mile bike ride from Chicago-to-Toronto Canada. Our ride is taking place to aid Chicago Fire Fighters and their families who are battling cancer. Through this ride we raise funding to support that cause and along the way bring awareness about cancer to the communities we visit.

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Day 6, 

London to Cambridge, 70 miles,

526 total ride miles so far

Todays route. The miles seem to be getting easier as the week comes to a close.

The morning preparation. Check over bike and equipment, fill water bottles, apply sunscreen, top off tire air pressure, morning prayer then we are off.

Stone house in Blanford On

Jim O'Connell at the general store rest stop in Innerkip On

Our lunch stop for the day was hosted on the Snyder Family Farm. They open this farm as a "Farmtastic" harvest fun park during the fall with a corn maze, hunted house, entertainment and various other attractions for kids.

Lunch under the tent.

Double Decker Cheesery

Giant rocking horse. 15' ish tall.

Sunflower field

Our escort to into Cambridge

Alex always has a smile

 

I have a thing for fire trucks. The grill on the Cambridge new rig is something else. They received it this week. It does have wheels set back quite a bit. Just looks like its hovering.

Old twenties fire truck. They said it ran just last year. Needs a little TLC.