As I mentioned before, I spent most of this past weekend down on the Toronto Islands at the Toronto Intenational Dragonboat Race and Festival (as did Tanya, who is on a dragonboat team too... one much better than mine...).

Tracy came down with me, so on both days we hopped on our bikes and leisurely cycled down to the Ferry Docks (about 30 minutes across the Martin-Goodman Trail) and then over to Ward's Island (I recommend buying ferry tickets ahead of time to avoid an hour+ wait), where we biked over to the dragonboat course on Center Island.

Being car-free, the Islands are a dream to bike - quiet, serene, flat and beautiful. If you don't have a bike, you can rent one (or even a two-person bike, or a quadracycle!) for about $6 an hour.

The best part of the weekend would have to be when we were crossing the bottom of the Don River and we crossed paths with a woman with a blue IBikeT.O. shirt from the CBN Poster Auction. We passed quickly, but I was sure to tell her "nice shirt!", which I hope made her feel good, because it felt great seeing someone wearing a shirt with my simple design on it!

(If it was you we passed, please say hi in the comments below. Thanks!)

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