day 31
managed to get into ottawa in good time. probably had a lot to do with my early departure from area 51. ya, that guy really did give me the creeps last night. i'm reminded of a quote by the irish dude in braveheart, "he wasn't right... in the head."
checked into a hostel and meet a guy there who's (you guessed it) cycling across canada. thing is, he was going west to east. as it turns out, this wasn't a huge loss... i'm pretty sure we wouldn't have gotten along. he had this uncomprimising passion that reminded me of grant neufeld. both are interesting people... both are very stubborn.