I believe I've mentioned on here before that the wife and I try to live the "100 Mile Challenge" as best and as often as we can. The premise of the challenge is to buy as much of your food and goods as possible from local farmers and manufacturers within a 100 mile radius of your home. With that in mind, I set off on a ride today in search of tonight's supper.

First stop was the Pine River Cheese factory, which is well within the 100 mile limit. I decided to take the long way, heading west on Grey Rd 4 from Durham to Walkerton, then hooking up with HWY 9 out to Kincardine. From there it was a short hop south on HWY 21 to Pine River... where I was dismayed to find out that the factory was closed and had been for awhile due to a massive fire that all but destroyed it. The good news is that construction was almost complete on the new store and a sign proclaimed it was to open on May 21.

I headed east on Bruce Rd 6, passing through the towns of Kinloss, Teeswater and Mildmay, where I hooked up with HWY 9 again, only this time heading south. At Clifford I hung a left onto Grey Rd 10 and went north into the charming village of Neustadt, where I stopped to purchase the refreshments that would accompany my meal....


From there I headed east on Grey Rd 9 through Ayton and out to HWY 6, where I turned north and headed for my next stop at West Grey Premium Beef...


They also had several cheeses from the Mildmay Cheese Haus and I selected a small brick of their Pepperjack. I had no idea Mildmay had a cheese factory; I didn’t see it on my way through the town earlier so I think a ride out that way is in order for tomorrow.

When I got home, I fired up the BBQ and a little while later feasted on the end result of my 190km round trip quest...

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Mike

'07 Road Glide/Texas Sidecars "Ranger"
The Blackbird Stealth Bomber

That's really cool... So the idea of the 100 mile challenge is to put together a full meal then? Is that a local beer can there? It looks like home brew with that label on it!

Mike

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The 100 Mile Challenge is about trying to get as much of your food and supplies as possible from local merchants within a 100 mile radius of your home. Supporting the local economy, in other words. Yes, the beer is local... from the Neustadt Springs Brewery, less than a 15 minute ride from my house. They don't bother with fancy labels and graphics on the brews they sell onsite, only the ones that go to regional liquor stores get that treatment.

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Mike

'07 Road Glide/Texas Sidecars "Ranger"
The Blackbird Stealth Bomber

Where's the veggie and salad?

Heart healthy

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I'm pretty sure the cow brushed up against a carrot or stalk of celery while it was out wandering around in the fields.

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Mike

'07 Road Glide/Texas Sidecars "Ranger"
The Blackbird Stealth Bomber

Angie made me another awesome brekkie this morning. I gave her a hug afterwards and her hair smelled like bacon. I love her.

Two more days and we're saddling up the Harleys and heading west out to Saskatchewan for a two week vacation!

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Mike

'07 Road Glide/Texas Sidecars "Ranger"
The Blackbird Stealth Bomber

Geeze, Mike! What if she wore beer-scented cologne, too??

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2005 Triumph Bonneville
2005 Suzuki V-Strom 1000
2003 Triumph Trophy 1200
2009 BMW F650GS (wife's)
1990 HD Sportster XL883 (for sale; wanna buy a Sportster??)

Had a big day today... started my vacation by giving notice at Kriska this morning, then got hired on by another transport company shortly afterwards, then came home and packed for our two week motorcycle trip out to Saskatchewan. We're leaving tomorrow morning and will have limited internet access for at least the next four days, but I'll try to pop on and post pics of the trip whenever I can.

In the mean time, here's the truck I'll be driving when I return...

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Mike

'07 Road Glide/Texas Sidecars "Ranger"
The Blackbird Stealth Bomber