Toronto Discoveries-A Bike Ride to the Toronto Islands
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On another gorgeous summer day (July 5, 2008) I hopped on my bike and started pedaling torwards downtown. Every time I cycle through the Don Valley I am amazed that I am in the middle of Canadas largest city. If it werent for the traffic noise that you can hear from the Don Valley Parkway, youd think you are in some rural country setting, cycling peacefully in the wooded areas beside the Don River. Past the old Portlands and the eastern part of Harbourfront I started to line up for the ferry to the Toronto Islands. At a cost of $6.00 return a trip to the islands is the perfect weekend getaway from the city. The ferry ride takes barely 15 minutes, and when you get out its like being in a different universe. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island, except for service and emergency vehicles. Away from the concrete, glass and steel of downtown I started cycling through the bucolic greenery of the islands, which incidentally were connected to the mainland until a storm ...
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