Possible Mississauga Trip
I do not know whether anybody in the GTA reads this blog, but I thought I would post this anyways.
Because I am foolish, I am considering a bike trip from KW to Mississauga this summer. I would likely do this trip in June, or at the latest early July.
If you are in the GTA and would like to meet, then let me know.
I am not working much this year, so vacation funds are tight. Thus I am trying to do this trip on the cheap. Unfortunately I think Mississauga is too far away for me to cycle there and back in a day. That leaves me with three options:
Option 1 is the most likely. I would cycle to Mississauga in the morning, get there for the afternoon, and take the GO bus back to Kitchener in the evening. This will cost me $15 or $20 and my self-respect.
Option 2 is fairly unlikely. If somebody not related to me has a place where I could crash for a night, I could cycle to Mississauga the first day, spend the evening at the crash site, and then cycle back the next day. This will potentially cost me less than $15, but a lot more of my self-respect.
Option 3 is ridiculous. If somebody offered a place to crash for two nights, or two different people offered a night each, I could cycle to Mississauga on the first day, stay the second day visiting people and seeing the sights, and then head back on bicycle the third day. The cost is about the same as with Option 2.
I do not seriously expect that somebody will offer a place for me to stay, especially since I am picky:
- I won't stay with somebody who is closely related to me.
- I would need someplace safe, with a safe place to lock my bicycle.
- The place would have to cater to my anxieties: no bedbugs, no cockroaches, no lice, etc.
- At minimum I would just need a place to sleep and a bathroom where I could brush my teeth and use the washroom. Having access to a shower would be especially nice, especially since I would not want to stink up the room with my sweat after cycling for 100km.
- As mentioned above, I am trying to keep this on the cheap, although I guess I should offer something for lodging. It would be a pitiful amount, probably.
That is all I would need. I don't need food or a bed (or bedding) or company or anything. Probably the place could be in Mississauga or Toronto, although Toronto might be a stretch.
In any case, if you want to meet then get in touch.
Under no circumstances should you feel obligated to offer lodging unless you are (a) in a position to do so and (b) you really want to.