Home-made spin class

Just get on the bike, and ride... thirty minutes to Smith Point nature station, with the (cold) breeze at your face. Thirty minutes back, with the wind being helpful but legs a little more tired. Hardly any more time than it takes to go to the gym and back, more scenic than a spin class or stationary bike (but you have fewer loonies at 70 mph in the gym than on William Floyd... very glad there is a bike lane).

The beach at the non-dog area of Smith Point, at the end of the long deck path, is beautiful and endless. Miles and miles of golden sand to the west. The pavilion hidden from view to the east. Just the waves and the shore and the dunes and a few seagulls...