Riding out the pandemic: Couple cycled every street in Wallaceburg

A Wallaceburg couple recently rode every street in the town, all 107 kilometres of it.

Mike Hess and Amanda Marcotte have been together for several years but lived on opposite sides of the border prior to the pandemic her in Marine City, Mich., and him in Wallaceburg.

To get Marcottemore acquainted with her new town, the couple decided to bike on every street in town in a single day.

One Saturday morning,they cycledup and down every nook and cranny over the course of nine hours, and created some spectacular images while doing it.

WATCH | This couple's cycling route is something to be seen:

This couple cycled every street in Wallaceburg

3 years ago

Duration 2:06

Mike Hess and Amanda Marcotte have been touring their town; all 107 kilometres of it.

"Wallaceburghas had a tough go of things the past few years, but I think it's a beautiful little community," said Hess.

"And it's great to see the revitalization that's happening. We've seen a lot of people sprucing up their homes. We've seen a lot of new business signs coming into the downtown," said Marcotte.

Last year, they sensed the border was going to close, so Marcotte quickly moved over to Canada to be with Hess.

"We heard the borders might be closing, and that was a little scary, so I came over here, thinking it was going to be a couple of weeks, and brought a duffle bag," she said.

Asthe pandemic dragged on, they like everyone elsewere stuckat home, but they didn't remain inside.

"We're both very active, so we spent the first months of the pandemic walking and running aroundWallaceburg," said Marcotte.

Realized, I think a couple days ago,that there were parts of town I had never seen, so we decided to go see all of it."

The couple has a history of cycling together.

They actually got engaged late last year after a bike trip around Niagara Fallsand were married 10 days later.