June
30/06, Friday Day 57 5629 Km
City
Motel, Fredericton, New Brunswick 110 Km ~ 5:10 Hrs
Woke
to rain this morning though it was clear enough last night. Got a
little miffed with Doug as he rose from bed and started striking the
tent with me in it for the second time this week.
Doug
got a flat at the LCB last night then at least 5 more this morning.
We lost an hour or more to flat fixing and dicking about. Stopping to
repair a flat can make a nice break in a day but after the 4th one in
20 Kms in
the rain
it got a little frustrating for both of us. It
was the one time we got a bit snappy with each other. I must admit
that I was being a bit of a dick.
Got
in to Fredericton late-ish. Big line-ups at the liquor store. Rain
had stopped but we and our stuff are still very wet. There are no
deals to be had on motels any more as we are into the high season.
The
room we got has no air circulation. I mean that. The door opens into
a hall. The one window is a sealed type - a la 70's. The bathroom fan
doesn't work. They wouldn't let us use the laundry facilities. Wet,
smelly clothes and 2 showers very quickly brought the room up to 100%
humidity and the stink of dirty clothes, dirty socks, wet shoes, bike
shorts, and moldy tent didn't take long to become a physical
presence. I thought it was bad while I was in the room but once I
left and tried to come back in it was almost over whelming.
It
was thick.
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