July
6/06, Thursday Day 63 6335 Kms
Clansman
Motel, North Sydney, N.S. 63 Kms ~ 2:55 Hrs
Another
short day of riding. Some of the speeds were quite good over rolling
terrain.
I
keep having these "Tour de l'Alberta" fantasies. I could
burn it up this year. I think it's about 3 weeks after I get home.
(I'll have to check the web.) Though it may be the day that I get
home. It will be very strange not riding the bike for a few days. The
2 days off in Thunder Bay being my biggest break in over 2 months.
Now I think of riding 60 K's as nothing. Planning to ride 140 K's is
just something I do. It's not intimidating any more. Doug talks about
maintaining this level of fitness for the rest of his life. I doubt
that I'll do it. We're exercising 4 to 6 hours a day, some days quite
hard. I don't have the time for it nor, I fear, the ambition. I'll
likely go back to being a weekend rider, lucky to do 1000 Kms a year.
Our
trip is basically over. Friday all we have to do is roll our bikes 2
or 3 Kms onto the ferry and Saturday roll them off again. Nikki will
meet us with the truck for a ride to Holyrood. I guess the only thing
to do after that might be to ride into St. John's, ~ 40 Kms, but I'll
have to make the time for that if I really want to do it. I've got
shopping and running around and packing and drinking and recovering
to do. Also, if Doug is into it, I'd like to take a look at his
welder and scope the barn for electrical requirements. Nikki wants to
get off the grid but I don't think I'll be doing any work on this
trip. Just a bit of planning.
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