Friday, August 1, 2008

Sea-to-Sea NA Days 31 and 32 Maybe I'm having tandem withdrawal, but since giving it up the teranain has changed from boring sagebrush to boring corn feilds. Having ridden 2005 I know that I can ride this one and not having to pull Rita through the mountains leaves me with not much of a challenge. Those who know me know that I get bored quickly with no challenge, from my grade 1 teacher to now it has always been the same. So I have rode the last 4 days without stopping, solo for more of a challenge but that too is no big deal for me (I had some hitch hikers today for a while). Today the wind was against us most of the 150km ride, average speed 25.5kph, yesterday we had a sside wind and some tail wind in the latter part of the ride so the average was much higher 34.6 kph - at least I think that was yesterday. I think we are in August now but am not really sure, not even trusting my watch. This is how it gets on the tour, I know tomorrow is Sat. of week 5 but that is about it. We get no news of any kind, some where I saw there was a hurricain 'D' around Texas. We have absolutly no idea of what is happening in Canada. Our only worry is tires, water, food and such. I helped several late comers put up tents tonight and will volunteer to break wind for (not before) some people on the really long days next week even if there is a tail wind. Tomorrow I'll ride solo again to finish the week off.

3 comments:

Gina Taylor said...

thank you for posting Bill. I enjoyed reading your blog every day in 2005 and look forward to seeing your daily updates now!! thanks again. I appreciate the effort it takes.
Gina Taylor Lunshof

Anonymous said...

Hi Bill,
Yes, it was good to see that you had blogged again. I also look forward to what you have to describe about the ride and any events in the day. YOu sure have drive and stamina. Amazing. I hope that Rita is enjoying being on her own bike. Here in Toronto right now is the big Caribana Parade with over 1 million people on the Lakeshore. They even had some rain today.
Prayers to all.
Corrie van der Kuur

Anonymous said...

Hi Bill:

Thanks for writing your blog Bill. I'd really miss it if you didn't do it regularly. Flo and I were at church today helping with the final cleaning. I worked on the kitchen and he sat with the Building team. ...lots of small stuff to do, but we will be ready for the 1st service on Aug 10th. We have had a ton of rain in July - broke all records - but everything is nice and green. If you like tennis, the Rogers Cup was on last week in Toronto. Nadal won. The women's finals are tomorrow in Montreal. We are looking forward to watching our Canadians at the Olympics next week. The economy in Canada continues to be in a state of slow decline. We're on vacation next week doing some boating on the Trent-Severn. Spoke to Cynthia on the phone yesterday. Her spirits are very good and she is taking it easy so that she can heal faster. The Lord is working miracles on her and who knows, you may just see her again on tour. Wishing you and Rita all the best on your journey next week.

Shirley & Floris