Day 15 & 16 - Sun & Mon, July 16-17
Yesterday was a rest day. I had a fairly decent sleep on a "real" bed, although I was awake and up early. Bob went to clean the bikes afterbreakfast. He did't finish before church, so after te service he continued. I noticed that my front tire was low, so we decided to pump it up and check on it early evning. Once bikes were cleaned we went to Moose Jaw with Don and Louise. We were headed for the Mineral Spa and were parking the car when I noticed quilts hanging in the park! Amazing! We strolled through the park admiring some wonderful quilts hanging; it was really neat! I did notice that most were machine quilted, and were done nicely although I found that the quilting pattern on all seemed the same. In my opinion...and this is only MY opinion, I feel that the overall quilting takes away from some of the pieced blocks. There were two beautifully hand quilted pieces which were superb. One of my favourites was a double wedding ring.
From the park we went to the mineral spa, which was neat. I found the water too warm though. I soaked my muscles under the jets. I did have to get out for a spell to cool off and enjoy some ice water. We stayed for an hour and then went down to the restaurant for nachos and beer. Refreshing! We then tried to fnd a place to have supper but ended up at the church to join with our group for dinner. Lasagne, again! Back home by 7:15 to discover my tire going low again. Bob changed it and in the process found a small piece of wire that worked its way inside the tire and punctured the tube. I was in bed by 9.
We had a 4:00 wake up. Much too early and I felt like going back to bed after breakfast, The sun was shining and we we were on the road at 6, enroute to Grenfell...220 km away. The cycling was good, scenery beautiful. We passed two large potash mines outside of Regina. We arrived in Regina at 10 for "lunch", as we were approaching the city camera and van from CTV were filming us and they followed us to the church.
Louise and Don were heading back home after spending a week on the road with the group. It was wonderful to see them again and to spend some time together. It is Louise's 65 Birthday on July 20 and there is a large party planned for her. Happy Birthday Louise!
It was back on the road after our lunch. We made it through Regina and back to the highway with the sun hotter. We travelled in a pack of 8 riders for 120 km or so as it is the most efficient way to cycle. Pedalling seems easier too. We arrived in Grenfell, 219.45 km done today, at 4:45. It was a tiring day.
We are to sleep in the rink but I felt it musty and dusty so we are spending the night sleeping in one of the group's lunch shelter, netted in, under the stars. Grenfell seems a nice community. The people provided a great supper...roast beef, mashed potatos, gravy, coleslaw, bean salad, Yummy!
I am beat, coldsore is SORE! We have another 243 km km day tomorrow. Heading to Brandon. Wake up at 4! GOOD NIGHT
FOR YOUR INFORMATION - I am Jean, a good friend of Jill's ... here is the way the posting of her blog works .... Jill does her write up on a 'pocketmail' computer, a small hand machine that sends messages through the phone line. I receive them in the form of an email ... and then I post them to her page. Due to the different time zones, and the time Jill sends me her email, it may be the next day before I get her write up on her blog. So if you wonder how she can be posting a blog and biking down the road, remember its me helping at this end. Whenever Jill has a chance to use the Internet, she checks your comments, so she does read them and says they are a great support and a joy to get, so keep 'em coming.
From the park we went to the mineral spa, which was neat. I found the water too warm though. I soaked my muscles under the jets. I did have to get out for a spell to cool off and enjoy some ice water. We stayed for an hour and then went down to the restaurant for nachos and beer. Refreshing! We then tried to fnd a place to have supper but ended up at the church to join with our group for dinner. Lasagne, again! Back home by 7:15 to discover my tire going low again. Bob changed it and in the process found a small piece of wire that worked its way inside the tire and punctured the tube. I was in bed by 9.
We had a 4:00 wake up. Much too early and I felt like going back to bed after breakfast, The sun was shining and we we were on the road at 6, enroute to Grenfell...220 km away. The cycling was good, scenery beautiful. We passed two large potash mines outside of Regina. We arrived in Regina at 10 for "lunch", as we were approaching the city camera and van from CTV were filming us and they followed us to the church.
Louise and Don were heading back home after spending a week on the road with the group. It was wonderful to see them again and to spend some time together. It is Louise's 65 Birthday on July 20 and there is a large party planned for her. Happy Birthday Louise!
It was back on the road after our lunch. We made it through Regina and back to the highway with the sun hotter. We travelled in a pack of 8 riders for 120 km or so as it is the most efficient way to cycle. Pedalling seems easier too. We arrived in Grenfell, 219.45 km done today, at 4:45. It was a tiring day.
We are to sleep in the rink but I felt it musty and dusty so we are spending the night sleeping in one of the group's lunch shelter, netted in, under the stars. Grenfell seems a nice community. The people provided a great supper...roast beef, mashed potatos, gravy, coleslaw, bean salad, Yummy!
I am beat, coldsore is SORE! We have another 243 km km day tomorrow. Heading to Brandon. Wake up at 4! GOOD NIGHT
FOR YOUR INFORMATION - I am Jean, a good friend of Jill's ... here is the way the posting of her blog works .... Jill does her write up on a 'pocketmail' computer, a small hand machine that sends messages through the phone line. I receive them in the form of an email ... and then I post them to her page. Due to the different time zones, and the time Jill sends me her email, it may be the next day before I get her write up on her blog. So if you wonder how she can be posting a blog and biking down the road, remember its me helping at this end. Whenever Jill has a chance to use the Internet, she checks your comments, so she does read them and says they are a great support and a joy to get, so keep 'em coming.
posted by Unknown at 8:00 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Jill and Bob,
I read your blog religiously every time it is posted while enjoying a glass of wine or beer in your honor.
Apparently there is a painful heat wave in all of eastern Canada right now, but guess what: here in ol' Saint John the fog is as thick as pea soup. I call it natural air conditioning (although I WOULD like it to be at least a tiny bit hot or even sunny at times).
We stayed at the house on Sunday and everything is going well - David is there often to check on the cats who are fine thank you, those furry pachas. We went for a nice bike ride on the Rec Park trail (?) with you mountain bikes last Sunday, I want to go again for a longer ride. Chris and I are leaving on Saturday for Quebec, so exciting! We had the car checked and it's all ok.
Also: Judith's fundraising party this weekend was a blast! Everything perfect and fantastic as you can imagine. Thanks for the ticket, Bob. We contributed by buying a great Paul Matheson print. That's about the news from here, we think of you and send you much love.
Courage riding!
claudine
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