Sunday August 27, Day 57 rest day in New Glasgow

Had a great night's sleep. Actually slept until after 5 when I made my first pit stop. Then back to bed until after 7 and I woke up and finished the blog for yesterday and then went down to the phone. I erred in yesterday's blog saying that Dave's mom lived here...it is Inna's mom, Vaike, who is here. David and Inna's last name is Harrison and they live in a lovely setting in Lorne. Inna grew up here and moved to Saskatchewan where she met Dave. They were both teachers and retired 3 years ago and moved back here. We had breakfast, Dave took his motorcycle to church as he was "counting" afterwards; Inna drove Bob and I to Christ Church, their church, which is Anglican. It was very typical of most Anglican churches that I have seen lately. Middle to upper aged people, not many children.....beautiful old buildings and the front half of the church seems to be empty. Why is it that we all choose to sit at the back???? I spoke at the end of the service re our Bike for Bibles Tour, the purpose, etc. After the service Tamara and Trevor arrived and followed us to Dave and Inna's home. Their dogs, Sierra and Sage, both Shepherd mixes, were able to run in the back field. Trev and Tam had lunch with us and left around 3. They decided to head on to Sheet Harbour, and come back through Lawrencetown. Later Inna's brother, Karl and his wife Debbie, came for dinner. It was a pleasant afternoon and a lovely meal of fresh beans from the garden along with a lovely fresh salad, with all ingredients from Inna's garden. Yum yum. Also Dave BBQ'ed huge burgers, which were really filling and tasty. Had a neat dessert of apple cake with fresh fruit and ice cream. We took advantage of a washing machine earlier and I hung our stuff on the line to dry. The wind was blowing and our clothes smell lovely and fresh. You definitely can feel the coolness in the air. I have dug out my toque and heavier riding jacket for the cold mornings. My toe booties are close at hand as well as my gloves, which I have worn the past two mornings. It is around 8 pm and Dave has just burned all of our photos to a CD....thanks!! Can hardly wait to view them...all 700 or so!! It was a relaxing day and pleasant. I had called Wendy last night re trying to get together. Wendy realized that we may just want the day to relax, and not having transportation and a place of our own, it was difficult to arrange a get together. I know their thoughts and prayers are with us as we head into the final Leg of the journey.....I can't believe that we only have 6 riding days left....Where did the summer go???