Friday June 15

Yesterday was a somewhat successful day in finding some more "bike gadgets" for the trip.....two new bells, which are a necessity when cycling the trails in Montreal; and a new mirror for Bob.  We have handlebar end mirrors on our road bikes which are great, however, the touring bikes have a different set up and when we have our panniers on back they block the view.  I also returned the cleats and picked up the proper ones.  Poor Bob, he felt they were the wrong cleats to begin with, however he did proceed to attach them to the new shoes...and that involved much swearing (unusal for Bob) and on several occasions I could hear the shoes being flung across the room.  I did fid the cleats attached to both shoes in the morning......only to hop on the bike and discover they didn't fit in the pedals!!!  It only took 35 seconds to remove them (after all his hard work the previous night) and I exchanged for the proper ones.  They are yet to be attached to the new shoes, perhaps tonight?  I decided not to go with the front handlebar type bag as it interfered with my shifters and also with the bike computer and bell.  I had my bike up on the repair stand which I situated on the back deck, in the heat, whiile I was making dinner.  All of a sudden I heard a "swoooooooiiiiiish" sound and thought "it can't be the dinner on the bbq as I didn't have anything on that would sound like grease sputtering" and then I realized that the noise was the sound of air deflating from a tire tube.  The front tire had gone flat!!  Bob was busy in the yard beginning the chore of stacking the 3 cord of wood that arrived a few weeks ago.  I sat on the deck changing the tire, and could see him out of the corner of my eye, inspecting me as I changed the tire.  Certainly took me much longer than he, but I managed the task quite well.  On our trip across Canada he was the "tire changing guru".....could change a tire in under 3 minutes!!  This afternoon I will test my new tire as I cycle across to the peninusula with my old cycling buddy, Margret.  This morning I will return to my quilt "studio" to finish a quilt that is on the frame for a customer.  Then tackle some housework before I set off to meet her.  Friday night is mountain biking at Rockwood Park, which I love.  However, I don't intend to rush my ride this afternoon and if I get back in time to go, I will.  Tomorrow  Bob and I set out for a "dry run" on the bikes, carrying all the gear that we will be for the trip.  We will head up to Bev and Peter's camp on the Washdamoek.....should be fun.  Weather is supposed to be great, sunny and HOT!!  Bring it on!!
I am thinking that I could link this blog with the KV Quilting blog for the members of the guild to read??(;-0  Afterall, I do mention quilting now and again........
I just typed in the date in the heading and realized that 2 years ago today my father died.  I love you dad and miss you sooo much.!!!