Left the Bachinsky's and the pretty hamlet of Caron and headed east entering Regina just before noon. A short overall distance but into headwinds the entire way so I got a pretty good work-out getting there. Sunny with just a bit of haze throughout the day, you got it, you couldn't ask for much better (apart from a reverse direction of the wind). The Trans Canada did not get much better, the RV was jostled pretty good and some of those cracks must have felt like major speed bumps. I could hear the banging and subsequent yelling (which sounded very similar to French swearing, but I couldn't be too sure)
Apparently there is an article in the Regina Leader (newspaper) this morning about the tour and there did seem to be more honks of support the closer we got to Regina, so people must read this paper OR people love to honk in Regina! I give a talk this evening to physicians and some more media work tomorrow. Day #20 is a much needed rest day from the road and a bit of ketsup (catch up).
RIDER NATION - yeah Ronnie!
Tour sponsors of the day are Jean and Bunny Walus who celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary today - CONGRATULATIONS and thanks for all the support and prayers. See you very soon in Winnipeg.
It's Tom's last day on the tour bus today as he leaves to get back to work in Saskatoon. He has been great to have as a driver and we made him work (probably more than he expected) on his little "holiday". We shared some good laughs and observations about the people we met and the landscape we encountered and his involvement goes down in the tour annals. He tends to have a warped sense of humour much like my own. Thanks Tom for everything. For his 50th birthday we got him a bike, after the time on the road with us, he might be thinking hard about pawning this off for something more sane, maybe a new set of golf clubs (of course new clubs didn't work the last time, did they?) And that's the last jab at Tom, unless of course he actually starts to read these blogs and comments on them.....
He says he's really "handy", I guess we'll see....
Random quote of the day
Time is the only thief we can't get justice against
Astrid Alauda
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