Sunday, August 13, 2017

Aug 13, 2017 Canmore






There wasn’t much to report to day however it was a day of meeting up with old friends. 

The morning started off with a staff meeting and discussion of just about everything under the sun.  From first aid, to insurance, to permits, to phone numbers, to has any one seen the syphon hose for the coffee carafe. 

After the meeting I spent about 2 hours working on one of the riders Garmin. We had quite a time getting it to take all the routes and getting the maps installed. My Garmin Connect wouldn’t recognize his Garmin and the Garmin wouldn’t take the maps as it said that it had no space in the hard drive or in the card.  However I did get all the routes in and the maps working.  I felt pretty good that I was able to help one of the riders solve a serious problem and he felt great that he wasn’t going to have to ride without any routing. 

Ken T or Texas Ken and Judy showed up for lunch and we were just getting ready to head out for lunch when Wallace K showed up.  I first met Wallace on a Bike Dreams trip back in 2012.   Wallace and Ken T crossed paths when the three of us did Bubba’s Pampered Pedlars Southern tier ride in 2013.   As we were headed out the door we asked Wallace to join us but he was meeting his wife.  The three of us headed off to lunch.   Ken C wasn’t around so we called him and he joined us later.   We had a terrific lunch and spent a lot of time catching up on everyone’s adventures. 

At 5:00 Pm was the first Rider Meetings.  This was the first chance for Rob and Sean to brief the riders and to lay out for all the riders how the Bike Dream system works.  It took quite a while to go though all the things but we did get through it.  In the end Rob handed out the rider jerseys.  I was very pleased to receive one as I will only be here for a few days of the tour.  It is a real beauty.   I feel quite proud to be part of this tour which is the world’s longest off road bicycle tour.

Tomorrow we are off on the way with down the Kananaskis.  I will be piloting the big Penske --- Look Out!

Terry  

1 comment:

Jim said...

Nice yellow Nash and fabulous jersey. What a great way to lay claim to having done a transcontinental off road ride. Don't forget to have a beer.