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
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.
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