Today is our fourth day in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. So far I’ve been hard at work doing nothing; catching up on reading and whatnot. The exception was Thursday the 16th when I shuttled for Grandpa. He rode 49 miles that day in three legs: 18 miles before lunch, 20 miles after, and another 11 just for good measure. Grandpa rode the first leg in just under one and a half hours for about a 12 mph average, the second leg was about one hour forty minutes for 12 mph again, and the third leg took just under an hour for 13-14 mph on average. All in all, 49 miles in about 4 hours of riding time for 12.25 mph for the day.
We went out to a sports bar last night and I had a Rickard’s Red Ale, in addition to the bar’s own brew. It was a pretty solid beer but it was no Killian’s.
Canada is a funny place. I haven’t seen any of their square wheels yet but they can’t hide them forever.