Words and photos by JK
Well this may bore the majority of you. Family pics are usually dull but it's part of my tour so suffer me folks. I am quite sick still so while Garrett rode into the city I drank hot vitamin C drinks and slept. I felt pretty good at 5pm when they called so I rode north into the city centre to join them for a city walk by the Bow River and an excellent Irish steak and Guinness pie. Calgary is a rich city and the Lambos and Maserati I snapped are not uncommon. I'm not jealous...much.
En route I pulled up beside a bright orange custom Harley Screaming Eagle V rod. I complimented the bloke and he was very friendly. The lights changed and there before us were 4 lanes of absolutely empty road. Now that Harley shook Afganistan with it's exhaust as he hauled ass out of there. I tucked in, opened my baby's throttle and within 6 or 7 seconds hit 128mph. He rolled up to the lights beside me and grinned. We gave each other the thumbs up for that happy moment of devilment and as I swung west on 12th Avenue (at a very legal pace) he honked his horn and waved a big goodbye. I love bikes. Now here's the freaky bit. This morning Garrett spots a comment on my blog (rare as rocking-horse manure). It's from my best mate's son! Phil and Sharon Bennett live in Glossop England. You know, near the world-famous Hayfield. Almost as famous as Munich's No. 19 tram. Anyway, Dan Bennett was just exiting a C-train station and saw 2 bikes racing. He saw the Sage logo on my thigh and knew instantly who it was! What are the chances? Du du du du Twylight Zone!
We had a pleasant walk, enjoyed a meal, watched Garrett give in to a Guinness or 4 and took the mick out of me for being sober. We agreed to spend another day here and to meet up tonight again. I am trying to get hold of Dan too. It's just as well we decided to stay because I woke up feeling VERY ill with aching lungs and dizzy spells. I'll rest today again and then I promise I'll stop being a wimp and ride hard for the rest of this week. Tomorrow we are off to Banff and Lake Louise so expect more mountains, pine trees, lakes and rocks photos!
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