I’m now at Shoppers Drug Mart waiting for some meds. I woke up with an earache today. Vertigo, nausea, ear pain, ringing in the ear. “Not too pretty good,” as Glenn would say. I rode my bike to the walk-in clinic, but I’ll be walking the bike home.
Allan
puncture resistant tube, cycle in dry coulees
I got on my Giant bike this morning to cycle up a sweat only to find it anaeris. I patched the rear tire yesterday but apparently missed a small hole. Canadian Tire sells a puncture resistant tire tube, so I bought one. It’s quite heavy, but with all the add-on stuff, the bike’s heavy anyway. Better to be heavy than weak. That’s why I have a full mountain bike, not a hybrid.
To test out my new tire, I went for a ride in the coulees. Wow – very dry, hard, dusty ground out there.
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Lot of fun. The tire survived.
Sask-Man didn’t happen
I didn’t actually get to Saskatchewan or Manitoba. I went to BC instead. I heard Father was in hospital again. He’d had a seizure a few days previous but was home from hospital the same day. When I got there this time, he was just going in for routine preparation for more radiation on his tumour. They kept him in for a few days and was still there when I left.
I’d intended to be on my way the next morning but wasn’t able to. Someone I planned to meet wasn’t available until late in the day, so I didn’t leave Chilliwack until after 5pm.
On my way back home I stopped at Othello Tunnels the first night, Arosa Rance B&B the second, and Pass Creek Campground the third.
It looks like I won’t be making it to Manitoba after all – at least not this time around.
heading to Sask-Man
I think I’m heading East to Saskatchewan and Manitoba tomorrow. I was going to go today but had a headache and decided to wait.
I’ve kind of finished all I wanted to do to my new server and its web sites, and I have a more-or-less completed list of other things I wanted to accomplish this summer, so there’s no reason not to go.
new Ongoing Letter online … again
Hi everybody. This is the latest attempt at going on with my Ongoing Letter, my blog to the outside world. It’s my third attempt at using a CMS (Content Management System) on a database server and the third generation of the allansplace web. Hopefully it’ll take this time without any server-self-destruct buttons being pushed. We shall see.
There are also some changes to the other webs. If you already know the addresses, you’ll also know they’re not quite up-and-running yet. Check back often.
In the mean time, enjoy!