Friday, July 11, 2008 - Day 1

Today has been a VERY interesting day. We were supposed to get up at 7:00 am to be out the door by 7:30 am. I however woke up at 4:00 am and couldn't get back to sleep. We were out the door by 7:30 but after getting organized and gas, we weren't out of town until 8:00 am. I had all my luggage packed in the car and Kimmy was riding on the back with me. The weather was nice and sunny if not a bit cold in the morning.


Trouble started at summit lake (less than an hour out of town). We had half an hour of construction which included at least 10 km of gravel. Gravel is bad enough by yourself, but with a passenger going 30 km/h (or slower) it is even worse.


First gas stop was windy point. (It was supposed to be McLeod Lack but they didn't have gas & windy point was only another 15 km down the road.) So I get off my bike and take off my helmet and it falls apart. One of the plastic bolts holding the jaw piece of my helmet had come loose.

So I sent Ryan searching for a screwdriver in the trunk of the car. Once I had the tools I needed, I realized it was worse than just a loose bolt. It was stripped and would only barely grab. I attached it the best I could and got ready to go. In the meantime Ryan cleaned up the trunk and closed the keys inside with the doors locked. We were lucky and I was able to fish them out through the seam of the trunk. So on we went again.

The road from Windy Point to Chetwynd was really really great. Tight and twisty makes for a bad car road but a really great motorcycle road. In

In Chetwynd I realized the bolt of my helmet was completely gone and I would have to buy a new helmet all together. Unfortunately there aren't any motorcycle shops in Chetwynd or Dawson Creek. There was one in Fairview however. There was an issue about timing, but I managed to get there on time. Ryan and Kim and Dan went to the rehearsal while I brought all our stuff up to the hotel room.

When I got up to the room, I realized that it was not what we had reserved. I went downstairs to see what I could do. It ended up a VERY bad situation and nothing was resolved. So we are in a more expensive, less ideal room, but such is life. I decided not to let it ruin my night.

Ryan picked me up after the rehearsal and we went out to the Bosma farm for the rehearsal dinner. We had a really great time there. So we came home and now I'm sitting writing this journal entry. I thought that this is where I was going to end it, but one more event just occurred that I think is worth mentioning.

I'm not exactly sure what happened, because I was writing, but somehow Naomi locked us out of the bedroom. She dealt with it though and things are all good again. Kind of a fitting end to a crazy day.

Start: 35,590 km - End: 36,158 km - Total Distance: 568 km