Fifth Last Weekend

Oops, I was wrong last week. Just because I teach English doesn't mean I can count.

You might remember when I arrived here last year that I was kind of excited about having bought a bike. Then you might have wondered why I never wrote anything about the said bike. Well, I was waiting for the perfect day to take it out for a ride. That day came about a month ago and when I went to pump the tires the valve-stem fell out and I couldn't pump them up. Last weekend Tom and I decided that we were going bike riding this weekend, he would borrow Lorne's bike and I would get mine fixed. The week passed by and my bike sat down stairs, collecting more dust and I didn't take it to get it fixed. Yesterday Tom showed up, looked at my bike, pushed the valve-stem back in, and pumped the tires. Turns out the stem is supposed to come out, some weird Korean style tires. Anyhow we collected Lorne's bike and we were off! It was a beautiful day out and I don't know how far we went but we were all over town, riding down by the river on the trails and throughout the city. I even got a bit sun burnt on my shoulders! It is kind of funny riding through the cities because bikes are expected to go on the sidewalks, along with scooters and the occasional car. Pedestrians rank last on the totem pole of sidewalks, so anytime we came across a lowly walker we dang our bells for them to move. I've been contemplating a scooter for next year because it would make getting around a lot easier, not to mention how fun it would be, but I was pretty hesitant just being a biker on the sidewalk I don't know if I should be trusted with anything motor operated.

Then later in the day we had a barbeque on Tom's deck and it was fantastic! We had picked up salmon a few weeks ago at Costco and it tasted just like salmon from home (which is another item I can cross off my food list for what I can't wait to eat when I get home). It was delicious! Ended up at Brickhouse for a Red Cross fundraiser and it was kind of boring for the better part of the night until about 1:30 when everybody just seemed out of control and it was pretty amusing.

Not sure what I am up to today, have completely wasted the morning but would like to get outside and catch some more sun, maybe another bike ride even. Might as well get two rides out of it before it is time to pack up and head home....