Well the weekend went well... However I haven't been that cold that consistently for a long time! On Friday when I left after posting my last Blog I had high hopes that the weather would stay nice, well those hopes were dashed within the first 10 minutes out of Lethbridge when it began raining. That combined with a temperature of about 10 degrees meant that by the time I had gotten to Vulcan I couldn't really feel much of anything that wasn't in my helmet. But after buying a pair of bright neoprene gloves to keep the rain and wind off my hands I managed to make it the next hour into Calgary. Where I found the house I was going to locked, after a few phone calls I managed to find a friend who was home and got the chance to go warm up in a shower, and theres not much that feels better than getting into a warm shower after a long cold ride.
The next day however (you can see to the right it was still cold as Pamela and my motorcycles are smoking) was great as we got the opportunity to go and do the Turn on the Tap ride. We arrived at Samaritan's Purse at 8:15 a.m. and joined about 48 other motorcyclists from all ages, styles of motorbikes, and areas.
After a quick run down of the route and some safety tips we were then escorted through Calgary by the Police who shut down a few roads and cleared up deerfoot for us which I unfortunately don't have any pictures of. We had three stops along the way, two churches and a gas station about halfway along the kananaskis trail. It was a beautiful ride, despite rain, snow, and hail. But all told we managed to raise about 40,000 dollars for the bio-sand filters to be sent overseas, so it was very exciting and very successful, even if the weather was a little inclement.
Nothing else to new to report, I'm really sick now after being out in the cold so much, sore throat, fever all that. I have class in 55 minutes and I'm wishing that university was like a job where you could call in sick! But I've got all my assignments done and maybe getting out and about will help me feel better. I've got one last photo for you it's of my Pamela when we were halfway through Kananaskis country, just after we saw the snow on the side of the road!! Blessings ya'll! dREW~
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