Well lets get the whining out of the way first. We woke up to rain and another East wind. After waiting for a few hours for it to stop, it was go or it would be too late to get to the Atikokan (the next town) and we really did not have enough food for another day at Mine "Centre." So of we went with the weather report saying the rain would change to showers. It did a few hours late so we sliced into a 20 km headwind (that's nine days of headwind in a row... but who's counting!) and the rain and made it here to a wonderful dinner at the White Otter Inn. That's our day but I wanted to give you a little more for your read today, there is nothing like the insightful commentary about the game in between periods (think Don Cherry!), so here you go.
You may be wondering why this blog seems to be preoccupied by the weather with the general theme being that the weather is out to get us. Well here are some of the insightful interpretations you might want to consider when reading about the whining...
1. It is out to get us (but we will overcome).
2. It is all in the hands of a higher power and there is not much to be done about it (that was the interpretation of the Mennonite woman where we stayed two nights ago).
3. It is all due to climate change (p.s. We heard that they got another 150 mm of rain last weekend in the areas of Sasketechewan we all went through where the farms already looked like outport Newfoundland when we went through a couple of weeks ago).
4. It is all due to too few inputs from the outside world (there are not many folks on the road) while biking through Northern Ontario bush and too much time to think on a bike (this landscape is beautiful though, quite a change from the Prairie... Evan and Leah ran into a bear today (not literally), Shane was attacked by a grouse, and Ginny and I saw some real cute ducklings).
5. It is a right wing conspiracy to get us (the construction workers in the cabin near our campsite last night called us "geologists" when they thought we were out of earshot- Shane says that is not a complimernt coming from a construction worker). After all anything can be suspect with a new Stephen Harper majority government.
6. There is not much else on our minds. We are doing our best to ignore the outside world... quite successfully, except for Evan's occasional forays into Mac News, and we all like the same food... our other big focus but there seems no reason to whine about it (anything tastes good at the end of a long day biking).
So take your pick... or better yet outdue the colour commentators... write in with your best theory... we are open to all possibilities.
Cheers
Alan
Distance: 88.41 km
Time on bikes: 5:45:05
Average speed: 15.3 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 3335 km
Start: 11:30 am
End: 6:15 pm
Wind: east (light-strong head)
Conditions: rain
You may be wondering why this blog seems to be preoccupied by the weather with the general theme being that the weather is out to get us. Well here are some of the insightful interpretations you might want to consider when reading about the whining...
1. It is out to get us (but we will overcome).
2. It is all in the hands of a higher power and there is not much to be done about it (that was the interpretation of the Mennonite woman where we stayed two nights ago).
3. It is all due to climate change (p.s. We heard that they got another 150 mm of rain last weekend in the areas of Sasketechewan we all went through where the farms already looked like outport Newfoundland when we went through a couple of weeks ago).
4. It is all due to too few inputs from the outside world (there are not many folks on the road) while biking through Northern Ontario bush and too much time to think on a bike (this landscape is beautiful though, quite a change from the Prairie... Evan and Leah ran into a bear today (not literally), Shane was attacked by a grouse, and Ginny and I saw some real cute ducklings).
5. It is a right wing conspiracy to get us (the construction workers in the cabin near our campsite last night called us "geologists" when they thought we were out of earshot- Shane says that is not a complimernt coming from a construction worker). After all anything can be suspect with a new Stephen Harper majority government.
6. There is not much else on our minds. We are doing our best to ignore the outside world... quite successfully, except for Evan's occasional forays into Mac News, and we all like the same food... our other big focus but there seems no reason to whine about it (anything tastes good at the end of a long day biking).
So take your pick... or better yet outdue the colour commentators... write in with your best theory... we are open to all possibilities.
Cheers
Alan
Distance: 88.41 km
Time on bikes: 5:45:05
Average speed: 15.3 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 3335 km
Start: 11:30 am
End: 6:15 pm
Wind: east (light-strong head)
Conditions: rain
Location:Atikokan, Ontario
7) Somebody up there got it mixed up - they were supposed to send rain here and sunshine there.
ReplyDeleteIn response to an earnest petition helped along by some intense rain thoughts, (and there might have been some dancing involved...)it has finally drizzled here this morning so we may hope the situation will be rectified soon.