Day 20 - Kind of boring day...until I got to Beaver Lodge

So here it is 20 days of riding and I am sick of it!  I need a break from the riding.  But I got on Red Velvet at 7:30 AM this morning and got the heck out of my gross hotel.  As a rule shag carpet from the 70s and bathroom towels that a dark brown should be a high alert to avoid, but I was stuck because of the wreck on the mountain last night.  We pointed ourselves towards Edmonton because I have never been there and it was due east.  It was nice and foggy going up the mountain this morning and a crisp 57F.

Once I got to Dawson Creek, I had breakfast at McDonalds....I know, but it was handy.  Then I hit Walmart next door, and bought Fixaflat (dang slow leak on front tire is getting worse) and a new headlight bulb for Red Velvet (a casualty from our trip to Arctic Circle).  I got all that taken care of and got back on the road.  This mornings music was Pantera, Metallica and Foo Fighters.  It does not get much better than that.  

I cruised through Beaver Lodge and there it was.

The biggest beaver I had seen in a long time.  It dwarfed Red Velvet.  This jogged a good memory from work.  Some know this story, so may not, but here it goes... Several years ago I was doing what I did each day and walk by my teams cubes and said good morning. I went by one office and to my surprise, there was a giant rodent in one associates office.  Not a real one, but it was a beaver suit and head for an adult to where.  The person who shall remain nameless, just sat there like nothing was different and said good morning to me.  This person had dressed up as a beaver for a children's party over the weekend and it needed returned after work.  This person brought it in the building because he could not safely secure it in their Jeep.  That's your clue.  It was great, and I really enjoyed going by the cube to see the beaver head sitting there.  Thinking of it makes me, happy, happy, Happy!  So ther is my beaver story.

Here is another happy picture.  I've seen all kinds of cars, trucks, etc.

Bless him, nice VW rig and he had to have it wide open and hitting 70 clicks (Canadian for going 70 kilometers).  I just noticed this but I think in my rear view, that just might be John Boice flying as my wing man in his Honda Ridgeline.

Here is a great selfie.  Wow I look good!  My visor actually looks clean.  I have mastered cleaning it as I am riding down the road.  I spray on a little cleaner and use a small cloth...and 20 minutes later, repeat.

Check this out...what is this contraption next to this bridge?

If the bridge gets washed out, this thing is used to get people from one side of the river to the other during an emergency.   Scary looking to me but I'm sure Zach would have jumped right on it.

The rest of the day was boring.  I rode through big rain storms in Edmonton and Calgary...but I put my rain gear on and stayed dry.  

I have not gotten questions about the name of this blog.  So I will wait until tomorrow to try to explain.  On the road tomorrow, I will repeat what I did today except the music will be a little more mellow.  Have a great day everyone!