Saturday, July 16, 2005

Day 19 – Rest Day 2
Calgary, AB (chez John and Joy Railton)

Today was a day of getting more things done – more blogging, more laundry, more shopping etc. We picked up our bikes in mid-afternoon. It turns out I had not had full use of my rear brakes, as the bracket for the rear rack had been rubbing on the brake caliper. One pad was fully worn, and the other was like new! The technician at Campione reshaped the faulty bracket so it won’t be causing that problem any more. He also redid my tape on the handlebars with a gel type, so it should be more comfortable. We walked about 20 streets of Calgary, looking for T-shirts etc., but avoiding the Stampede, as that would have meant being on our feet too much…

John and Joy arrived home from the cottage around 8:30 with Hazel, Bruce and Brendan (Albert’s sister, her husband and their grandson). After some visiting, we headed for bed, as it had been a busy day and we were all beat.