Day 24

Saturday, July 19th
Rest day in Regina
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Had a pretty busy “rest” day today.  We probably walked 20km.

I let myself sleep in really late.  Didn't wake up until 7:10am.  Can you believe that.  Saturday morning.  Rest day.  I can sleep as much as I like, and I'm up just after 7am.  The 5am starts all week have really thrown my internal clock out of whack.

Did a bunch of laundry in the morning, and then went to Perkins for breakfast with Paul, Rick and Rosalyn.

Next, we picked up some “Bag Balm”, which is used to treat saddle sores.  We bought it from a farmer's co-op.  It is actually used to treat sore cow udders.  (How did you think it got its name?). Shania Twain apparently uses the stuff on her face, so I'm expecting big things.

After that, we walked around downtown Regina for a bit.  There is a large, man-made lake that is very nice.  Some areas of the lake were still under construction, and I got a kick out of the construction company's slogan, which appeared on several signs.  Somhow “Building Value” seemed out of place for what was clearly a make-work project.  A local even boasted that the side of the lake had the longest bridge over the smallest body of water in the world.  It might be true.  There is a big long bridge that crosses a trickle of water that I could probably jump across.

We had lunch at a local pub, and then had some of our digital photos of Colin printed to send to his parents.  On that note, apparently the Ontario courts had a moment of silence for Colin a few days ago.  Did anyone hear anything about this?  Colin had worked for the Ontario attourney general's office (or something like that) for about 9 years.  I think that his dad might also be a judge.

After that, we met up with the rest of our group for dinner at Eastside Mario's, and packed up everything for tomorrow's ride.
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Daniel Longo
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