Day 29 - Nipi (-t in the bud and the pain will be) gon (-e)

The troops were restless this morning when there was no sign of our support truck at breakfast time. The truck has had some problems lately, to put it mildly. First, it wouldn't go above 80 km/h, then a day later it was 60, and finally it could only crawl along at 10 km/h. After breakfast at the cafeteria, the girls picked up a new but identical truck from the rental company and moved all our stuff into it. By the time we got to Nipigon, the only evidence anything had happened was fewer dead bugs on the front of the truck.

The ride was another relatively easy one, about 110 km with a tailwind. Chris, Isabel and I made a detour to the Terry Fox monument, in a nicely maintained park off the main highway out of Thunder Bay.

I was moved by the monument, maybe because I have a better appreciation now for what he did. As I rode on, the number 3,339 stayed in my head. That is the number of miles (yes, miles) that he ran until he had to stop around where that monument stands. We're almost halfway across the country and we've only done about that many kilometers. So he was not cutting corners, that's for sure. And with all the obstacles he faced, it makes my sore butt seem pretty insignificant. I think it's a real testament to the human spirit that someone would do that for a cause. Here's a link, by the way, to the Terry Fox Foundation.

Speaking of my butt, it was hovering between 5 and 7 out of 10, with 10 being perfectly comfortable. Still room for improvement but heading in the right direction. Zincofax has found another convert, by the way, so we're up to 5 users out of 8 riders.

Today's track

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