DAY 35 OF THE CONTINUING AROUND-THE-BLOCK SAGA - AUGUST 4, 2008

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August 4, 2008 - Monday - Day 35
USA/MEXICO/CANADA
DOUBLE CROSS COUNTRY
& THE TRANSCANADA HIGHWAY
  -- OR BUST - SUMMER 2008
Miles Today - 2    - Total Miles -  8081 
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
(-staying at a Howard Johnson Motel-)
- A GOOD DAY OF REST AND PLANNING -

   Today was a rest day/gearing-up-day. Among other things I:

- bought some food snacks so I wouldn't have to purchase them at the more expensive gas stop places.
- bought some new motorcycle cleaner/polish because the bottle I had originally brought with me is used up.
- completely cleaned up the MacBook desktop
- completely caught up on emails
- took the Nomad over to the carwash again and gave it another wash to get the rest of the coating of  bugs off it.
- organized and reorganized the bags again - even better.
- backed up all my files, picture and word files, to another drive.
- shaved.
- went through, organized, and filed all the various receipts for the trip - food, lodging, tolls, misc.
- studied my maps and figured I could be home within ten days. The goal of riding the Transcanada Highway from one end of the continent to the other would be accomplished - although there would still be that part in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to do…. someday.  I dunno, we'll see how fast the next days go.

   Enjoyed a bunch of emails today especially the one from Richard in Havertown who said I didn't have to really worry about going too fast here in Canada. His note read,  "By the way, you weren't really going that fast - speedometers automatically recalibrate to kilometers up there. Richard"  
   I thanked him for putting me at ease about that. And I went on to tell him that if a Mountie stops me I'll just tell him about that recalibration thing….


To view photos from past days, you can check out
http://www.photostockplus.com/home.php?tmpl=45&user_id=42473&event=196141
    Some folks have reported trouble with this link, but most find that it works. Sometimes it takes two tries… Also, you can check out the past day journal entries by going to joelperlish.com, and clicking on the appropriate trip down at the bottom on the left hand corner, by going to http://www.joelperlish.com/blog/blog.html... and/or you can just email me back and I'll put you on the daily send list.  (I especially recommend days 10,12 (the sandstorm day!), 14, and 32.)





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