Monday was supposed to be an easy ride home...leaving Vancouver early in the morning and enjoying the beautiful weather and sights while crossing the mountains. This plan worked for about 100km....Then the left rear tire expired!
Then I tried to find the spare tire and the car jack...then I had to phone Crowfoot Toyota to get the phone number for road side assistance...then I tried to explain to the nice lady from roadside assistance where I was and what I needed...then I had enough:I read the manual, put on the stupid spare/half tire and drove into Hope.Unfortunately nobody there had a tire the size I needed. They recommended to drive back to Chilliwack or Vancouver....But you know me: going backwards is not an option!! So forward to Kamloops it was! At 80km/h..that is all the spare tire would allow. The 4th store in Kamloops had my tire, but no time to put it on the rim right away....Patience is a virtue which I don't possess, so I grabbed my tire and drove off. In tiny little Chase a young native guy did exactly what I wanted and after a 10 minute pit stop at his tire shop, I could finally make up some time and sped into Calgary where a delicious "adventure" dinner (the cook had never done a curry dish before..) was waiting for me.
All good now! Today I even had the chance to take the bike out for a bit and I met my skeletonians at the track here at COP.
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