The Nomads

Temp: 18 degrees C

Sunny and Cool \

An early start today in cool weather, we had all our layers and leathers on.

Denis has decided to “bee-line it” for home with concerns about medical benefit eligibility after being out of province for more than his “allotted time”; he has a place in Florida for the winters.

We are continuing up the #1 with the intent to camp as much as possible, which had been the original plan for most of the trip, but circumstances alter the best of plans…

And since Susie’s employer has recently let her know she will not honour the agreement they had to keep Sue on as a casual employee during her absence, there is no longer any compelling reason to rush home so our sense of time has suddenly become very elastic!

There were long stretches of road near the surf today that had very strong buffeting cross-winds that literally displaced the bike by two-three feet! I would just get the lean adjusted to counter the force when it would suddenly momentarily let up and my angle would launch me across the road into the near lane just as another gust would push me back over to where I had previously been without my doing any correction whatsoever. What a nerve wracking experience! Susie wasn’t saying anything in back but she was muckled on to me like there was no tomorrow! (and Susie not saying anything is…. Well, if you know Susie….!)

We pulled into another state park (Humbug Mountain) at supper time for the night, with an early picnic supper consisting of a loaf of crusty sourdough bread, a nice chunk of Jarlsberg, and a delicious California Gewürztraminer!

I have never been much of a fan of the California wines(the new kid on the block, don’tcha know), but this wine is wonderful, in a sweet, full bodied, aromatic sort of way that makes it a perfect wine for cheeses, spicy food, or just sipping cold.

If you get a chance to see it pick some up, you won’t regret it!...vintage 2006..Fetzer Vineyards…Valley Oaks Gewürztraminer…Wonderful! Easily as good as some of the best I’ve had from Europe.

Kilometres - Daytrip: 219 km total: 23,174

Gas: $19.23 Tolls: $0

Lodging: Humbug Mtn. State Park $ 14

# posted by Richard and Susie @ 12:33 PM