28 June, 2008

Radium

Why they would call a town after a radioactive metal is beyond me. And the Hot Springs are not heated by radium, so what is that about?

Today was a rest day, and a very pleasant one at that. Nancy woke with a vicious migraine, one of the worst she had ever experienced. This could be explained by the trials of finding accommodations for us all in this area where it seems a large proportion of Calgary comes to party on long weekends. So this was a difficult task, accomplished in a coffee bar with too loud music that had no resonance to people of my generation.

The upshot of this is that we decided to ride to Radium and take it easy for the day. Mission accomplished, we settled into a nice room with stalactites on the ceiling, and a lovely gazebo where I could sit and work on my internet things, like this log.

Then a nice supper, and to bed early. For tomorrow we were to face another, penultimate, climb up a mountain, and wanted to get going before the Calgary traffic began.

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