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Rest Day #1 !!!
Well, yes, after a lot of debating with highwaycat, we finally agreed to take a rest day. I suppose that I'm OK with this decision, after all, we have 1057 km logged during the 9 days pedalling. If the weather hadn't forced campground closures and all went according to plan, we would be in Banff or East of said town. Oh well, what's done is done. Besides, yesterday's Evil Headwind from Hell was fresh in my brain.
Raining and a bit chilly in Golden today. Don't care.
I took some time to walk around the town and see what's up. Not a whole lot, but at least I got to use some different muscles for a change. I checked out Golden Municipal Campground- Camp - This was where I had planned on staying originally before pulling out the "Get outta hell whimp card". It is situated along the Kickinghorse River and in a semi-residential area across fom a rec. facility. What I found interesting, was that they had a bike rental setup with a vending kiosk that allows payment and retrieval of a funky bike. There were around 6 bikes available. Very progressive Golden !
I had my second encounter with wildlife as I left the campground. It was all black except that the end of the tail was white. It came towards me from behind a bush at blinding speed. I mighty hunter indeed ! This beast was about the size of a house cat. That's what it was, a house cat. Noisy little fuzz and super friendly. We chatted for a minute or two, then we both went on our seperate paths.
Meoooowwww...
Today, was also a good time to clean Surly Shirley, as she got all muddy from the snowshed earlier.
One of Golden's fine folk
The town climber
Golden Municipal Campground, no security here
Bike rental system
Local wildlife
Travelodge
Surly Shirley gets all sudsy
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