Ride on, Highway Cat !!: "Cheers Jack and Shirley!"

DAY 11, Sept. 5, 2015
15 km of city riding. Whitehorse YU

Well, with my bike trip done early (I gave myself a ton of time in case of issues) We find ourselves with a few days of hanging out in Whitehorse before our silver bird takes us south. So, we shall try to irritate the locals as much as possible before our return to the real home base. HWC likes this.
We started the day with a fine breakfast at a neat little place down the street. Unfortunately the waitress turned her attention to a different table leaving me and Hwc. floating in the void between space and time. We left a 3 cent tip with a note explaining why. Oh well, anyway the day ahead was all about visiting local points of interest which was somewhat exciting.
The weather was pretty good, so we rode up Whitehorse's mountain bike hot spot. Along the way up we stopped at the Cemetery. Part of the reason for this bike trip was inspired by this very visit.
A few months ago, over a few Ales, HWC and I had a crazy idea... "Hey, we should visit my parents in Whitehorse. We'll bring Shirley along and do a tour." (Shirley is my touring bike) Jack and Shirley (my parents) "reside" in the Grey Mountain Cemetery and probably haven't had a visitor (except bears) in 7 years. It was time.
I spent a while taking weird pics and "sharing a beer" (Labatt's Blue) with a gravestone. Weird? Ya, but was also a bit freeing.
"Cheers Jack and Shirley!" I'm not sure if my Mom's spirit was present or not, but strangely enough, my bike (named after my mom) fell over twice. She was probably telling me to stop wasting my time and get a life. Ha ha. Spooky!
It started raining again. How fitting. Anyway, I headed down the hill and over to the local campground for a peek a boo. Looks cool. Next stop was my sister's old place up above the city. (I use the word "city" loosely). It was interesting to see the old neighbourhood. There were a few changes I think and it looked like the house was in full usage judging by the vehicles there.
I visited the Clan here a few times in the recent past, mostly for xmas. They are now a car or bike ride away from me. I miss those plane rides.
Spent the rest of the day wandering around aimlessly. Was good to visit these two important personal historic sites.