Back from the woods

After a couple weeks out in the boonies around Mcbride I found my Canadian ways again and made it back to Jasper in time to meet up with Dik (Kona Rep). Between Dik at Kona and Wendy and Chris at Freewheel Cycle I have been set up with 3 rippin bikes for the season. Kona Kula Supreme (hardtail), Kona Hei Hei Supreme (Dualie), and a Kona King Zing (road). Thank you!!! These are bikes I only ever dreamed of.

This past week I was testing out the new machines in the cycling capital of Canada (Jasper) as the roads are free of vehicles and the trails are within a couple days of being dry. These bikes are solid! On top of it I may be scene in some new racing clothes this season, the 10 yr old jerseys I have been using are now in the vintage collection.

Next week I was to become a lumberjack as I was headed to Nanaimo for a 2 month lumberjack course but due to the low wood prices the course is postponed. Now its back to the drawing table to figure out another plan. Thinking of growing a field of marijuana and selling it as hay bails to music festivals across Canada. I figure instead of everyone smoking a little joint they should light one giant hay bail in the middle of the festival and get everyone done at the sametime. Entrapreneurship.

Return to the North

Isla Mujeres is a lost paradise. I was the flip of a coin from being stuck there forever. Beach front hostel, blue caribean ocean, white sand beaches, travelers from around the world and a 20 km paved highway looping the island for the bike. I pulled myself away from the place before it was too late and on Sunday morning I found myself driving through Canmore in a snowstorm. I figured I had heldout long enough down south to have avoided such a thing but mother nature was waiting for me. So were the cops. 2 hrs after getting off the plane I found myself with a $150 speeding ticket. When the cop asked how fast I was going or what the speed limit was I came up blank. After being in the freedom of central america where virtually nobody is liable for anything they do I was brought back to Canadian reality in a hurry. I am now off to visit my Dad in the mountains to chop firewood and drive tractors until I can figure out how to function in such a proper country again.

Hippie Van

Out on my $70 rental bike for a second ride I began to cirucmnavigate the 70 km of Cozumel island. About 10 km in a old hippie van (aka volkswagon) blew by, only to have its rear left wheel fall off about 100 ft past me. Watching the van skid along the highway on 3 wheels was pretty amusing but even better was watching the free wheel roll down the highway for 300 metres and into the other lane causing a old pickup to nearly swerve off the highway. As I rode past the hippie van now resting along the highway I pointed out to the driver that he was missing a wheel, he gave me the middle finger. The rest of the ride around the island was spent trying to draft off random tourists on there rented scooters. Done with Cozumel I headed back to Cancun for another night of spring break and then the next day headed to the Island of Mujeres to relax for the day. Last nights bonfire party on the beach was a much nicer pace then the out of control chaos back on the mainland. Tommorow may be the final day in paradise so I am soaking in whatever heat I can to take back with me to the frigid north.