Wet Final Ride

I had very little sleep last night as I watched the weather reports and worked on the computer building a photo slide show for the team.

Rain, rain, thunder showers, rain...........not very good. Even if I use Marc's formula for being positive it still left me with a 0% chance of sun.

We still went on as scheduled, leaving Milbrook at 10am, pouring down rain. The only blessing is that the temperature was warm, so the rain didn't feel too bad. Not sure about the thunder and lightening in the distance though.

We had 15km's to cover and we were using highway 115 as the route. Our final ride in always ends up traveling down highway 115 to Peterborough. Police vehicles on all sides of us we cruised along the wet roads at 40km per hour. Water spraying off the bikes like they were jet ski's. Surprisingly the ride was fun and fast, despite the weather conditions.

Today we were joined by 4 guest from Shimano Canada. Greg, Ben, Stu, and Phil have been sponsoring the team since we began. If it wasn't for these guys, and the rest of the staff at Shimano, we would never have become as successful as we are. Thanks Guys !!!!!!

As we arrived at the Memorial Centre the rain was coming down so hard you could not see the bike in front of you. It was crazy. We spent a next few hours insode the Memorial Centre with our special friends and their families.

Due to safety reasons it was decided not to continue with any of the festivities at Del Crary Park. Everyone joined us at the Memorial Centre and even though it was raining, we still had a great time.

A huge thanks to John Preston and the staff of the Memorial Centre for allowing us to camp out with our crew.

John