The highlight of our ride today was the world's largest truck, in Sparwood. Built for hauling coal, it stands 56 ft. tall when the truck bed is lifted. Fully loaded it would hold 6,000,000 golf balls. Why would anyone want to load it with golf balls?
We rode only 42 miles today, all on the main highway. Mostly it was very pleasant with terrific scenery, but there was a section with monstrous rumble strips and pretty poor pavement on the shoulders. We'd been warned not to try to cross the rumble strips. They are so deep that they simulate the railroad track effect -- deep groove + bike wheel = rider on pavement.
We've been seeing lots of loaded bikers heading east. We must be on a major Trans-Canada route.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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