Last Chance

This will probably be my last chance to post before we leave on Saturday. I just looked at my OneOldWrider blog and it has been nearly a year since anything has been added there. That's odd for me, probably because I haven't been doing any long rides where I compose things in my head for later. Somehow I overdid it last June and riding has not been the same since. I'm riding but heading out for hours just hasn't had the appeal that it used to. Maybe a change of scenery will help get my butt on a bike and words flowing.

I got an email from the Ride to Conquer Cancer yesterday, which I haven't done since 2009, thanking me for my help raising $175 million in the 10 years they have held the event. $20 million this year alone. My $10,000 contribution seems so small now.

We arrive in Calgary on Father's Day. I'm looking forward to some time to think under the vast prairie sky, but mostly these two...