June 6th, 2017, First rest day! 0 km!

This is going to post out of order, but I wrote it and saved it as draft, so here goes anyway.

Our own bed! Who doesn’t sleep better in their own bed?! Still, the routine of the road woke us both up at around 5:30. There was lots to do. Laundry, re-evaluate the things we’d brought. Like, do I really need these clunky, heavy Keene sandals or can I get away with flip-flops?               (I made the terrible mistake of referring to my flip-flops as thongs one time when I was talking to my son. The look of pure horror on Fraser’s face was priceless. He said “Why would you tell me you wear those?” Ha ha ha. It still makes me laugh! The flip-flops won although I’m sure that at least one point along the way I will wish I brought the Keeners.

For the first time in 16 days, I got to look like a girl! (Yeah, ok, an old girl, but still, a girl!!!!) I did my hair, put some makeup on, wore a dress, even the tiniest bit of fragrance…..  it felt so good!

I wanted to see a few people too so I dropped into the office to say hello to Dr Curtis Rytz, and my work siblings, Monica, Monique, Diane, Tammy and Elizabeth, who has awesomely replaced me for the summer. It was nice to see them all. Then I went for a massage. Oh, I feel this one was well deserved! I felt so good afterwards. We had more stuff to do at home and then we met Fraser and Christie and a few of our friends for dinner at “The Winking Owl” on Bow Bottom. It was so great for them to come out and spend some time with us! I will miss Fraser and Christie and all our friends while we’re away. The good thing is that it’s so easy to keep in touch these days.

If you want a good burger, try the “Hoot” burger at the Winking Owl,  and get the sledge fries instead of the regular ones. Darn good burger!