Shhh….. Charlie’s still sleeping.
6:30 am on a day when I could sleep in. What am I doing up? Geri and Les are early risers and I could hear them talking in the kitchen. I joined them for coffee before Geri left for work. She only works 17 hours a week as a homecare nurse. She loves her work and her clients love her and they will miss her when she retires. It’s on her radar but she keeps deferring it; she derives so much joy from it. Les and I had time to have a real good chat as he made me bacon, eggs, toast, cheese and onion for breakfast. Nice change from our daily raw oatmeal! Eventually he went out to clear trees and Charlie came down. I made him exactly the same food Les had made me.
Les returned hot and sweaty from all his hard work and said he was going to go to Brockville for a swim. Brockville!!! I had no idea we were so close. “Yes”, he said. “It’s only about half an hour away”. Brockville! That was where one of my high school friends who had been living in Toronto had recently moved to. I hadn’t seen Sheenagh since we were both 17! I messaged her on Facebook. Was she available? Yes, she was!!! She came and picked me up and we went back to her new home where she lives with her husband a Doug. Doug was 3 years ahead of us in the same high school but I don’t recognize him. Maeve, their oldest daughter was there too, helping them unpack and settle in. (I can’t believe I didn’t take any pictures!!!!!) They have 4 kids, 3 daughters and 1 son, all grown up and living independently. There was no shortage of conversation. We yapped non-stop for hours! It was amazing to see her after all these years. I hope they love their new home. The location is enviable. There’s lots to see and do in the immediate vicinity. We also passed through Merrickville, a place I’d love to have time to
explore. Alas, no time this time.
After his swim, Les picked me up to take back to his and Geri’s place.He again took the scenic route. When we got back to the house he wanted to show me the property from behind him on the ATV. So, off we went, me yelling, “Faster! Faster!” Not really….. I was saying how fast it felt after being on a bike for almost 2 months. He was super slow for me. I’m finding the same thing when on the rare occasions when I’m in a car too. It feels like we’re whipping by, but we’re only doing 60km an hour! 
During all this time Charlie had been on the computer, figuring out routes and lining up places to stay. He’s an amazing man. I love him.
Another fantastic supper, this time of barbecued London broil and potato wedges and all kinds of other tasty things. Lots and lots more conversation. Matt, 
their youngest who Charlie and I know dropped by. He had been flying clients around all day then he jumped on his motorcycle and rode to his parents place from Ottawa, visited with us, ate dinner then motorcycles back to Ottawa. What energy!
We called it a night. I was exhausted but so, so happy to have had such a enjoyable time to catch up with old friends.
Wendingourway:Across Canada by Bike 2017 
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