My stay in Regina has been well interesting. My view is wonderful. I get to see a nice by the hour hotel, the cheque cashing business, as well as the stragglers from the casino wondering down the street. The streets themselves are a conversation piece because they are brutal. The sidewalks have huge breaks in them that I almost bailed on 2 times today. As well the crosswalk signals are sporadic at the best of times because there are no buttons so it simple guesses when you are ready to cross. Which at one time today was a wait of more then a minute with no cars coming the other way.
Regina is a town that seems to have not evolved with the rest of the world. Watching the nightly newscast was the first use of shoulder pads on TV I have seen since re-runs of Ann of green gables. As well some of the fashions we saw coming out of the Marvel school of beauty were very questionable. This lack of evolving does have its pros though. The buildings here are simply stunning the use of brick, wood, and stone is something to behold. When we were doing laundry today we took a quick stroll down the street and within eyesight you were able to see a cathedral, and a brick wall that was constructed with different colours to form the face of a jazz singer.
Although we did wonder a little bit I used today primarily as a rest day. I think the combination of operation repo, a full stomach, and not putting any k’s on the bike made my leg feel about a million times better. I guess maybe because I am so used to living in a big city simple things like TV programming came as a little bit of a shock to me here. On one channel we have a little league baseball game with next to zero commentary, on another we have local advertisements, and another station is dedicated to Regina politics. They call us the MTV generation, which may be true if you live everywhere except in Regina.
When I woke up this morning I rushed downstairs to get in for the free breakfast. Let me tell you they wish I had not shown up. After 4 cinnamon buns, a bowl of cereal, 3 glasses of juice, 3 english muffins, 2 bagels, a plate of scrambled eggs, and roughly 10 strips of bacon I finally cut myself off. Needless to say I felt like relaxing for a few hours after loading up like that.
After a relaxing day we all went out for dinner at a place called beer bros. When you walk inside you are greeted by very friendly people and a setting that is strangely modern. The name of the restaurant transfer over to the food surprisingly well. I had a pulled pork sandwich that was glazed with a local beer, and the gravy that was given with my fries was laden with Guinness. All the dishes had some sort of twist, which is nice to see. It shows that the owners care about the food, and care about the 15 some beers that they carry in regular stock. As well all the serves were super knowledgeable and did not seem like robots, which was a really pleasant change. I would defiantly recommend this place to anyone even passing near Saskatchewan.
As well over dinner I gave Charles and Olivier their Westwood cycle jerseys. They were super surprised by it and were super appreciative of it. They will now always have a memory of this day and we will always look super pro riding down the road. To the guys at Westwood Cycle that made this happen I have to say thank you. Tonight was a great way to end my stay in Regina, and a great way to say goodbye to my mom for the next little while. Remember if life is worth living it is worth recording.
The swap over to my other internet stick did not work so I am stuck trying to hunt for wifi. Because of this my postings may be late but trust the fact they will be posted. Thanks. Evan
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Ev I,m amazed at the distance you've traveled !Whats being your most memorable song sofar?Dad
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