Brenda crashed! Several times. Of course it was flying a simulator, thank goodness. She couldn't seem to get the hang of the thing. In fairness, to me the program was slow to respond.
We had wandered over to the aviation hangar, appropriately being "buzzed" constantly by mosquitoes enroute, and not the De Havilland type!
RAM has a fine selection of vintage aircraft including a Hawker Hurricane, a SeeBee, and a pilotless drone. If you have time, you can enjoy a barnstorming 'flip' in a 30's era Waco biplane.
Among other attractions is an amazing photo gallery featuring the greats of Canadian aviation. The Barker's, the Bishop's, the McCuddens... they're all there. I'm almost as large an aircraft enthusiast as a biking one. Too bad I get airsick flying a paper airplane...
We headed out after they closed off the flying simulator, maybe there were no planes left after Brn was done, I don't know.
The weather turned from bright sunshine and mid 30 temps, to strong gusty winds, thunderclouds, and intermittant sprinkles, as we passed south of Red Deer.
Leaving Innisfail still on 2A, it was relatively cool compared to the last 48 hrs.
By the time we were on the outskirts of Cowtown (That'd be Calgary) we'd lost about 15-18 degrees C. This is after all, the West where the Rockies greatly affect the weather.
Our butts were plenty sore, the Triumph Thunderbird 900 is a pretty good all around motorcycle, able to "cruise" Saturday nights to the Globe, carve a decent corner on the Kananaski's, or carry 6 bags of groceries with the addition of the Givi trunk... but it ain't no Gold Wing when it came to carrying capacity and gobbling the miles.
Still for Brenda's first ever real motorcycle ride, we all done good.
Now... if I can find the time to get out to Golden to see Yamaha enthusiast; Danno the Manno, and Kamloops for a ride and visit with Unca Ronnie, who by the way is selling some premo interesting bikes including his CBX... my season, short as it has been, will be (nearly) complete.
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