Saturday, August 27, 2011

We're motoring

Leaving Wisdom and following the Wise River, we do our longest day yet. We cover 50 miles which we think is about 80 canadianometres. The vernacular down here is a little different and we are adapting. We use words like:
Howdy
Ya all (y'all)
Mam & sir
Crick (creek)
And we have adapted to the low angled cowboy nod as a form of acknowledgement or hello. The two fingered Jesus wave is also a common adress from passing trucks.
Regardless, we travel far and quickly leaving Wisdom with a tailwind and a slight downhill. For all you eighties rockers, I had the "motoring" lyrics from the song Sister Christian (by Night Ranger) echoing through my head. For this song I thank my sisters who took me to my first concert when I was twelve (ZZ Top and Nightranger) which is a story into itself. As I have a poor memory for lyrics, "motoring" was basically all that was echoing through my mind.
The day was beautiful, the scenery amazing and the traffic minimal (as per usual on these backroads).

Andy

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