Tuesday morning we were before
10am at MEC to hopefully get the trailers. We were crossing our fingers,
and finally they were here! We unpack everything right in front of the
main door and assembled them in half an hour. Then we had to get back
home to send 43kg of gears down to Phoenix before being able to leave.
But yeah, there it started… Putting the trailer on the back of the
bike was quite…. how to say… surprising! It’s heavy!!! It’s really
heavy… How are we gonna do it. But let’s give it a try for the first
day to Canmore on a paved road.
We left Crystal & Shannon who hosted us during almost one week (thank
you so much for your hospitality and all the good time & parties we
had!) and started cycling toward Canmore on the 1A. About an hour later
we got a huge rain with thunders…
It was raining so much that someone stopped and asked if we needed a
ride somewhere ;-) Thanks but we have to go through this rain and to
Canmore on our bike. anyway, next time we won’t be on a paved road, so
no one will be asking. But Canadian are really friendly and helpful.
But after the rain and as we were getting closer to Canmore we could
enjoy the beauty of the Rockies. Nothing to say, just enjoy the
pictures…
![Rockies - Canmore #1][]
![Rockies - Canmore #2][]
The point we both agreed on by the end of the ride was WE HAVE TO GET
RID OF AS MUCH WEIGHT AS POSSIBLE! It’s just too heavy, it would be a
nightmare to climb the different passes we have on the route.
The good point was that the trailers are very stable, and we went
downhill at more than 40 mph (more than 65 km/h)!