Today made for a very well-rounded day of touring. After waking up to clearer weather in my gazebo, I proceeded to go wash up in the (unused) children's waterpark area, using the jets as a makeshift shower. After drying off and having breakfast, I set off towards Paul's house. I connected with Paul on warmshowers, and he offered to put me up for the night. The ride went very smoothly with a few short breaks to wait out isolated rain showers. After zipping along and getting within five or so kilometers, disaster struck! My second flat tire. And of course right on cue the heavens open and it begins to pour. Laughing at my misfortune, I remove my panniers and he to work on changing my tube. Just as I'm finishing up, another helpful local pulls over, presumably to check on me. "Are you James?". Oh snap, it's Paul come to rescue me on intuition alone. I pile my stuff in the car and we drive the last leg to his place.
After the all-important shower and laundry, Paul cooks a delicious dinner which we eat outside looking out over the woods. He is Acadian and his english matches my french, so our conversation flows freely between the two. As we munch on a huge bowl of fresh picked wild blueberries, he tells me about his upcoming tour about PEI, and we compare gear and discuss bikes. I turn in pretty early and set up outside on the deck under cover, falling asleep to the sound of rain falling.
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