March 10, 2019
Training Ends and It's a Torte for the Road
Training took on some importance in the lead up to this trip, since Dodie was trying to break in (strengthen) her new knees. But our ambitious plans were literally dumped on by repeated unseasonal and heavy snowfalls. In the end, the total distance was just 345 km. This leaves Dodie a little unsure about doing the normal daily distances of a tour. This is now especially critical because we have booked in for every stop.
I am confident, though, that there will be no problem. My reason is not related to cycling, but to walking. On Saturday Dodie walked 1 km in Victoria, to the Pure Vanilla Bakery. 1 km may seem like nothing, but she did this without a cane, and at normal speed. That's actually a big deal.
(Not such a big deal, unfortunately, was Pure Vanilla. There was really nothing worth a photo there, let alone any whiz bang tortes.)
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We made a further torte try on the way home, stopping at the bakery of Thrifty's grocery. Well, we got something, but in no way earth shattering. Dodie and Naijah tried their best to seem interested in these uninspired layer cake bits. We would have to admit that cheesecake is a more developed art around here than anything torte like.
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As we search out our down parkas, to get ready for our flight into Montreal, we know that in that frigid land torte hunting will at least be better. We also have a second hitherto unreported objective: Hamantashen Hunting. What is that? - well stay tuned and find out!
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