Yesterday while on the road I took photo after photo of the kind of hotels I’d stay at if I was on my trip.april 20 2009
Pretty great, eh? I’ve always loved these kinda places; character, uniqueness, a little weirdness…
I also want to balance it all out by staying for extended periods at every Fairmont property, during which time I’ll rest, recuperate and catch up on editing.
Isn’t it weird how driving really takes it out of you? Like, technically you’re just sitting there… I don’t want to have to do that often on my trip. I think I’ll plan around 4 hours/day driving; that seems reasonable.
And I did it all with the engine light on; don’t tell my warranty company.
Studio fact – it’s…. American. See how the spedometer is in miles OH WAIT. That’s 886 MILES I drove.. kay hang on… I’m converting…
Correction: I drove 1426km in four days.
april 19 2009
There’s my team member on the left, holding up his winning cheque ($20) and enjoying being the 2nd best in Ontario. I like how his arms are the straightest of the three. Congratulations, fellas!
Today’s race was 54km, 1.5 hours and had an average speed of 37km/h. See the results here. It was held at the Calabogie Motorsports Racetrack and that place is nice. Smoothest road I’ve ever walked on. I am dying to come back and film “Exploring Evasive Driving”.
There were more members of my team here today than last week and so there was more strategy involved. I thought everyone just pedaled for themselves as fast as possible but no.
A team works together, sometimes drafting each other (one goes in front, others tuck in behind and enjoy a 30% reduction in power needed to pedal; woah eh?) and then during the sprint to the finish they get together and block off other racers so their member can win.
I got some great footage today but can’t decide if I should combine the two races into one episode or not. And of course something went awry with my microphone so there’s no audio for some of it. Of course.
april 19 2009
Oh snap. She’s not following everyone, you know. Probably she saw me at the concert.
