The joke's was all of us, myself included, because I was still driving back to the Fort for the big cowbell ringing, cheering, clapping, whoo-whooing, photo taking finish when you know who arrived 45 minutes earlier than he thought he would!
My Beloved done good, he done real good!
Amy and Tyler and the kids were in the vacinity when his name was announced over the loudspeaker, but they didn't see him arrive either.
Meanwhile, standing at the corner of 264th and 64th, was the cheering E8 Squad. Waiting to cheer The Diezel on as he rode uphill towards the last 10km.
Um, back in the van kids he's loooooong gooooooone!
Our daughter Amy finally caught up with her Dad and took the "official" picture.
He looks even better in this picture than he did in the one I took 160 km back!
I finally arrived and after a phone call, found them all together. I was delighted to see that our friends Vera and Earl were there, and they actually cheered him in. (That was because they didn't have an estimated ETA!)
After hugs (and tears on my part), we collected our Man of the Hour and headed back to our house for a little celebration.
You worked mighty hard for that beautiful medal!
After watching the Tour deFrance, I noticed that they often had banners over the road, which gave me the idea to make this to cheer on our riding Hero. Love that construction paper! Everyone added a greeting.
The champagne of Beers! Cheers, you worked hard for that!
Cameron took many of these pictures, thanks Cameron!
The actual witness to The Diezel's great success!
Photographic proof of how close Cathy came to the white Bocce.
Our Gnomes took a beating today!
Another Gnome "reinactment!"
The E6 Base being set up by former Richmond High Colt Cheerleader!
All fall down go boom!
What a marvellous day.
And the results? Let's see,
98th overall
3rd out of 29 in the 60-69 age category
riding a pace of 31.8 km per hour
94th out of 333 males
all in a time of 5:02:11:4!
W o w!
You have now been renamed:
TURBO DIESEL!
Happy Monday.
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