Accidentally...

UPDATE:
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Turns out I really only biked 32km. Duane figured out the mapping thing properly, and according to what he figured out I'd actually mapped that I rode home, then turned around and got back on the highway and rode all the way to Morrissey again, which is where my trip apparently ended. Which I SO didn't. 32km certainly doesn't seem quite as impressive, but it's still FAR more than was intended, so I say good for me.
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So tonight's nice, easy bike ride out to Cokato turned into a grueling 40-something kilometer long-distance endurance ride. Oops.

The intent was to go do something simple since I haven't been on my bike since the incident last week. It also happened to be really nice out and I wanted to do something outside.
Once I got as far as my employer's house I planned to turn around...then I thought, "hey, it's really not that much further to Morrissey Road...maybe I'll just quickly do that instead of turning around." Quickly my @(#$)*!! There was nothing quick, or enjoyable for that matter, about it. It quickly turned into "come on, Karyn, it's just up the hill and around the next corner..." Right. It never was. Clearly I haven't driven out that way often enough to have anything in my memory bank about it. Anyway, being the stubborn soul I am, I pushed myself to keep going...and going...and going. And going.
It took me just over 2 hours, but I'm home, alive, and rather sweaty :) I will also forever regret not putting on my biking shorts. My girlie parts will also never let me forget.

Here are some pictures I took before I turned into the long-distance biking psycho.

Yes, those are shoes on the powerline...I didn't notice them until now. They're a trail marker, and they also kind of ruin this shot. Oh well.

Out on Cokato Road looking back towards town...I think those mountains are part of the Lizard Range.


I had to get the cliche Red Barn picture that almost every visitor to Fernie has taken.


It's a really cool barn. I also think every photographer who shoots weddings around here has used this for a backdrop. Duane has.

Another look back towards town. There's Mt. Fernie and the 3 Sisters.

And here's a link to the route I took (minus the random loop at the end...couldn't get rid of it).
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=1292+5+Avenue,+Fernie,+BC&daddr=1+Ave+to:10+St+to:2+Ave+to:Pine+Ave+to:Pine+Ave+to:Cokato+Rd+to:Morrissey+Rd+to:Crowsnest+Hwy%2FBC-3+E+to:Crowsnest+Hwy%2FManitou+Rd%2FBC-3+E+to:13+St+to:13+St+to:49.510066,-115.062668+to:Morrissey,+BC&hl=en&geocode=FXV68wIdOVkk-SnNLiCdjGtlUzH0Wus8BJW_5A%3BFQJv8wIdBWUk-Q%3BFVhr8wIdmlwk-Q%3BFXBl8wIdylYk-Q%3BFY5U8wId2k0k-Q%3BFTlF8wIdL0Qk-Q%3BFRoi8wId-jck-Q%3BFWyl8QIddeQk-Q%3BFTcS8gIdOJsk-Q%3BFWtF8wIdiAIk-Q%3BFbd68wIdLVkk-Q%3BFah68wIdUlkk-Q%3B%3BFc2r8QId_gUl-Sk3WdmO3XJlUzGAuHXiIMNOrw&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=12&sz=16&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12&sll=49.510344,-115.064664&sspn=0.007008,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=49.451164,-115.040588&spn=0.112266,0.308647&t=h&z=12

Well, that's a long and random link...whatever...too lazy and can't be bothered to change it. I really need a shower :)
Anywhooo...thought I'd let you all know I'm alive and well...but I probably won't be tomorrow.

~K~

Oh, the Pain

Well, it's Hump Day and I still haven't been to work this week. For those of you not on Facebook (MOTHER), this is the culprit.

Post shower and wound clean-up


I had a little spill while on an easy-peasy bike ride with the family on Sunday night. And, actually, it was AFTER the trail riding section and while we were playing around at the bike skills park before heading home for supper. Why I'm admitting that, I'll never know...but, so it is. How embarrassing. Should I also admit that it was on the easiest section of the park? It was the tiniest bump of a hill...like a mole hill...and I either hit it a bit indirectly and too quickly, or I just had no idea what the heck I was doing. I vote for the latter. I wish someone had videotaped it.

A few hours after the redness had died down

The unimpressive leg wounds. Shouldn't this be cooler since it's what I first fell on?

I went to the Tea House on Monday for my 9 hour shift and sucked it up. I was hurting but that job wasn't physical, and I couldn't justify not going. And, as it turns out, I wasn't nearly as sore on Monday as I was on Tuesday!!
After much waiting around with a stiff neck and majorly sore everything-else-muscles I did, finally, get a massage by the wonderful Kathy Morris. I highly recommend her! Based on my line of work, it was suggested that I avoid work for the next couple days to make sure my muscles have tamed a bit. I have far more mobility today, but there are still twinges in my neck every now and then. I hope/plan to get a massage tomorrow as well to focus more on my neck, and then go back to the hotel on Friday. Friday and Sunday will be my only shifts there this week, plus my short shift at the Tea House on Saturday afternoon.

3rd day after the fall. A nice yellowish bruise has taken up residence on my elbow.

Still hurts to wear anything that chafes on the shoulder wound...ie. most shirts.


I am very thankful for understanding and supportive employers both at the Tea House and the Best Western, who tell me to take time off to make sure I'm better! I just didn't listen to the ones at the Tea House *wink*

~K~