Distance Traveled: Hull, QC to Orleans 32km
Money Spent: $600 for a new camera
Time cycling: 1 hours 30 minutes
Moving Average: 21.1 km/h
Total Distance Traveled: 2728 km
Finally after waiting for Diane (My ex) to message me all day yesterday I got a response in the early hours of the morning giving me a terrible excuse why she left me hanging (hanging – I couldn't have used a better word referring to past and present). She had a job interview at midday and so I went to meet her at the hospital where she was applying.
In all honesty it was fantastic to catch up with her but I had all the stories in the world (no pun intended) and like I do with everyone I chit chatted about my adventures and experiences, she unfortunately did not have much to say about the last couple of years but reminiscing about old times when we were together brought up fond memories (good and bad).
I couldn't stay with her long because I needed to get out of the city and make my way to Orleans where I had organized accommodation through warm-showers.
Also I had organized to meet with someone from Kijiji (another form of Craigslist.org) to purchase the DSLR camera I have been looking at and wanting for quite some time now. I got Jeff (the seller of the DSLR) to meet me in front of the parliament building to do the transaction.
Now, here I did very, very well, the camera was in absolutely perfect condition and brand new it costs $900, I got the camera for $600 with a 32GB memory card, a spare battery, all accessories and a camera bag that retails for $120 for free – that's $1200 of equipment for $600. BOOOYAA!!!!
Jeff was young and a little naïve and as such he threw in all the extras without thinking about it, I certainly was not going to complain.
It took quite some time to go through checking the camera for faults and whatnot and I didn't get out of downtown Ottawa till after 7. I cycled into the night and through some very sketchy foggy areas to get to my host through warm-showers in Orleans 30km away from downtown.
I arrived safely at 8 where I was fed a hearty dinner and given several beers. There were a few people at the house including Ben's folks, his mate that joined him cycling westward across Canada and Ben's girlfriend who could not stop asking me questions about travels and also about my hair. We stayed up late drinking, comparing routes we took across the country and shared our stories. Good times and fun people.
I now have a nice camera to take better photos.
Bad example – it may take me a while to get used to the camera
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