I have some really cool friends. I spent last night catching up with Mikki and Sarah. Sitting in the basement work-room of Sarahs house as they cut out Hemp for making into festival bags and adding salt for the dye. Artsy creative stuff done by modern hippies while having great conversations. I've been invited to do the festival circuit with them if I ever have the time and am on the same continent. I can see myself going from FolkFest to FringeFest to South Country Fair (etc), and selling hemp while meeting the folkies and pretending its 1967. Both are still really active politically and working hard for the environment. I'm going to try to set up some sort of system where I can ship them large quantities of Hemp fabric from China. We have to try it, to see if it's cost effective at least. In the last two days I've been to Waterton National Park (one of the most beautiful places in the Rockies) and Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. Yum! Pemmican and Bannok! I've been doing odds and ends trying to make sure that the piddly little things wrong with the bike don't turn into big things. (a never ending battle, as with any older vehicle.)I had some problems with the gas line, but it seems to be fixed now. There is a tapping noise when its cold that worries me...any ideas Clay or Chelsea?(68$ an hour labor cost, I knew I was in the wrong profession! definitely going to invest in a mechanics course when I get back.) Plans have had to change a little, I'm heading into the States a little sooner than I thought, and coming home at least a week before I leave so I can spend some time with Kat. We haven't had any time together at all really, due to travel sheduling.I'm still going to try to see Jake and Fern, but it all depends on how the road treats me and the bike. Trying to explain who my new friends are to my old friends has really made me appreciate the unique qualities of both sets...I'm pretty lucky.