From Yellowstone it was north through beautiful Montana and on to Calgary – which is where my problems started. I rolled into my host’s driveway – having never met in person, just on the internet – barely able to stop myself throwing up inside my helmet. That would have been a nice how-do-you-do! I kept it contained but was not a very good guest… went to bed with some ibuprofen and vomited a few times during the night.
Next day I felt somewhat better so continued to Banff, where I had another night with bad kidney pain – no puking this time though. The next day I went to the ER pain. Turns out I have kidney stones, bloody painful. In the 2 days since then I’ve only been able to make 200 miles before the ibuprofen stops working… taking more doesn’t help. I have stronger drugs but can’t ride when on them. My insurance won’t cover treatment here (only ER) so have to get back to the US for that. Should be there tomorrow. I’ll head to Seattle where I have somewhere to stay, and find a hospital to fix me up.
But first… I couldn’t get to Banff and then NOT ride the Icefields Parkway, so continued north to Jasper…