I had changed the front yesterday but foolishly never checked the inside of the tire for any objects that may have punctured through. Sure enough I found a small bit of metal, identical to a staple, sticking up inside the tire. It had punctured the original and the new tube, so check your tires when you get a flat! The holes were easily patched and I was able to remove two identical metal bits from the back tire as well, all the time answering questions and talking with curious passerby's at the gas station. Maybe my native name could be "Many Flats".
With everything operational again I headed off down the TCH but today it was mostly wind in my face and hills for some time. I guess it was a good thing I stopped last night where I did. I came upon Calgary after a lot of vast farmlands that looked shockingly similar to the windows xp desktop picture. The TCH in Calgary was too hectic and offered no separated riding lane so I got onto the bike paths that follow the river through town and headed southeast until a closed section forced me back onto the streets.
From here I sort of just plinkoed my way southeast on streets and bike paths until I was out of the city. I really didn't want to be stuck looking for a camping spot in a busy city again so I took Glenmore Trail east away from town and cut up on a wicked little bike path that followed a canal just past 84th street, struggling to keep up with a hot rollerblading girl going impressively fast. This took me all the way up into Chestermere where I searched around the suburbs for a camp spot and settled with a quiet corner in the field of a grade school. Hurrah for summer break.