Today: 81.5 km To date: 2,121 km To go: 5,679 km Started the day with a healthy, hearty breakfast of oatmeal and followed that up with donuts and pastries at the local bakery! Oh well, good intentions of not being… Read More ›
Cycling
Regina – Fort Qu’Appelle
Today: 71km To date: 2,039.5 km To go: 5,760.5 km Leaving Regina along the Trans Canada was not pretty. The smog seemed to be thick and the road was terribly straight with traffic whizzing by – at least no complaints… Read More ›
Moose Jaw – Regina
Today: 87km To date: 1,968.5 km To go: 5,831.5 km The ride into Regina was not terribly exciting – we stuffed ourselves at a buffet and then wobbled our way through the downtown (at my insistence – a little bit… Read More ›
Chaplin – Moosejaw
Today: 88.75km To date: 1,881.5km To go: 5,918.5 km I was excited to wake up to the prospect of breakfast at same diner as last night … really there was no other choice, but I was happy. And it lived… Read More ›
Swift Current – Chaplin
Today: 92.25 km To date: 1,792.75 km To go: 6,007 km Started the day with a heaping pile of French Toast at Smitty’s….. Siggy somehow packed away a stack of 5 pancakes and a plate of sausages… Alex had waffles… Read More ›
Gull Lake – Swift Current
Today: 55.5km To date: 1,700.5km To go: 6,099.5km We started our day with breakfast at the Cedar Restaurant – but breakfast was more of a chicken burger and BLT kind of affair. A very friendly gentleman came over to… Read More ›
Maple Creek – Gull Lake
Today: 84km To date: 1,645km To go: 6,155km “What’s the difference between a Canada Savings Bond and a man” …. “The bond will mature” Morning humour from an old man named Jim at the convenience store/breakfast place in Maple Creek…. Read More ›
Elk Water – Maple Creek
Today: 112km To date: 1,561km To go: 6,239 km Everyday for the last hmmm 4 days (?) I have bee complaining about heat – and today taught me I hadn’t seen anything yet. It reached at least 36 degrees –… Read More ›
Medicine Hat – Elk Water
Today: 72km To date: 1,449km To go: 6,351km You know it’s going to be a good day when you wake up, eat breakfast, promptly forget you have eaten breakfast and stop for a second breakfast. We stopped at the PetroCanada… Read More ›
Redcliff – Medicine Hat
Today: 33km (this includes sightseeing detour) To date: 1,377km To go: 6,423km After the intense heat and a fairly long day yesterday, we decided today was going to be a short rest day – just a quick 10km jaunt into… Read More ›
Just Ambling 