Friday July 17, 2015
Awake a little later than usual, 6:15 am, but that is o.k. as we had a relatively short ride to Swift Current. It was 4.5 degrees when we got out of the tent – 4.5 degrees where did this weather come from!! I contemplated getting my leggings out, but they were at the bottom of the bag, I didn\’t think I would need them again.
We packed the tent up and headed back to the restaurant for breakfast. It was too cold and too windy to attempt to cook at the campsite.
We started the ride at 8:45 a.m., after having a nice chat with a fella near the bank in Gull Lake. He offered to drive us to Cypress Hills, so that he could show us the area. We declined as we have two warmshowers set up for Moose Jaw and Regina and we needed to carry on.
We passed the new grain elevator, it is huge.
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We had the wind at our backs again today and climbed 254 metres.
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When we got into Swift Current there was a very large black cloud hanging over the area. I opted for a motel and we called a few near the highway for prices. We are staying at a cheap and cheerful place next to McDonalds. It started to rain about 1:30 and continued all afternoon.
Yeah we are in a motel and not in our little tent. It has good wi-fi, a fridge and a TV.
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This is what the room looks like before we move the bikes in and spread our stuff all over the place.
Is that Wellington on your new header? Great picture. I am tweeting some of your pics. Check @fellowplanner on Twitter, just google it. I give you and Ralph credit once and a while.
The new header is of Porto in Portugal.
When you get closer let us know if you can stay over at our cottage on Lake of Bays. 2889 South Portage Road. I can pick you up and drop you off at Highway 11 if you want. We are on a route south from Huntsville but it is not direct.
Bob
Thanks Bob, we have a few more kilometres to go before we get there. We should be in Manitoba by Saturday. Our planned route is to go to Manitoulin Island and then across, not sure if we are going through Algonquin Park or drop down towards Orillia and then to Peterborough. Ralf is concerned if we stop over in Barrie, it might be a permanent stop! I don’t think so, we have to go from Sydney BC to Sydney NS.