Wednesday July 22, 2015

Gordon had told us about a nice route to get out of Regina without having to deal with too much traffic. We passed the Legislature and the University and spotted pelicans under the bridge.

A brutal ride from Regina today. The wind was from the south east and we were heading east. It shouldn’t have been too bad, but we couldn’t draft each other because the wind was in the wrong direction. It was a tough slog. On Saturday it took us 6 hours 59 minutes (riding time) to cycle 176 kms, today it took us 4:51 to ride 82.5 kms today. Two hours less riding time and we cycled half the distance. It was a boring ride as well. Long, straight, flat road!

We arrived in Indian Head around 1:00pm. The fella in the Visitor Information booth seemed bored and I felt as if I had interrupted him reading a good book. While I was trying to extract information from the fella, Ralf was outside chatting to another touring cyclists. He is from Quebec (Montreal) and is heading home. He planned on going another 100 kms today.

We went into the downtown of Indian Head for lunch. Indian Head is where the TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie was filmed. I didn’t recognize any of the store fronts from the series. The only thing that I did recognize was the band stand in the park.

After lunch and a very nice chat with a couple in the café, we headed out to the campground. We are paying $34.00 for a bit of grass, no power or water. The shower was free and free wi-fi, which doesn’t reach to our pitch.  We were the farthest away from everything.  Sometimes, we feel as if we are getting ripped off.

It started to rain as we were getting dinner ready. We went under an awning on another camp-site – the owners weren’t there. The owner of the campsite came around on her golf cart and told us off. I was going to tell her that we have paid $34.00 for a bit of grass but I smiled and apologized and we came back to our wet picnic table and ate in the tent.