Thursday July 23, 2015

There was a tremendous series of thunder storms that went through the area last night. The tent held up and didn’t leak, but was wet this morning. We packed the wet tent and headed into Town for breakfast.

What a difference a day makes, the wind was behind us today, but what an incredible boring ride.

I got Ralf to take photos every time we stopped for our hourly break. This is what our day was like. Long, straight road with one bend in it!

We went through a couple of Towns which were quite nice.

Grenfell had a really nice Tourist Information Office, we were hoping to get some lunch there but decided to push on to Broadview. I chatted to the lady at the Tourist Information Office who told me that people would commute to Regina from here (about 150 kms) for work. There used to be three grocery stores, two gas service stations, car dealerships and tractor service places. Most of the young people do not want to work on the farms, so they move to Regina. She said that her and her husband were fortunate as their sons wanted to keep the farm and are living and working on the farm.

Broadview was supposed to have a campsite, which it did, but no showers. There was another campsite 2 kms down the road, again no showers. How can you call yourself a campsite when there are no showers.

We stopped long enough in Broadview to look at their museum and to have lunch. It was nice museum, with a very enthusiastic curator.

Another expensive roadside lunch at a C0-op Station.

Both of us were feeling good so we carried on to the next Town – Whitewood. As I cycled along I was thinking I could create an award for highway stops that were ridiculously expensive and call it the Highway Robbery Award. The winners would get a black mask, like the Highway Men of old.

The weather was changing again and I persuaded Ralf to check out the hotels. I negotiated a deal with the owner of the Quest Motel and got a bigger room (2 beds) for the same price as a single room (one Queen bed). Not that we need two beds, but the bigger room accommodates the bikes.

Ralf also decided to dry the tent in the room as it was raining again.