We are planning on doing some sightseeing today as we wait for our replacement tires to arrive at the local bike shop. The weather looks to be improving and it has stopped raining and the sun is trying to come out. It was really nice to be indoors last night (and today) since it was... Continue Reading →
Day 76 – Indian Head to Regina
It was a cold cloudy morning again (around 10 degrees). It seemed like it hadn't rained over night but the outside of our tent still hadn't dried from the rain the day before. The outside cover was also quite wet on the inside from condensation because of the cold night. The weather forecast was calling... Continue Reading →
Day 75 – Grenfell to Indian Head
We are currently at a rest stop in Wolseley. We had a very slow start to the day as we tried to recover from yesterday. We were also trying to wait out the rain, but as soon as we got going it started to rain! We have a slight tail wind again today which is... Continue Reading →
Day 74 – Virden, MB, to Grenfell, SK – New record 170km day and into Saskatchewan!
As we departed Virden we biked by new wind turbine blades that were loaded on the train which was an interesting sight. After a couple hours of biking we crossed into the Saskatchewan border. We stopped at the tourist office and had lunch. The lady at the tourist office was very nice and recommended good... Continue Reading →
Day 73 – Minnedosa to Virden
We left nice and full after a great breakfast courtesy of Dorothy and Don. As we were pumping up our tires this morning, we noticed that the yellow wear strip was showing around both back tires. We cycled out of Minnedosa and onto Highway 10 to cut over to Rapids City, despite my aunt and... Continue Reading →
Day 72 – Portage La Prairie to Minnedosa
We have arrived in Minnedosa after a long day and are staying with Katherine's relatives for the night. Our updates will be posted shortly! We ended up climbing 300m today. We thought the prairies were flat! Entry to be posted soon! Update from Katherine: We started the morning early but got held up a bit... Continue Reading →
Day 71 – Winnipeg to Portage La Prairie
We had a nice start from the comfort of our hotel room this morning. It was hard to leave but we made it out the door around 10 am. We had carefully planned our exit from Winnipeg, trying to make it less exciting than biking into Winnipeg. I had downloaded the bike routes for Winnipeg... Continue Reading →
Day 70 – Rest day in Winnipeg
We decided to take today off after our long stressful day into Winnipeg yesterday. We are staying at the Holiday Inn to recuperate after so many days and nights spent outside. Most importantly, the winds today are right now 33km/h from the west gusting to 46km/h, and later today it is supposed to change to... Continue Reading →
Day 69 – Rennie to Winnipeg
We woke up fairly early as we noted that the winds still appeared to be blowing from the SE (hence still giving us a tail wind). We turned on our walkie-talkie to get the weather forecast, and learned that the winds were supposed to change from SE to S, and then to westerly winds by... Continue Reading →
Day 68 – Rushing River, Ontario, to Rennie, Manitoba
We were up early today in Rushing River as we wanted to try and beat the traffic on Highway 17 this morning. We headed out towards Kenora with a lovely light tailwind and what turned out to be a gorgeous shoulder on Highway 17. Kenora has a bypass highway (17A) so very few trucks followed... Continue Reading →
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