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 camping places up ahead.
We continued to cycle on the beautiful shoulder along Hwy 1, the Trans-Canada Highway. It was really nice to not have to worry about what road to take or constantly check our rear view mirrors for traffic. We stopped in the town of Wapella for a quick break. It took us a while to find the “downtown”, but we eventually found it along side the train tracks (of course!). The downtown was very desolate (perhaps because it was a Saturday). There was an old hotel building as well that was boarded up. It was hard to imagine how lively the area must have been when the train was the main method of transportation.
We continued on the highway with the southerly wind that gave us a good partial tail wind. We initially planned to stay at the campground in the town of Whitewood, but decided to go the extra 50 km to Grenfell as we knew bad weather was on its way and we were making good progress.
When we arrived in Grenfell it was around 7PM, thanks to the one hour gain (since Saskatchewan doesn’t participate in day light savings). Since it was a Saturday night everything was pretty much closed in town. We went straight to the municipal campground which was completely empty (a couple people on a pickup truck RV showed up later). We quickly made one of our backup dried food meals and called it a day as we were quite tired from our record 170km ride!
Trip Around The World 
Congratulations on your record day!
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