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June 13 - Goodbye Mountains |
 - Saturday, June 13th, 2009 - Today's Trip: 187km Total Trip: 1232km This morning I left sunny Calgary, AB at 8am and I tried to find a bike route to get me through the dangerous Calgarian city traffic without fainting. However after noticing there was very little traffic I realized it was Saturday. So I dashed through downtown up Centre Street and turned right to go up the #1HWY East. To my surprise I was out of the city within 45 minutes! As I left the outskirts of Calgary I could still see the mountains in my bicycle mirror. I was now entering the prairies and getting closer to home. My biking seems to be easier now that my legs are stronger, however I now have long stretches of empty road ahead of me. I missed the mountain scenery as it made my day go by faster. I saw on my trip today birds and gophers. I waved at a couple of cows and they waved back. I smelt cattle for the length of my trip, and saw newborn foals running in the field. The occasional Alpaca's nodded their heads at me. |
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June 14 - I Dream of Slurpees |
 - Sunday, June 14th, 2009 - Today's Trip: 108km Total Trip: 1340km Since I worked so hard yesterday and had 48 less kilometres to cover today I slept in until 8am. I left sunny Brooks at exactly 9am. I went the wrong way for a bit so I had to turn back but soon I found my way. The temperature was 30 degrees and the wind was hot and blowing right into my face. It felt like a sauna. I was grateful my co-pilots convinced me to do the extra kilometres yesterday because it tires me faster to bike in the heat. |
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 - Monday, June 15th, 2009 -
Today's Trip: 146km
Total Trip: 1486km Left Medicine Hat at 7:50AM and made it to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border by 11:30AM. We stopped for a moment at Walsh, AB, then took some pics at the border. There was lots of roadkill this time: gophers, raccoons, badgers, deer. Traffic was steady with a paved shoulder most of the way. |
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June 16 - Heavy Headwinds |
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 - Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 -
Today's Trip: 124km
Total Trip: 1610km We got away earlier this morning, thanks to Suzi; left around 7AM. It was cooler to ride, but by 9AM it was already hot. We were in Gull Lake, SK for about an hour or so, where Suzi and I stopped for a pee break. There was a tonne of roadkill today, primarily gophers. We had to dodge them continuously. In the mean time, Dan and Jenn disassembled the tent and picked up my water and ice then caught up to us around 9:15AM. |
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 - Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 - Today's Trip: 127km Total Trip: 1737km Got up at 6Am this morning, and I was pleased the car started. Not too sure what was wrong with it, but perhaps, like my own body, it was just too tired to go on. The car worked fine today. Let's cross our fingers! Suzi, from England, was sharing a camp site with us. She left about 10 minutes before me. I departed the camp site at 6:55AM and it was getting warm already. |
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June 18 - Fastest Ride EVER |
 - Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - Today's Trip: 71km Total Trip: 1808km We all slept in a wee bit today. It being a shorter trip today, I was anticipating a quick commute to Regina, SK. I had a coffee with Suzi at the local Tim Horton's this morning. Said good bye to her and wished her well on her journey. She is spending an extra day in Moose Jaw today to do some sightseeing, though from what I gather it has been raining for most of the day. I actually left Moose Jaw at 8:30AM. I thought I would have had a West wind, though it turned out to be a North wind which slowed my cycling to 20 km/hr. The traffic was heavier today; there seemed to be more sleeping deer on the side of the road. |
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