Distance: 103 km
Time: 4:15
Elevation gained: 129 m
Weather: Sunny, little wind in am, after lunch huge headwinds and thunderstorm
Flats: 0 Total 7
Shower Rating: 5
We started the day in beautiful sunny weather, comfortable temps and rode a flat, quick route till the lunch break. Today was a multi-bottle day as the temperature rose throughout.
Mike spotted a coyote today doing normal coyote things so no scare this time. We met two riders at the lunch spot - one from Estonia and the other from France who met in Moose Jaw and decided to ride together after that. The Estonian started in Cambodia 7 months ago and left us feeling pretty incompetent in comparison.
After lunch, as usual, the winds picked up and we were battling gusts for about 1.5 hours until the lightening appeared. Dave and I were fortunate that we were near a Quonset hut that was being constructed and insulated (Murray Banting would be jealous of!). We beetled over there and met Bob, a very nice gentleman who was building this as a cottage on his mother's property. Bob informed us that this narrow stretch of land was called Red Jacket during the railroad heyday with the sole occupant at this point a bachelor and Bob's Quonset. Bob joked that his wife was the mayor, the bachelor was the sherif, and Bob was the maintenance Director 😊. At this point Mike came along and we chatted until the rain slowed enough to continue.
The wind had really died down and we made great time for the last 12 km to our campsite. A nice shorter day.
Cheers,
Nancy and Dave
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