Today was a fabulous day….almost magical actually, and the easiest day so far😀
It started off slowly…. I didn’t really want to get up, so i shut off my 0530 alarm and went back to sleep. The good breakfast restaurant opened at 0800….so thought I would do that. I slowly packed up as I noted the wind increasing. My plan was to get to Stoughton which is in a SE direction from Regina, and when I checked the wind direction on the weather app, it said the wind was from the SE, gusting to 30! Yikes. I decided to pack up from the worst campground ever, head for breakfast and assess the situation over eggs Benedict and fruit. As I headed over to breakfast, the wind seemed to be in the right direction for me today. The wind map showed that I would have a tail wind….and boy they were right! My good weather charm rose to the occasion!!!! Super windy and gusty, but because it was a tail wind, it was quiet while I was riding…. I could hear my tires on the road. I could hear the wind through the tall trees, and of course was almost blown over when I tried to get off in the cross wind….but the cycling was amazing. I could have ridden all day!
Stoughton was my destination, because I’m visiting family in Redvers tomorrow which is 100 km East of here and mostly flat, so unless I have a head wind I should make it by the early afternoon.
I’m in a motel tonight, it is so windy here that unless I’m sheltered, I’m worried about the tent. Plus the campground doesn’t have any services, just toilet, but no showers or power. The option was to go to the next town which is 43 km East of here, they have a great campground, but no restaurant! So I’m here, in a hotel, sitting in the only restaurant in town, and I think that everyone who lives here has come out for dinner tonight!!!! It’s a happening place 😀😀😀
3 comments:
That is an amazing day for you! You are an inspiration! ✨✨✨🔆. Ride safe!
Clearly the town heard you were coming and wanted to see the celebrity from the mountain world to the west. Glad you had such a great day of tailwind cycling on the prairies. So good that they paint an announcement that this was the top of hill up on the barn. Keep at it kiddo, Manitoba is getting really close.
From Jasper: “head winds are terrible. I’m glad Aunty Lucille had a tail wind”.
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