Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Day 20: 101 Km-Goodbye Gas City


Had a great send off from Medicine Hat, the gas city, and are on our way to Maple Creek! A big thanks to Olwyn for all her amazing organizing in Medicine Hat, it was great to have you and all the others ride out with us for the morning, keep up the great work!
Another big thanks is in order; Joanie, Robyn and Daniel graciously put up with us pedallers in their house for 3 days! Thanks for the home away from home, your hospitality was above and beyond :)

During our rest days in Medicine Hat, I managed to get my first flat tire--actually it was two flat tires at the same time. Unfortunately this happened when we were already late for an interview which we ended up missing as I hobbled my bike to the event. One bonus of this mishap is that now, with the help of Malkolm's expertise, I can successfully fix a flat!

After dropping off a letter at Alberta Environment Minister, Rob Renner's office, we kept a brisk pace into Maple Creek. Again the mosquitoes force us to maintain a 20km/h speed at all times. There is nothing like a swarm of mosquitoes hot on your tail to get you hussling up the hills!


We have successfully crossed Alberta and are now in Saskatchewan--things are looking up!

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