Apologies for the lack of blogs recently, long days and rural towns leave us without internet! In Winnipeg for a "rest" day today--lots of running around, not a lot of resting :)
Managed to stay off highway one and hop onto a quite rural road for our ride into Montmarte; the Paris of the Prairies--complete with its own Eiffel Tower!
Turns out everything in rural Saskatchewan is closed on a Sunday. Lucky for us, when lunch time rolled around, we bumped into a friendly local. 11 year old Jon (in photo) showed us the only open spot in town where poutine and ice cream were the only vegetarian options! We were in Kipl
ing, famous for being home to the world's largest red paperclip--not to be mistaken for blue yellow or green.
Crossed the border into Manitoba today--wooo 3 provinces done! It really is "Friendly Manitoba". Off of Highway 1, motorists honk and wave their hello's and move all the way into the other lane to pass us :D More flats today as usual. Friendly farmers stop to make sure I am okay, and then come back again, this time with a load of hay in the truck, to double make sure I am okay and offer a lift into town if I need it.
Restin' in Reston tonight. These small towns sit well with me; locals always say hello and want to know our story; campgrounds are usually empty; and the grocery store always easy to find!
We are also now travelling totally carbon neutral, the support vehicle has 
left us! Not too much has changed, mostly just added weight of food and making sure we get to grocery stores along the way.
left us! Not too much has changed, mostly just added weight of food and making sure we get to grocery stores along the way.Day 26: Regina-->Montmarte
Didn't get on our bikes until 2:00 today. I then got 3 flats before reaching the city limits so we didn't actually make it out of Regina until 4:00. I'm real handy with a patch kit and pump these days :) At a busy intersection, while hobbling to a gas station for air, we bumped into some old Pender friends; Patrick, Karen and Willow. Willow was one of Martina's best friends in elementary school--small world!
Managed to stay off highway one and hop onto a quite rural road for our ride into Montmarte; the Paris of the Prairies--complete with its own Eiffel Tower!
Day 27: Montmarte-->Kenosee Lake
Turns out everything in rural Saskatchewan is closed on a Sunday. Lucky for us, when lunch time rolled around, we bumped into a friendly local. 11 year old Jon (in photo) showed us the only open spot in town where poutine and ice cream were the only vegetarian options! We were in Kipling, famous for being home to the world's largest red paperclip--not to be mistaken for blue yellow or green.Checked out this most famous site, bumped into the editor of the Kipling Citizen, managed to set up an interview and we were on our way!
Day 28:Kenosee Lake-->Reston
Crossed the border into Manitoba today--wooo 3 provinces done! It really is "Friendly Manitoba". Off of Highway 1, motorists honk and wave their hello's and move all the way into the other lane to pass us :D More flats today as usual. Friendly farmers stop to make sure I am okay, and then come back again, this time with a load of hay in the truck, to double make sure I am okay and offer a lift into town if I need it.Restin' in Reston tonight. These small towns sit well with me; locals always say hello and want to know our story; campgrounds are usually empty; and the grocery store always easy to find!
Wow, I had almost completely forgotten about those kids from Hoosen road!
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