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What a great day! I set a new record, which is always a good thing. I slept in late this morning. For some reason I have a very hard time waking up. I didn’t even get on the road until 8:30. However The wind was at my back and I …

Well June 3 was another hard day but the morning started out brilliantly. There was no wind so I was able to hammer out 30km/hr for the first bit until I reached the border. I stopped for the obligatory photos and when I got back on the bike the wind …

I’m beginning to dislike Saskatchewan. It was not been as sweet to me as Alberta was. I was planning on making it to Manitoba today but it was not to be. A 25km/hr headwind left me exhausted in a short period of time. Actually the wind shifted between E and …

So I hung around Regina gallery hopping. There was one artist in particular whose work I though was especially good. His name is David Dreher and he is repped by the assiniboine gallery This is a sample of his work. The original is 36×36 and the painterly skill is amazing! …

May 29th was a pretty horrendous day too. It started out well though. They rain had let up to a fine mist and I was able to dry all my clothes through the use of the space heater in the motel room. I was able to properly lube the chain …

I hate this day. Not only was it the anniversary of my mother’s death, it was also the first day I didn’t reach the goal I had set out for myself. It was raining pretty hard when I woke up. Actually I’d been awake for an hour listening to the …

So I took the day off in Maple Creek or Crik as the locals call it. I visited the local museums and found a photo of Andrew Fraser (I’m named after Grandma Fraser who, in her special way, used to introduce my folks as “Ron and Ron’s”) I’m not sure …

I had a slow start to the day, it was beginning to rain when I got up and so packing up the tent in the rain is no fun. I ate breakfast at a road side diner. French Toast is my breakfast of choice. Plenty of carbs, with just a …

Another blistering day of heat and speed. The praries, despite being a bit dull are fun to ride through with a tail wind. You can really cruise. I was able to blast through 165km in 6 and a half hours! Medicine Hat is a funny town. The information was all …

After 5 days in Calgary staying at Bonnie and Ians it was time to get on the move again. Theywere very gracious hosts to let me disrupt their lives for as long as I did. I got to meet some of their friends and their cats (Bonnie and Ian’s, not …