Monthly Archives: July 2013

My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 23: Manitoba

May 20th: Broadview, SK to Oak Lake, MB: 160km Tried to get into town for church [for Phill], but the one church we found didn’t have service for another 1.5 hours. [In] Moosemin we found groceries and so stocked up … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 22: Pull-Ups

May 19th: Regina, SK to Broadview, SK: 150km: Good day for riding. We tried doing pull-ups on signs. Ate lunch at Indian Head. Tacos on corn tortillas. They were good, but made me feel sick afterwards. We tried to make … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 21: Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk

May 18th: Moose Jaw, SK to Regina, SK: 73km Larry made us omelets in the morning and Glenda sent us off with lunches. Short day. Was supposed to go to Indian Head, but Phill had enough so we decided to … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 20: The Georgia Island Singers

May 17th: Herbert, SK to Moose Jaw, SK: 129km Herbert to Moose Jaw. Good day. I took one picture. I don’t remember the day [again, I must be writing this on another day]. Oh, stopped in Mortlatch (sp?) which had … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 19: Stars

May 16th: Tompkins, SK to Herbert, SK: 126km I think this was a long day [I must not have written this on the day]. Ended up in Herbert, so whatever the distance between Tompkins and Herbert is. It was a … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 18: Reflections

May 15th: Medicine Hat, AB to Tompkins, SK: 145km Bonnie made us an amazing breakfast. We got so lucky with this family. Took off and we had incredible head wind. What an awful morning. We rode maybe 30km in 2.5hrs. … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 17: Rude Awakening

May 14th: [close to Bassano], AB to Medicine Hat, AB: 140km Last night we woke up at 1am to honking and bright lights on our tent. I think Phill is afraid of racism [out here], so he asked me to … Continue reading

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My Bicycle Trip Across Canada: Day 16: Badlands

May 13th: Calgary, AB to [close to Bassano], AB: 140km Arwen made us breakfast again. Headed south on some sketchy big road. Got groceries, then essentially biked 140km straight! So hot! The sun was relentless. I’m so burnt. I keep … Continue reading

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