Over a month of planning and the day finally arrived. This is an attempt to cycle to Thompson. With smoke everywhere in the province it is hard to know how this will go.
Chantel expressed an interest in joining me for part of the journey. Cheryl agreed to provide van support to make it easier for the two of us. So on August 1st close to 8 am we left from our house in Winnipeg.
Once we left the city it was very obvious to see the smoke in the air from forest fires. But we just kept going. It did clear up later in the day when the winds picked. So now we were fighting the winds.
We made it to St. Laurent by late afternoon. We set up camp at Stony Ridge campground and enjoyed supper at a restaurant. At the campground I was informed that it was an adults only weekend due to a music festival. She apologized for the loud music we were about to hear all night and said because of that our stay was free. Well that was a pleasant surprise.
So ends day 1, 101 km’s celebrated to the beat of a drum that lasted all night.
Adventures on a bicycle 
Just found your Blog on bicycling. One question. Isn’t that a lot of extra weight to carry on a bike? Makes it harder to pedal. The bike I have is very similar to the Lady’s. It’s a Giant 27.5 in. 21-speed Sedona. Just bought it. Getting used to the 21 different gears. Have never gone on a long bike run. Used to do camping, but that was on a Honda Goldwing 1200cc Touring Bike. I’m following along. Ride safe.
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Thanks for your interest in my ride to Thompson. Knowing what to pack can be a tricky thing. I figured I have about 50 pounds of gear on the bike. One gets use to the extra weight fairly quickly. Yes it would slow one down, but I don’t think a whole lot. My concern for the next of couple of days is having enough water. Not sure how this will go. Hopefully it will cool down somewhat, that would be huge. Thanks again for your interest.
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You are more than welcome. I’ll be watching.
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