Mosquitos threatened to massacre as we invaded their dwelling. We could not be deterred however; boldly, we drowned our skin with mosquito spray to finish the task of establishing our temporary lodging. When we settled down to sleep, our bikes were fittingly tucked in amongst the shells of sunflower seeds, sheltered by the label reading “Home.”
Neither of us slept very well last night, but we both saw diamonds when we woke up!
We left the baseball diamond by 7:45am and headed to Corrina’s on Main for breakfast. What started as a response to an innocent inquiry about our travels resulted in meeting the owner of the restaurant (Corinna herself!), having our photo taken and receiving a very generous donation.
Moments like these have been unexpected and humbling. While few donations have been accompanied with a complimentary breakfast and a call for local communities to contribute to our cause, every donation (no matter the amount) is fully appreciated and makes a difference. Thank you to everyone that has contributed! If you have not yet done so, but wish to support MCC’s efforts in the Ukraine, you can do so here: https://donate.mcccanada.ca/registry/bike-manitoba-border-border
Dauphin was certainly a city of sunshine for our short stay. The rest of our day also happened to be quite sunny and (as Gerald the weather checker banked on) windy—in just the right direction. Shortly after leaving Dauphin we turned east and found cruise control. We stopped for lunch in Ste. Rose du Lac and then continued on our way.
Pedalling with wind support came and went over the 121 km completed today. We found cruise control and lost it again, one could say…
But our efforts were not in vain! We arrived in The Narrows around 8pm, just in time to buy something to eat and watch the sunset. We are already just over half way done our journey—having complete 447 kms of our projected 890!
On another note, Amelia discovered what it means to have ants in your pants today, literally! She will be keeping an eye out for ant hills the next time she looks for a washroom. Oh, and Gerald is still not clean…
Also accepting donations of nose plugs,
Gerald and Amelia
Adventures on a bicycle 