The Buffalo, Jump to the Point ride has begun! No cliffs were plummeted, nor buffalo seen, but we successfully pushed off on our loaded bikes from Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump before 11am on August 4th.
A bike trip involves a lot of packing and organization. For some reason a lot of the packing and organizing for this trip was still taking place on this first day.
Gerald seemed to have everything he needed, and yet no idea where anything was. There was a missing toothbrush, lost plastic bags, and then hidden soap.
The former was found only after the acquisition of a flimsy handled toothbrush from the hotel. The discovery of the latter was exclaimed to half the campground because Amelia was already half way to the showers, “Amelia, I found the soap!”
After cycling a total of 91kms, we are staying the night at the edge of Coaldale. This campground has no tent only sites, so we were made to pay $43 for a site with a power hook up that we can’t even use. Additionally, the underground sprinkler system for the grass is apparently more important than our sanity, because we were requested to pitch our tent (and put our pegs!) in the gravel. Gerald was able to borrow a hammer so our tent won’t be flying away. At least we have access to clean washrooms and can shower at a cost of only $1 for 5 minutes.
Now that Gerald has found his comb (the latest victim of the “I have it, but I don’t know where it is” statement), we can sleep with clean, well groomed hair on our very expensive patch of gravel.
Gerald and Daughter #1 (Amelia)
Adventures on a bicycle 