We left our campsite in Bow Island just before 8am Tuesday morning and paid our respects to the town mascot as we departed. The morning was uneventful expect for some uprooted flowers.
Just 5km from Dunmore Gerald got another flat. While Amelia learned how to patch a tube, Gerald discovered his tire was still too tight to put on the rim without puncturing the tube. Thus, Amelia set off ahead and Gerald continued the journey on foot.
We were reunited at a Co-op in Dunmore. From there, Gerald took a taxi to a bike store in Medicine Hat to get a new tire and some more spare tubes. The tire repaired, we continued on our way.
Having lost at least two hours of potential riding time due to the tire escapade, we only arrived at the Alberta/Saskatchewan border around 7:30pm. Hungry and tired, after riding over 100kms, we decided this rest stop would act as both our supper site and our sleeping quarters for the night.
The only concern we had with our night lodging decision, was that the rest stop had no water access. We had two partially filled water bottles between the two of us, but we would need water to make our food and that didn’t leave a lot left over for drinking, or cleaning. As we sat at a picnic table considering our dwindling water supply, a man walked up and asked if we wanted all the water bottles his family no longer needed, since they were heading home. We gratefully said yes. God sees our every need!
Adventures on a bicycle 