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*Disclaimer: This post was written in the evening of August 6 and is meant to be read as such. Posting was delayed due to limited internet. Thanks to Subway for the decent seating and to all of you (our wonderful readers) for your patience.* It never fails to amaze us how generous people can be.Continue reading “Day 6: Eight Hours On A Saddle And We Are Dead Tired”

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 readingContinue reading “Day 5: Discovering Cruise Control… and Losing It Again”

Gerald is a professional weather checker. It is a skill that he doesn’t flaunt, but he utilizes quite frequently—especially when bicycling across Manitoba with his daughter. Gerald is also good at making plans eight months in advance and then changing them the day the plans are to be implemented.  Gerald’s carefully constructed original plan wasContinue reading “Day 4: The Winds Change and So Must We”

Watery, tasteless, warmed goo (aka dried whole egg powder) started our day. The protein rich component of our breakfast was not very palatable and as a result food became an invaluable commodity for the rest of the day. We filled up our water bottles from the taps at the community centre and didn’t realize theContinue reading “Day 3: Powered by people”

Two eyes on the weather forecast and the other two on the skies caused this dynamic duo to spend much of the day trying to determine the best course of action. All ended well, however, and tonight’s post is being composed from the comfort of a chair that is near power outlets and in closeContinue reading “Day 2: “should we or shouldn’t we?!””

Eight months of planning culminated with feet on pedals around 12:30 this afternoon as we departed from Togo, Saskatchewan to travel across Manitoba. Ironically, the majority of our 75km day was spent in Saskatchewan, where we disregarded “road closed” signs by choosing to interpret the signs differently. This father/daughter expedition is taking place to raiseContinue reading “Biking on train tracks, talking to cows and flying a drone—day one of the tour across Manitoba (in which we spent most of the day in Saskatchewan) is complete!”

Eight months of planning culminated with feet on pedals around 12:30 this afternoon as we departed from Togo, Saskatchewan to travel across Manitoba. Ironically, the majority of our 75km day was spent in Saskatchewan, where we disregarded “road closed” signs by choosing to interpret the signs differently. This father/daughter expedition is taking place to raiseContinue reading “Biking on train tracks, talking to cows and flying a drone—day one of the tour across Manitoba (in which we spent most of the day in Saskatchewan) is complete!”

After fixing my back tire I finally got on the road at 10:30. Today I am traveling from McGregor to Neepawa. Nice cool temperatures and a favourable wind. Stopped for lunch at Subway. When I did this trip last year I had to eat outside because of Covid. I cycled in 34 degree weather lastContinue reading “Training ride, July 2nd,2022”

It was a chance to do a ride into Neepawa again like I did last year for a training trip. In August I plan to tour across Manitoba with my oldest daughter Amelia. It was an excellent day to ride as far as the temperature goes. But the NW winds were nasty and required extraContinue reading “Training ride, July 1st/”