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WARNING: content of this post stinks, read at your own risk! Sometimes things stink when riding a bicycle. Last night we had a wonderful camping spot, but no running water. No showers to help clean our sweaty bodies, same thing for tonight. Hinton is our destination for Sunday, a warm shower will just have toContinue reading “A stinky and smelly post”

Weary traveler Beat down the storms you have weathered. Feels like this road might go on forever. Carry on. Although these lyrics weren’t written with a cyclist in mind. It sure seems fitting to have this song sung by Jordan St. Cyr as our theme song. Morning started with a debate to cycle back 6Continue reading “Weary traveler”

My years of cycling experience have taught me not to enjoy the wind too much. Wind can change direction at any time, and quickly become something you hate. Today the wind was a big help to the 123 km’s of cycling. With a stop at A and W and to Coop for groceries we leftContinue reading “Embracing the wind”

A and W serves the best breakfast. Look at that mug full of orange juice. It’s also where all the locals hang out in the morning. That sums up the day with all its different speeds. Not as many hills today. In total we traveled 94.6 km’s today. Rocky Mountain House is our resting placeContinue reading “Rocky Mountain House”

With butterflies in our stomach and bikes attached to our vehicle we headed out to Alberta. Stopped in Moosomin for night where we met the mayor who was pulling weeds in the public gardens. On behalf of town council he welcomed us to town. On Monday we made it to Cochrane where we got welcomedContinue reading “Summer 2025 cycling trip begins”

An early morning text from Cheryl was my wake up call. My wife was going to bring our daughter Kimberly to cycle with me on the last day of the trip. The text was my notice that I now had one and half hours to pack up and await their arrival. Cheryl provided vehicle support.Continue reading “The day the road ends as does the cycling”

Day starts at 6, breakfast at 7 and on the road by 8. Travelled from Winkler to Vita in mostly sunny skies, a distance of 118 km’s. I will let the pictures do the talking today as there is not much to write about. I have yet to find a place to set up theContinue reading “The day the sun shone”

Motivation was totally lacking once I saw the smoke outside the tent in the morning. Air quality alerts were out throughout the province. Slowly I packed everything up and went on my way. Stopped in Pilot Mount for breakfast. Played the Mennonite game with the waitress. She knew some people from Winnipegosis, where I grewContinue reading “A day of riding in the smoke”

Waking up to the sound and smells of breakfast being made. Conversation continued on till late morning. Packed and ready to go cycling by 11 am. This is the first time I would be cycling by myself. There was a lot of silence in the day. The sound of frogs, birds, cows and goats helpedContinue reading “A day of silent riding”

Day got off to a slow start as the alarm failed to go off. Packed up and headed to the only restaurant in town for breakfast. Only to discover they are not open on Wednesday. Were these signs of what this day would be like as rain clouds appeared in the distance. Time would tellContinue reading “The day Chantel learns all the Canadian postal codes”