Spring 1997 - Cincinnati to Yukon
Journals - 2 June 1997
Day 63 - Lumsden, Sask.
2 June 1997 (sunny and very hot! mileage = 84) -- X - We managed to get up
at alarm time = 4:00 AM and we had a record take down and were rolling at
4:33. It was very cool and pleasant and the wind was already present, but
mild. We figured it would get worse, so we were riding hard, 30-minute sets
with a mosquito slapping rest stop after each set. We turned north and the
wind direction was slightly tail wind from head wind. It never did pick up
before noon. We covered that long stretch methodically and very well,
arriving in Regina at noon. I stopped in a bike shop filled with Rad-Mt.
Dewds. We then found a buffet restaurant and ate a lot. They had ice
cream which was a treat. We had to lock the bikes and tarp them, since
there were no windows. That's still unnerving for me. Good lunch
experience, though. Then we rode through the rest of Regina looking for a
film developer. None! That's odd. Next, we had to get on a road that was
just like U.S. interstates, but bikes are OK here. It's such a soulless
road and way to travel, though. It might be OK for good mileage, but it's
tough to grind out 5-15 miles between exits for rests. Also, no houses or
signs of wildlife. (We saw a fox pretty close to us in a field today. He
ran away and we could see him run for a long time. We also found an old
wooden-wheel, horse-drawn hay wagon hidden off the road where we stopped
for a pee.) We finally made it to the next town past Regina, Lumsden. The
sun is blazing furiously and it is super hot. The winds have also picked
up, too. We're at the city park where they have camping for $. April is
presumably showering. I'm getting ready to endure little league practice
which I believe will start tonight. The mosquitoes are everywhere! I've
been wearing jacket and pants (not while riding) to keep them off me and
that's unbearably hot! There is a Canadian goose nesting very close to us.
I'm afraid we've scared her. I know how she feels. There's also a beaver
hard at work in the stagnant stream near us.
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