Fung made a lovely breakfast for us, starting with an iceberg salad, followed by a boiled egg and bacon, then toast, and then an orange, cut up. We requested peanut butter for the toast, and Fung brought mayonnaise, the closest thing she had that came out of a jar. It was all really nice. At our early morning break, a dog owner, while trying to control his yapping little pup, said to B "he doesn't like big bikes, he really doesn't like big bikes". B looked at the man and Y thought he was going to say something about her not being so keen on aggressive dogs, but he said, "we should have brought our little bikes". :-) At mid-day today, we reached longitudinal mid-way in Canada. We took that moment to do our video for Canada in a Day (which by oversight was not submitted). Video link here: How to ride your bike across Canada We also realized that we were suddenly on the edge of the Prairies! We had been focused on the wind and on highway construction for much of the way into the day, so were surprised that the landscape had changed so dramatically. The highway left lane was closed, so we ended up with a lane to ourselves, the left lane, and much of it freshly paved, which was great as the right lane shoulder was being used by the transport trucks and cars due to the cones at centre line! Nearing Winnipeg, we followed a nice bike path into town. The Fairmont hotel concierge turned out to be from Victoria! Allison took a keen interest in our bike trip and in letting us know about all the exciting things happening in Winnipeg this weekend. Tomorrow, we hope to get to some of the festivals in town and the Farmers Market.
Are you finding that you were prepared with the right clothing for warmth of day or coolness of evenings now that you are on the prairies in September? - - - J.McD.
ReplyDeleteHi J! One word...layers! When it is cold, we wear all our cloths. Yesterday a.m. it was 14c to start and so we wore a few layers. By some time in the afternoon it was 26c so B was down to his short sleeve shirt with tails flapping and pants rolled up (he prefers this to shorts as he can quickly roll them down if there are bugs at a rest stop). The evenings in the next week will be fine, as we are not camping - if we need to walk out a bit for food we have, again, lots of layer options. Thx for asking! xoY(&B)
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