What a great day of bicycling! We also had some more of what B has labelled "common ownership" experiences. The day of bicycling was great due to having the wind with us for most of the day. We were up at 5:30 and en route by 7:30 and were over 20Kms per hour much of the day. We spoke with a farm couple at our morning coffee stop. They had "brought in and done the cows" and "done the equipment chores" and were headed with their motor home to "listen to some cowboy poetry, well, you know, music and verse". They emerged from the gas station store with their road snacks and beverages and, having put some thought into their day, commented on how they had helped a cyclist from Montreal once and how great pedal bike people are and suggested we throw our bikes into their rig and they would drop us in Regina. In jest, Y said, "deal". They honked and waved happily as they drove away. At our break at the Saskatchewan border, Brenda and Gordon walked up saying we were someone to talk with. They had just finished a bicycle tour from Ottawa to the St. Lawrence via Kingston and were excited to share stories. After our lunch break at Red Barn in Moosomin, a white pick-up pulled over on the highway shoulder in front of us and Borden waved his arms to let us know he wanted us to stop. He had just finished a bicycle tour from Jasper to Banff and was about to head off to a tour on the Rhone and was wanting to talk about his trips and find out about our gear. This was just about when we were going to stop to photograph the wind turbines, which had just started to show up on the landscape. Our stop for the night, Whitewood, is known for its murals and we did a bit if a walk into town to see them before going for some dinner.
It's great that you are meeting such enthusiastic and kind people. I bet you're the talk of the prairie highway!
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