80.6Kms
The 6:20am Days Inn shuttle of our gear, the bagged bikes and us to the Vancouver airport went without a hitch, but we almost had to figure out a "plan B" when we were told our bikes could not board our Air Canada flight without boxes.

It was thought by AC staff that the bikes could not be screened without boxes, but an AC manager clarified to the check-in staff that the bagged bikes were fine and their over-size baggage folks were helpful after that. We slept most of the 2 1/4hr prop-plane flight, which co-incidentally travelled the route we would be riding, so we saw a bit of that geography from the air. We watched the bikes being de-planed carefully by hand, but did see our pannier and helmet duffle bag fall from the cargo door to the tarmac below the plane, where someone eventually saw it and added it to the luggage tractor, thank goodness. Inside, we efficiently re-assembled the bikes and rode into Regina to Western Cycle Source to pick up a mirror for Y's bike (and B bought a second, just in case).

By then it was 2pm, but we knew we would make it safely to B's father's hometown of Moose Jaw, as the prediction of a Prairie wind at our backs happily came true. After a bit of discomBobulation at finding an American Dog Tick on B, not attached (possibly picked up in the long grass at the Moose Jaw sign - later we researched that they are Lyme-free), we ate dinner (at a restaurant that was host to a Paint Nite) and packed for a quick start Friday. The wind is shifting to be from the West by late morning Friday so we plan to start the 133Km day at 7am to try to get 80Kms or so done before lunch.

 

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