231 kilometers, my farthest ever!

With all the rest I had in Regina I was surprised how rusty I felt for the first 50 kilometers. I was still making good time though as I had a tailwind, nothing epic but anyone pedalling the opposite direction would be slowed down. As Regina disappeared behind me the road was more or less flat and gradually straightened out into a south easterly direction toward Manitoba.

I got in a 100 kilometers before noon and arrived at my originally planned destination of Wosely. I knew I was going to go further today but I wanted to check out the town as this is part of the “Hamer” road which is Wosely to Wapella. There is a lake on one side of the town with a little swing bridge and the town hall is an old brick building that is over 100 years old. It is quiet a beautiful town with trees on both sides of the road often with the treetops touching over the middle of the road making it nice and shady it the hot summer sun.

The second 100 kilometers (yes in my mind I was going to Wapella or bust) started a little slow and I felt a little tired. I worked my way up to 130 kilometers and decided it was time to start drinking sports drinks instead of water. This seemed to help a lot and I cranked out the next 70 kilometers to reach 200 for day without too much difficulty.  It was only around 5pm so I figured why not ride to Moosomin which looked like a bigger town on the map and actually had a campground whereas Wapella did not.

I lost gallons of sweat today and had a good layer of salt by the time I reached Moosomin. I could keep going but it was time to call it a day. I bought subway dinner even though I was staying at a campground. This was a great decision since the campground was infested with mosquitoes! It was quite hellish and I battled to get the tent up before popping inside with my dinner. I laid there for about 10 minutes just recovering from the day. I had not unpacked yet but I just wanted to lay down for a bit then eat. Later I showered and since my phone and laptop were low on charge sat outside the campground office with a mosquito net over me while I typed out the post from Regina and charged my batteries. I hate those little buggers and will need to get some spray. What an epic ride, this is by far my longest and cold be the longest of this trip depending on the wind of course.