Day 16, July 5th, Medicine Hat to Gull Lake

We woke up to a wonderful breakfast prepared by Brett’s Grandma, Margaret. We went back to the teepee around 9am, and then began the journey into Saskatchewan. I didn’t eat much for carbohydrates the night before, and I definitely felt it in the morning.

Although tired, we had a fantastic headwind. We were averaging 35km/h for most of the trip. Our destination for today was Maple Creek, but we decided to continue on further to take advantage of the wind.

Since we took the tandem bike off the back of the van, we’ve been getting a tone of honks and waves from passing vehicles. A simple honk or wave is a huge motivational boost after a 100k.

We arrived in Gull Lake around 7:00pm, and set up camp in the Village’s campsite. A small and simple campsite, but it had free showers, which is always a plus. We rode a 160k today. The women that ran the campsite was very personable, and sat and chatted with us for a while. She currently has two grandkids at the U of L.