Day 19, July 8, Moose Jaw to White City (10k outside of Regina)

We woke up at 6:30am today. It was a cool morning, and had rained during the night. I did my laundry in the shower before I went to bed, and set it out to dry. It was drenched when I woke. There must have been some exercises for railway workers by the camp we were at because there were around 75 guys in overalls about 50 meters from our tents in the morning.

We rode 15k out of Moose Jaw and then packed our bikes and headed to where they film Corner Gas. I don’t think I’ve sat through one show, but Vanessa is a huge fan. There wasn’t much to see, and it definitely was in the middle of no-where. It was worth the trip though-a nice break.

We began to ride again around 11:00am. We had that fantastic tale wind again. My GPS stopped working, so I don’t know what my average speed was. It was probably around 30-35km/h. Vanessa got a flat on the highway, and I didn’t realize until I was significantly ahead of her and the van. Another road biker passed me while I waited and told me they were changing a flat 10k back. We ended up talking about the U of L for about 10 minutes. He had been there for a visit last February.

We made it into Regina at about 2:30pm. We stopped for food at an A&W. Brett told us that he might be catching a bus back to Lethbridge because his knee wasn’t getting any better. After some convincing from Vanessa, he decided to wait until Winnipeg to see if it improves.

We dropped Allan off at his Grandparents house for the night. I guess he hasn’t seen them for 6 years. He’ll meet up with us in the morning. We made it to this nice campsite outside of Regina by White City. I just had two campers come by and chat with me for 20 minutes about U of L and pretty much everything. I went to shake their hands, and they both gave me a hug. Very nice people. Made my night.

So after I was finished writing my last post at the coffee shop in Moose Jaw, I went to buy one last Pepsi before we left. The girl at the till told me not to worry about it! That’s twice so far on the trip. Now it happened again today, twice. The cashier at A&W told me not to worry about paying for a coffee, and they girls at the campsite just gave me two free stamps to mail some postcards. Both times I pulled out money to pay for them. I looked in the mirror, and I didn’t have chain grease on my face like I did in Cranbrook. I’m thinking that I should have started trading a red paper clip at the beginning of the trip. I might have had a motor home by now.

Our distance today was only 100k. We’re heading to Whitewood tomorrow. If we have the same tail wind, it’ll be an easy ride.