The wind is still from the NW which kept our speed in the high 20's all the way to St Claude, where we stopped and had a BLT sub, and some really good coffee at the Esso on the corner. We had a chat to a Milk Tanker driver who told us to beware of rare idiots who insist on overtaking him when he slows for bikes and puts on his four way flashers. We'll remember that.
We turned north into the wind and followed the all but deserted 240 towards PLP. With 20km to go it started to rain and we donned our Gortex. 5 minutes later we were in a deluge which kept getting stronger until finally we were biking through a wall of water, complete with cold wind.
Quite fun really.
It stopped after about 20 minutes and the sun came out, where upon the front chain came off. I made the decision to delay tightening it until we got to Portage la Prairie, this turned out to be a mistake.
We chatted with several nice folks in Tim Hortons, and sat out another sun shower drinking hot chocolate, but then as we were leaving the car park the chain came off again, much to my personal embarrassment. So I fixed it then.
The Hi-Way Motel seemed like a good place to stay,and we discovered that Robert and Claire ( the other tandem pair we met at North Sydney) were there two nights ago. Go Team!
Boston Pizza is close so that's it for tonight's dinner. PS: Good it was too.
Average 21.5kph
Todays Climb 10m
Today's Distance 82km
Total Distance 4668km
I think that's all the news tht's fit to Blog, Night, night.
Dear oh dear:-( What with Em's bad luck (she eventually arrived in St John's 6 hours later than scheduled at 5am after delays this side of the pond) and now your bad weather and naughty chain. I needed Nicki's upbeat e-mail about how she's having a blast in New Zealand,dolphin spotting, snorkeling, ending up in a double bedded cabin all to herself for the price of a hostel dorm bunk somewhere where she's spending 3 nights :-) Happy News!~!!
ReplyDeleteSo here's wishing you good weather kind winds to speed you on your way, careful drivers and good roads.
Hugs
Annie XX
PS Em arrives here in Bruno tomorrow Yay!! So does the Stanley Cup, but we won't see it as we'll be collecting Em from the airport Yay!!!
ReplyDeleteRon & marge,
ReplyDeleteAll the best from Charleston Lake, Shady Ridge campground here in sunny Ontario, family have left today so now it's a week on our own and a bit more canoeing, and fixing a puncture...! We'll be cheering all the way as you hit 5000km.
Keep that chain tight...Dave & Sandra