Category: Visited Places
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That wasn’t in the forecast
Read more: That wasn’t in the forecastFollowing highway 1 east of Portage La Prairie – where the shoulders are wonderfully wide and smooth – we see huge dark clouds to the south of us that appear to be following us as we ride east. Occasionally, we see a flash of lightening but are not close enough to hear any thunder. We…
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Friendly Manitoba – Fact or Fiction?
Read more: Friendly Manitoba – Fact or Fiction?Our ride out of Saskatchewan was on one of those days when you feel like you could ride forever. The sun was shining, but it wasn’t too hot – the wind was blowing lightly and in mostly the right direction – the road was mostly flat except for the occasional river valley, and the cars…
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Saskatchewan doesn’t want us to leave
Read more: Saskatchewan doesn’t want us to leaveSaskatchewan has us in its grips and doesn’t want us to depart. It started with poor roads after Raymore, which slowed us down, then it was winds from the east, making every kilometer a struggle. Finally, we got drenched in unseasonable downpours. OK, so maybe it isn’t a conspiracy, but it does feel a little…
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Funnel clouds and fun with friends
Read more: Funnel clouds and fun with friendsWe left Saskatoon on cool cloudy day with the wind blowing from the North. This meant that the ride out of Ancient Spirals felt like it was all uphill – amusing that the ride to Ancient Spirals also felt all up hill. Once we turned onto the road that would connect us to the Yellowhead…
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Organic farming and Ancient Spirals
Read more: Organic farming and Ancient SpiralsVisiting Chandra and Clem’s farm in Kerrobert was fascinating. We had visited our organic CSA in Ottawa, but that was more like a large garden than a farm. Chandra and Clem’s farm was one of the first farms in the area to convert to organic. The transition was initiated after an accident meant that they…
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Like an ant crawling slowly over a giant machine
Read more: Like an ant crawling slowly over a giant machineShortly after we left Banff National Park, we saw our first oil derrick pumping away. It looked quite pretty with its multi-coloured paint, so we stopped and took a photo. Little did I know just how much oil and gas infrastructure we would pass by in the following days. It was the ride from Rocky…
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An adventure in Kerrobert
Read more: An adventure in KerrobertJust for fun, this post has been written in a completely different style, inspired by a famous Canadian storyteller … can you guess who? While my husband and I were riding our recumbent bicycles – the funny looking kind where you lay back like in an easy chair only you still need to pedal –…
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Saskatchewan didn’t welcome us, but the people did!
Read more: Saskatchewan didn’t welcome us, but the people did!When we finally crossed the border into Saskatchewan, we were disappointed at the lack of a “Welcome to Saskatchewan” sign. This is the second time in recent memory that we were looking for a photo op that turned out to not exist! Oh well. Although we did not get a formal “Welcome to Saskatchewan”, it…