Brandon bound...

Leaving Sinclair was an easy affair as we packed up dry, the night having been quite mild, and the cover of the trees preventing any morning dew forming on the tents.

The morning ride was a breeze... Literally. A nice tailwind gently assisted us along towards the still rising sun as some morning mist began to evaporate from the surrounding fields.










Will was a bit later leaving, and Tom was a bit earlier than me, but once I caught Tom up at a crossroads where he was taking a break, we waited a while together for Will and pondered on trail messages...

Finding a discarded apple, I tried leaving a message for Will on the road... It actually worked!





Not that we ended up needing it, as it wasn't long before Will appeared on the horizon and caught us up.




A quick roadside snack break, and we began to roll again, making our way east and north towards the town of Brandon.

As we reached town, some 79 miles from the start of the day, the darkening skies finally broke and the rain came down, so it was time for an early dinner at the co-joined KFC and Taco Bell.







Once the rain had mostly done and was just drizzling, we rolled north 5 miles to the main Trans Canada route 1 and the campsite there, where we set up for the night...

Unfortunately, the mozzies nailed my forehead before I could get my cap on... Bastards!





Having a light supper at the nearby Maccas, I had to snap a pic of a truck towing a truck towing a truck towing a truck..! Seriously!




Tomorrow, we push on towards Winnipeg...

More soon!

Cheers.

RWK

OUT!


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Sunset from Sinclair...

Our first night in Manitoba... We lost an hour crossing the border, but finally gained back my Rogers cellphone signal and 3G..! Eastern Saskatchewan SUCKED for Rogers coverage, hence the silence got the past week...

After a solid days ride, with pretty damn good weather, winds and road conditions, we stopped at the tiny village of Sinclair, a few miles inside the border, and made camp at the free village campsite there.

After dinner, we took a short walk to enjoy the setting sun and snap a few pix, whilst swatting away the billions of mozzies that were there to join us...

The rarely-used rail tracks were a nice path to wander along as the sun gave the horizon a crimson glow...







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Seeya Saskatchewan..!

And Hello Manitoba..!



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Saskatchewan Sunset...

A fine day to ride... Some clouds, but no rain, and by the time we were in camp, the sky was totally clear and the stars were beginning to show...

The sunset was a pretty sight to see...


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80 miles of misery...

Rain. Torrential rain...

We got away from camp ok, but not for long as the black clouds that quickly built all around us soon let loose...

No pictures were taken, as we bowed out heads to the downpour and squelched our way 80 long miles to Moosejaw.

The spray and blast from passing vehicles got us soaked just as much as from the falling rain, so by the time we reached the town we were more than ready to pay just about anything for a motel to dry out and warm up in... The Days Inn was one of the first we spotted, and with free breakfast and a hot tub, plus a large room for all 3 of us, it was just fine.

My cold, wet hands were in full zombie mode by the time we rolled the unfortunately filthy bikes into the room (they don't seem to kind that here..!).
No mess was made tho... We keep it clean..!




Typically, about 2 hours after checking in and stringing up a make-shift clothes line from lamp fitting to door hinge to curtain rail and hanging everything that was wet on it, the clouds broke and within 30 minutes, there was a blue blue sky and beaming sunshine!

We used that sunshine wisely and dried out the tents in the parking lot before heading over the road to the DQ for a burger and a naughty blizzard.

Once full and satisfied, we did a quick food and snack top-up at the supermarket where I spotted the amusing sign below;



I don't know about icy conditions... I thought it looked more like "No 'Saturday Night Fever, Travolta-style' moves!"...

A rule that Will was only too happy to rage against..!




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Sunbeams through the storms

A dark cloud hung over us most of the afternoon, but there was the occasional isolated sunbeam that would punch through and light up small patches of the crop fields...




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Riding through the big sky...

Second breakfast time, resting up against a fence whilst...








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