Thursday, June 28, 2007

Day 22: Youngstown to Kindersley 154km


Last night we came to the scary decision that we would get up at 4.30am, yes that is correct 4.30am. Mainly for heat reasons as it has been getting too hot for cycling in the afternoon. I managed to get up just fine and we were ready by 5.50am and on the road. The wind was at our backs and the terrain seemed to be mostly just slightly downhill so we were flying. In just under 2 hours we had already covered 55km which is excellent. We planned to stop at 90km at a town on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan fittingly named Alsask. This part of the ride went even faster and we were flying, probably the most fun bit of riding so far. We arrived at Alsask at 9.30ish and went to a gas station restaurant of course run by a Chinese couple for breakfast part 2. The breakfast was fantastic and we were raring to go an hour later.
The remainder of the ride was just as swift and we arrived in Kindersley at 1.30pm. A very pleasing day with no complications or bad weather just very fast cycling which was so satisfying. We pitched our tent in the only campsite, which was more of an RV park but nothing could wipe the smiles from our faces today. After beers and food we were ready for bed at 8.30pm. I fell asleep straight away of course as we were up at the crazy time of 4.30am but Agnes couldn't sleep as the sun was still shinning and there were a large group of teenage girls shouting and listening to the Backstreet Boys till midnight.

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