Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Day 29: Regina to Fort Qu-Appelle 76km

We woke around 5.00am to a cracking thunderstorm, which soon passed so we had to get up. We got gathered together and had a little surf on the Internet before we went. We bumped into Jim from Cory and Jim who we met in Drumheller. He was very impressed with the time we were making, we didn't mention we had been slacking for three days.
We hit the road at around 9.00am and got as far as 3km up the road. This time it was my bike, the arm which holds the left peddle decided to fall off. I managed to tighten it up enough and we headed back to the bike shop we had been in and out of for the last three days. I had to buy a new arm which wasn't to bad as it was fairly cheap. The guys in the shop attempted to fix Agnes' gears properly as they hadn't the other day but they still rub when she is in certain gears. Its nothing to serious and shouldn't prevent us from moving on.
We were ready to hit the road, yippee, at around 12.00. The sun was out but it wasn't very hot so we had a nice ride. We stopped for a cheap bite to eat at, you guessed it a restaurant run by a friendly Chinese couple. We usually go for breakfast and have the standard eggs and bacon type meal. This time we spiced things up and had a Chinese dinner, which was excellent. Since the start of the trip we have become a lot more laid back about time and distance and it has made the trip a lot easier. As we are so chilled about the whole thing now we had an ice cream and sat under a tree for half an hour.
the next part of the ride was not so great unfortunately, for me anyway. On the way in to Fort Qu-Appelle I had a crazy hay fever reaction, one of the worst i have had. My eyes and nose swelled up and my whole head was burning up, a pretty sight. As we approached the town it got worse and worse. I ran into the first campground we saw and splashed water on my face for a while, which made it better for about 2 minutes. That particular site was RV only so we headed into the town. The hay fever attack was getting worse and the thought of being outside all night was not a pleasant one. We headed into an Inn and payed the high price but it was very much worth it. I stayed in the room all night and tended to my swelling and Agnes went out and fetched food and locked the bikes up for the evening. I should thank Agnes for that as she would have probably preferred to save some dollars and camp.

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