Saskatchewan defeated! The "Land of Living Skies" is behind us now as we enter into "Friendly Manitoba". Tough province, though. It isn't flat like everyone told us it would be! Most of it was actually gentle inclines up and down, over and over like a very slow and boring rollercoaster. Unfortunately we didn't usually get to coast on the downhill, so it was just constant pedalling that occasionally got a bit easier or harder.
Continuing our recent trend of meeting cyclists, we met two women riding back to Quebec. These ladies had some serious gear and rode on a massive tandem bike that weighed just 35lbs! Apparently by riding these bikes you can really maximize efficiency by having both people's power while only having to cut through wind resistance once. We compared cruising speeds for today, and while we feel pretty good about being able to stay at steady 30km/h, these ladies were going 38! Huge boost!
Our suspicions of somehow being able to dodge bad weather the entire trip were also confirmed. They landed in Vancouver only two days before we did, but they had been rained on for 14 days straight while we were almost completely untouched. They didn't seem to mind, though. For them it was a vacation to celebrate turning 50 and they were enjoying every bit of it!
Unrelated: A random passerby asked us about our trip and said "good luck, have fun" to which we both cracked up a bit.
Oh my god, you guys are about halfway home! You need to start thinking about what you want to do for a big welcoming home party. :)
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Congrats on another province guys!
ReplyDeleteSo... are you gonna get a tandem bike? :)
Forget the tandem bike. You should get Kettcars!
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Why get a tandem bike when you can just stack yourselves on the same seat?
ReplyDeleteI feel like that joke might have went over the line...