May
30/06, Tuesday Day 26 2447 Km's
Westhawk
Campground, Whiteshell P.P. Manitoba 169 Km's ~ 7:15 Hrs
What
a super day of riding. Winds at our backs for most of it. This is
what I thought of when I thought of cycling across the prairies. Too
bad it came on our last day before hitting Ontario. I'd hoped for 2
or 3 'big gainer' type days along the way. Sometimes the winds were
blowing hard enough for it, just in the wrong direction. When I think
about it, except about 2/3's of the day through Dauphin, the winds
have been pretty cooperative since Saskatoon. This is just the first
time we've taken full advantage.
We
had packs of blow-flies following us for about 3 hours while we were
down on the flat lands. It was weird. Sometimes there could have been
60 just following us along. They dropped off as we climbed into the
park.
The
park is the beginning of The Shield. The bones of Canada poke through
the soil here. It was also neat to see bits of old road winding off
into the woods. I think this might be the old T.H.C. through the park
and the abandon bits are older still. The existing road is in pretty
poor shape and wouldn't be a lot of fun to drive on but for Doug and
I it was like having our own private road into our own private park.
Most people come by the new T.H.C. rather than by the Rennie road.
We
saw some rock climbers along the way.
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