Day 168: Derailed explosion 💥, gotta hitch back

Day 167: Whoops no cash

Day 166: Last at low elevation for awhile

Day 165: Long Hot looks like Texas

Day 163: Man the coast of Peru is rough

Are we riding bicycle or motorcycles? 

The prairie is a weird place  for bicycles where wind is king. To avoid repeating some things from yesterday, today was essentially the opposite In speed and effort.

I came into this day off very little sleep. Last night around 1AM I awoke to an intense smell of smoke. I started panicking and thinking that a wild fire might be nearby , Katie and I would be goners in this tent. I stayed up to eye the prarier that of course was not aflame, and woke up to exhaustion. We packed up the tent , charged up some devises in random RV spots , and headed out into an INTENSE tailwind. Wind gusts must have been at 25 MPH at times. We covered the 30 miles back to highway 16 in well under 2 hours. After a quick Tim Hortons stop, we jumped in the yellow head and basically operated as motorcycles. 20, 22, 25 miles per hour average at times, with so little peddling . It felt like I was cheating . The yellow head was far less exciting scenery than route 14, but we agreed that the speed was worth it. Around 3 PM we made the decision to send it all the way to Saskatoon, 120 total miles for the day in a little over 6 hours of riding.  

Our hosts in Saskatoon are also a cycling couple who cleared all of Europe and Everest base camp together over the last few years.  Hoping for more tailwinds and interesting people in the coming days.

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Day 4: SASKATOON basically riding motorcycles

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Day 168: Derailed explosion 💥, gotta hitch back

Day 167: Whoops no cash

Day 166: Last at low elevation for awhile

Day 165: Long Hot looks like Texas

Day 163: Man the coast of Peru is rough

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