Due to losing an hour at the border, I woke up late by about an hour. I looked for a sports shop in town to replace my broken odometer but none of them carried bikes, let alone bike parts. Winnipeg is probably my best bet.
It is very windy today which means it is going to be a long day since it’s a headwind again. I continued to be pleased with the highway in Manitoba for the next 20km which was freshly paved with a full shoulder. Unfortunately, the rest of the day consisted of riding the white line at the edge of the road because there was no shoulder at all (or rather, it was loose gravel).
At some point I came across two cyclists, Thomas and Amy, from Taiwan who are spending 5 months biking around Canada. They flew in to Vancouver but started from Jasper after taking a train there to avoid the rockies. They are riding without a specific destination, just a direction: east (though they have gone north and south a few times across the prairies).
Eventually, the wind got the best of me and I decided to stop for the night in Shoal Lake. My original destination for the day had been another 50 or 60km further at Minnedosa. Thomas and Amy stayed at the same campsite and I talked with Thomas at greater length about their trip while Amy had already went to bed.
| Distance | 79km |
|---|---|
| Time | 3:42 |
| Max Speed | 42km/h |
| Odometer | 2758km |