Day 28: 197.07 km

June 3, 2012

Oak Lake - Portage La Prairie

I'll keep today's blog entry nice and short because I am exhausted!!! HELL YES!!! really could explain it all, but I'll put a little more into it then that.

This morning I took off at 7:30 am, and biked 50km for a well deserved, delicious breakfast at Cathy (my dads cousin) and David's house in Brandon. After possibly the most perfect pancakes ever (I ate 9) I took off again.

At Cathy, David, and Callum's for breakfast

and their leashed cat

I was really nervous all day that I would get a flat. I fill my tires with CO2 cartridges and I only had half of one left! That's not enough for one full tire!! My pump is out of commission at the moment so that was all the air I had.

 This was the beginning of one rough ride. It went from brand new pavement (amazing) to gravel.

And, of course 60 km out of portage I have a flat. This time, it was BOB himself that was flat. (BOB is my trailer.) And that's his actual name, I didn't make it up. If I would have made it up, it would have been much more creative, like Steve 2... Anyway, I had no idea what to do, so I called dad. Together chatting on the phone we patched the tire (there's no spare tubes for BOB) and we hoped to pump him up enough to get us there. How lucky was it that BOB had a super slow leak and that he was only half deflated!? Because it perfectly used up the air canister and filler him up nicely. Now I just hope I don't get a flat tomorrow. Then I'll have to thumb a ride in!

Today was super hot, and windy. They wind was definitely in my favor (Hence the 197 km!!!). I have the worst burn on my back from today. And I applied so much spray sunscreen! Just it seems that I did it in the same spots because I have a very bright red and brown polka dotted back at the moment.

Today's lunch was in Sidney, Manitoba. There were 3 stores in that town, all of which were closed. But there was a pop machine out front and that was good enough for me! And I got two cokes for the price of one!!!!! I was so happy!!!! But I went lunch-less and only had sharpies as a snack.

Finally, at 7:45pm I pulled into Portage. I was so happy to be able to eat at Boston pizza!!!! I ate potato skins as well as jambalaya pasta! I was so hungry! Now I am at Miller's campground, a beautiful campground 10km east of Portage.

 

During my shower I locked my tent, and then lost the tiny keys. Who gets locked out of a tent!? I felt like an idiot breaking into my own tent. There goes my security system!!! That's ok maybe I'll find new and better mini locks in Winnipeg tomorrow!!