So, not wanting to rush in to things...this is my first attempt at blogging! First of all, I agree with all the above posted by G&G...well done ! G particularly did a great job with the photography. I recon that riding across the Prairies Slo should be able to steer with his knees and snap the whole journey.
Impressions so far...Canada is BIG !! Maybe a daft thing to say (and I have spent a good amount of time here on other trips) but the scale just defies belief. You only get a real sense when you travel (without the comforts of AC and ACDC in the car) by bike. This is turning out to be a trip of many firsts for me...first big bike tour, biggest and heaviest (by a long way) bike I've ridden, 'big' weather...of all kinds, first time I've eaten eggs for breakfast every day for nearly 3 weeks...I'll stop there!
Even in the miles done so far there is such a different feel to parts of Canada. Quebec being the most different (some good some not so). Nova Scotia is superb and then stumbling in to Fredericton (with no expectations actually) to discover a delightful city, inhabitants, great beer...and a bike shop that sells mineral oil (we could have been spending a few nights in F had we not found this).
So, since I wrote the above paras (and didn't publish !) we're ridden across Manitoba and Saskatchewan (3 days). Everyone we spoke to en route said how bored we'd be with this part of the trip...not so. The scenery is amazing. I wouldn't want to commute every day, but I've never seen anything like it. I'm looking out the window on the 12th floor of the Ramada hotel in Regina (SK)...and think I can see my house in Hampton Hill !
Got to do the morning bike pack...more soon.
JJ
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