Day 2 - Winnipeg to Moosamin, Sask.
Distance: 350 (ish) km's
All I wanted was to see a flock of moosin, but that didn't happen. Today's ride was a good test of battling headwinds and challenging trucks passing bye 5 feet from you on the bike while on the shoulder.
We made it into Brandon, MB for my first community ride and we were welcomed with some great supporters, lots of signs and a police escort through the town. One of our riders from Cyclebetes was able to raise nearly $15,000 from this town of only 35,000 people - nice James! The ride took us about 10km's through the town and residential area only to finish at James' brother's place for a well-deserved hamburger and hot dog dinner. Whoever made the mac salad with bits of ham should be considered a saint!
With tummies full and riders ready for a long night, we pressed on into the night for another 175km's of riding into Moosamin. My riding partner and I took on the 10-11pm leg and thought how we could best pass the time as there was NOTHING to see during the ride. We came up with our Plan B's on if an animal jumped out at us during the ride what would we do and if we had to hit a deer in our headlights which direction would be fall. Corney I know but you gotta think of these things before they happen.
Arriving very late into Moosamin I couldn't get a decent photo of the town welcome sign but I know in my heart it was there for us somewhere! Camping in the RV for a few hours we woke up 4 hours later to start our next day with a staggering 465km's to Swift Current, Sask.
I'm writing this as we're about 30 minutes outside of Regina having already ridden for 5 hours.
Keep those donations coming and check us out live at www.cyclebetes.com
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