My timing couldn't have been better on this trip. I am getting to see the prairies as they are filled with ripe wheat and getting a ton of classic shots as a result. It is also a great year cause the farmers are getting bumper crops and a little making money for once. It really is a pretty tough life they struggle to maintain out here.

Day #20 Grenfell to Elkhorn, 142 km.

Another, maybe even worse, headwind day, but today it pissed me off more than anything and I somehow mashed out 142km. For anyone who believes that what I'm doing is a romantic and fun way to see this country try 15 minutes on a day like today. I dare you. Never the less today's ride meant crossing into Manitoba and getting a new map to read as I was curled up in bed at night. But getting to Elkhorn also meant I was “stuck” in a campsite with a whole bunch of guys paving the TCH and getting rather inebriated. Which was just what I needed cause at this point my hopes of getting to the Peg in four days were pretty much finished.