Once again we woke to the blustery wind , and when I say blustery I mean blow the paint off a barn blustery !!!. Regardless we all headed out to find that we had a crosswind and progress was a bit slow , but we pressed on and reached the Fort Qu’Appelle after 66 km stopping at the A&W for breakfast . The prairie today changed again , much more trees lined the road and the fields , a mix of pastures and crops and cows with undulating land was very pleasing to the eye. More farm buildings were visible today in good repair dotting the countryside. And quite a bit of wetlands with a variety of ducks , turns , geese and others rearing young.
As the day progressed the heavy overcast broke and sun started to appear , buy the end of the ride we were bathed in full sunshine and temperatures in the high twenties.
I had wanted to visit the historical pioneer village of “ Motherwell Homestead in Abernethy that required a 3 km side trip on a gravel road so after lunch i left my group and powered down the road to get there quickly and spend a bit of time , I was on cooking duty so I had to be in camp early. The village was beautifully preserved , the old stone house immaculate and full of period furniture. They had a blacksmith working shoeing a horse , there were cows , pigs , chickens and horses , a very well maintained barn and lots of machinery. I had a very nice visit. after I had to power down the road again eventually catching up to my ridding buddies of the day.
Eventually we made it to camp and right away put our tents up and set into our cooking duties , todays menu was sausages with sauerkraut and salad to be followed by strawberry ice cream .
The George ( one of the town councilors of the town of Grayson were we are staying )set of the fire halls alarm as our dinner call and the food was devoured eagerly !!!
Total ridden today: 167.8 - average speed: 25.5 - Ridding time 6.34
Dinner is served
With George , he rang the Fire Hall bell for us.
Trevor cooking sausages
Dinner is served
With George , he rang the Fire Hall bell for us.
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