Day 22: Bow Island to Medicine Hat ( and the heavens opened upon us!)

After an "interesting" stay in Bow Island at the wonderful yet underutilized campground we awoke nervously to see if the storm that weather channel had forcast would actually come to pass. We got out of the tent because there was no rain. We took down our tents because there was no rain. We packed up our bikes because still there was no rain... I wanted to yell "hey rain-storm!" but I have learned a few things from the Robert Munch mud puddle story after all. .. Or maybe not. Minutes after getting on our bikes the storm jumped on us. It didn't shower like the forecast said, and the wind was not from the west like the forecast said; no, the rain poured down and the wind was right in our face! Ughhh, the storm got us.

After an hour and a half, the rain finally let up and a fair weather "V" began to stretch across the sky. The wind turned in our favor and we flew past the town of "Seven Persons" where their English skills are dubious and into Medicine Hat. After fruitlessly trying to find a bike store with a new tire for Evan's bike, we had a fantastic Chinese lunch.

As the winds picked up and darker clouds pulled in, we decided not to fight the weather gods twice in one day so we found a barren RV park just outside the city. Huddled in the tent while it rained down, we listened to the trains screeching by. They are only 100 meters away so it might be a long night...



Distance: 74.74 km
Time on bikes: 4:04:24
Average speed: 18.3 km/h (20 upon entering medicine hat, dang traffic)
Distance from Vancouver: 1653 km
Start time: 8:45 am
End time: 4:30 pm


Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Dunmore, Alberta