Day 24: Maple Creek to Olga ( beautiful day, wind in your face!)

It's great camping for free on the prairie grassland but every once in a while it's also good to stay at an actual campground to take a shower and wash some clothes. The status of our undergarments necessitated that we take a bit of time this morning to do this.

Even with the late start we were still hoping to make Eastend, which was about 115 km. That's a good day but with the right winds it's easily doable.



Unfortunately, despite great sunny weather and warm but not hot temperature, the wind was NOT on our tail. We were going south and it was blowing North. Still it was a great day through beautiful rolling pasture land.



We added more data to our research study. It appears that Saskatchewan cows are much more time and scared. They tend to stampede without any instrument at all. After 65 km of fight the wind we were exhausted. Well short of our goal, we "borrowed" some water from an empty homes hose and set up tent in an empty community pasture.



If we have learned one thing, it's that the wind is an unpredictable force to be reckoned with. For all our follows, wish us good winds!,

Today's hiaku reflects the strength of the winds, and our ability to daydream happily despite the winds,

Haiku of the day:
Cows, hills, wind and sky
Eight clicks per hour? Oh my!
Dreams of apple pie!

Distance: 83.97 km
Time on bikes: 5:58:30
Average Speed: 14.0 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 1837 km
Start: 10:00 am
End time: 6:45 pm
Wind: medium from the south (headwind)

Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Olga, Saskatchewan