Day 28: Lafleche to Viceroy ( A limerick for you!)

Our journey today was flat through wet prairie with the beautiful sun above our head. It was highlighted by the people we met.

In the morning we ran into Kevin, who was driving with his mother back to Ontario. He excitedly pulled us over that he too had done the sane trip by bike last year! It was great to chew the fat
With someone who had been our exact shoes. Given his trip, we seem to be on track for a mid august arrival. We are excited to read his blog from last year at twitsxcanada.blogspot.com

Next we had a bit if an issue with one of Leahs tires which was a drag but along came the lovely farmer from across the street ready to help! We had the tire covered but he gave us some great insight into the highs and lows of saskatchewan farming and told us about the impending doom of the wheat board! Meanwhile his dog sat patiently in the back of his ATV and his cows watched us disinterestedly!




Lastly we haven't mentioned it much yet but like Nova Scotia ,almost all of the small towns we have passed in saskatchewan have an arena. It was on these sheets of ice that many of Canada's finest hockey players spent their youth. In particular, we passed the home of past hockey great Mark Lamb and current star Patrick Marleau. But another town we passed had no hockey affiliation so we used it's name to inspire some writing. What you read below is a summery if the days events, dedicated to a place called Limerick.


"There once was a Saskatchewan town named limerick,
Where the grass and the bugs were really t'ick,
The people were fine,
But my did they whine,
Because when it rained,
They were sick if it!"

"There was an odd family from Wolfville,
Who never learned how to stay still,
So they planned a bike trip,
And took off with a zip,
To date they've not yet had their fill. "

"There once was a dynamic pair,
Who didn't think life was fair,
They got a flat tire,
But it wasn't so dire,
Cause they pulled out a foldable spare. "

They once was a herd of cows,
Who got really really aroused,
When a human came by,
They let out a cry,
Cause he didn't bring any chows!

Distance: 97.81 km
Time on bikes: 5:50:25
Average Speed: 16.7 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 2159 km
Start: 9:30am
End: 6:45 pm
Wind: 9-11 (medium west) 11-1 (none) 1-3 (low east) 3-7 (medium east)

Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Viceroy, Saskatchewan