Trip 1: First Entry - Swift Current, SK

Hi everyone!

It is Saturday afternoon, about ten to three Alberta time, I'm in Swift Current, SK.

So far the trip has been a little bit of everthing. The first day I left Calgary late - around 3:30, and that put me right into rush hour, but once I was clear it wasn't too bad. About 20 mins after Strathmore however, my rear rack suddenly gave out - the bracket that holds the upper part to the frame gave way and the whole load swing backwards onto the tire!

Fortunately I looked on the side of the road a little bit and found some string and have lashed the frame and the rack together - and it seems to be holding quite well. Other than being exceptionally dehydrated (must work on that) Yesterday was a fairly good day - I put in over 8 hrs and made over 240kms. I was in Brooks for a little while looking for some medical supplies I forgot, but I'm all set up now.

There was a bit of lightning and rain last night on the way out of Medicine Hat and I spent the night just on the inside of the Alberta border. Today has been much nicer, mostly suunny, pretty good tail winds. I've already gone around 190kms and after a little bit of break here I imagine I'll ride another 2 or 3 hrs... we'll see how that goes... mostly things have been good and my blood glucose #'s have been really good...