Almost there
What a day!!! We got up early as usual and grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and hit the road. We all were pretty excited about this being our second to last day on the trip. What was strange about this morning was that we didn’t need to put on layers of clothes. The temperature this morning was about 65 which was something new for us. When we first got on the bikes, the wind seemed to be with us. The first 10 miles or so were just great and then things changed. We were now going straight into the and when I say wind I mean gale force wind. Our speed dropped from about 18 mph down to 8 mph. There were no hills to speak of but we did seem to be climbing a bit. The ride from Lethbridge to Ft. Mcleod was a total of about 22 miles and the last part was a killer.
We then change direction from west to north and so now the wind was a cross wind and for a bit it was actually at our back. With the now 35 mph wind at our back we were screaming across the plains. This lasted for about 15 miles and then we started heading more west and so the wind became our enemy once again.
We stopped in Clairesholm for lunch and were just beat. We took a good break and rested a bit and then hit the road again. We needed to go another 25 miles to get tour destination of Nanton. Once we got here, we all just wanted crash. This had to rank as one of our most taxing days.
We found a unique hotel in what I guess you could call downtown Nanton and got our room for the night. This place was originally built in 1901 and has a pretty cool bar and restaurant. The rooms however leave a bit to be desired. When you walk into your room and see that the bedspreads don’t match you know this isn’t a Holiday Inn.
Tomorrow we head to our final destination which of course is Calgary. We will need to go about 65 miles to get there and we are already saying our prayers for a tail wind for our final ride of the trip. It’s hard to believe we are this close to the end but we are all very excited and ready to head home.
