This morning, one of our ArtSites artists, Susan Elkins, came by to wish us well and send us off. It's great to actually meet some of our artists!
The ride today was really fast. I covered the 102km from Canmore to Calgary at an average speed of 30 km/hr. It didn't hurt that I had a 20 km/hr tail wind for a good part of the trip. In particular, Morley Flats and the last 20 km before Calgary had strong steady winds. I sometimes found myself riding at 50 km/hr with little effort! I hope I get more of this crossing the prairies.
Along this route I saw Pigeon Mountain, where I learned to ski and where I taught my father to ski. I also saw "the sleeping dinosaur" mountain, at least that's what we called it.
I saw 4 other cyclists heading the same way along the same route. I think that Rochelle passed a few more.