Quick recap.
Calgary, was not that great for biking. Drivers were crazy and there was very little bike infrastructure. But I did get to hold one of the Vancouver Olympics Silver Medals in Olympic Plaza. So AWESOME.
Getting from Calgary to Saskatoon was difficult. The wind was almost never blowing the direction we wanted it to and often in the wrong direction making things slow and difficult. We did get to stay at some nice campsites and met some very interesting people in tiny towns along the way.
Saskatoon was pretty nice, our hosts there were awesome and it was just nice to be done with our long touring leg. Biking hurts your butt, just as an FYI, and resting your butt feels great.
We then got on the train from Saskatoon to Toronto and made a new friend, but also had the worst luck ever. All in all we were 16 hours delayed so instead of getting in to Toronto at like 9:30 AM, we got in at 1:30 AM the next morning. We were very tired, but thankfully got free coffee, tea, cookies, and dinner, plus a ticket worth 100% of what we paid for this ticket. We'll see how useful that is since we probably aren't going to be traveling on Canadian rail in the next year.
So we're here in Toronto, it's pretty humid since we're right on the lake and it's kind of a nice change. Our hosts have a very fun cat and dog and all is good. Shannon's friend will also be joining us for the next leg to Ottawa and Montreal which is pretty exciting.
On another note, there are a lot of Filipino's in Canada and the people are really friendly. We've also been eating a lot more than usual with lots of rice and beans, some pasta, lots of sandwiches with either PB and J or hummus and cheese and spinach. Oh, and we eat a lot of Tim Horton's for breakfast. Shan and my sibling are kind of obsessed with it.
Here's our crazy km's since the last update.
August 11 Airdrie to Calgary 46.53
August 12 exploring Calgary ~3
August 13 research in Calgary ~33
August 14 Calgary to Beiseker 70.14
August 15 Beiseker to Drumheller via the 575 77.32
August 16 Drumheller to Hanna 83.49
August 17 Hanna to Oyen 119.74
August 18 Oyen to Kindersly 99.73
August 19 Kindersly to Rosetown 92.34
August 20 Rosetown to Saskatoon 129.49
August 21 research in Saskatoon 25.10
August 22 to train station in Saskatoon 17.85
August 23 on train
August 24 on train
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