Day 59 Aug 24 Twin Butte to Bragg Creek

When I woke up I heard some drizzle on my tent, I was hoping that it's just a small cloud going by. When I looked out side i was not sure what's going to happen.

                     west


 

               north

                      east

                                       southwest

 I started packing fast and cooking my oatmeal at the same time, I can't start peddling on a empty stomach.

  When I got on the road it cleared a little

       this is to the left of me, and moving fast

   After about 20 min. dark cloud came out of the north, I kept going. By the time I got to the top of the 2nd  hill  all hell broke loose and was not sure what to do with myself haha funny now.
Heavy rain and even stronger wind, I had to put some rain gear on which i should have put on before I left. I turned around to get back to some houses i saw about 1/4 mile before, hoping to find some shelter there. It took me few min. to get to those houses, when I got there no one was home, but luckily the rain stopped by then.

    I changed my clothes and made new Friend. When I was leaving this little guy wanted to come along, so I had to put him on a leash that was by the side of the house.

    lucky to be alive continued north :)

When I got to Pincher Creek I went shopping to wallmart, nicest wallmart i have ever seen, if it was not for the sign I would not know I'm in wallmart, plus the prices were good too. I bought a lot of food, little worry about my bike, feels heavy 100+

     I'm turning right (north) right before where that cloud is touching

                                      Rte 22 from lundbreck to Longview



     I was warned about this stretch of road at the border, it's very windy, in the winter trucks get blown off on more than one occasion.
So I turned  right before the cloud and start peddling, it's already afternoon but I feel like  that 135km will be no problem. About an hour in heavy wind picks up  followed by rain, worst than this morning.
I had my rain gear handy but not on me, I pull into the ditch by the road to hide from the wind and put it on, by the time I was done and ready to go a guy stops in a pick up because he thought that I was blown off the road.
He asked me if I was OK and then he asked if I want to throw my bike on the back of his pick up, sure I said...
He took me to Bragg Creek, the rain stopped about 1/2 hr later.
I saw one guy peddling south, I felt a little guilt but not too much because he had the wind on his back, and a some rain too.

          Bragg Creek

John said that he could take me 100 km more up north but i did not want to get too comfortable.


Canada I know you can be cold, but please break me in slowly :)))

From Bragg Creek I side track about 10 km to find a campsite.

      

           im hoping the branches will stop the bear from getting my food.      

  if it's a circus bear it will take my food, undo the lock and take off on my bicycle.

  running in the woods matrix style

          nice and quiet, left my food and bike not too far from  the road and went couple hundred yards into the woods to set up my tent.



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