Hello All,
We awoke this morning to coffee brewing and a delicious breakfast. Patrick and Camille certainly spoiled us. It was drizzling outside so we took our time getting ready. We said our goodbyes and headed out. At this point it was raining pretty good. It was raining our entire ride today so unfortunately we don't have any pictures. The rain made us really cold and there were no rest stops to go into to warm up. The best we could do was stop under highway overpasses to get warm.
It was becoming clear we weren't prepared for rain and cold at the same time. Our fingers and toes were the worst and we just couldn't get them warm. We did see a wolf eating a carcass on the side of the highway so that was pretty cool...again, no picture though. We eventually decided to stop at a hotel(the first one we saw). We unthawed with a warm shower and a soak in the hotel's hottub. We were due for a rest due in a day or two anyways so we didn't feel too bad about such a short day.
Now we have to decide whether we need to invest in better rain gear or if we just hope it warms up soon. Anyways, tomorrow we hope to at least get through Calgary -hopefully the weather clears up.
Hope everyone has a good long weekend and don't forget to give cyclists lots of room in your travels,
Chris & Patricia
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