Hi folks,

Well, it felt a bit longer, but it was actually only 98 km today (sorry Kim). It was nice to have a bit of a shorter day today- the long mileages we've been doing have felt a bit taxing both physically and mentally- when you're on your bike for 5 or 6 hours day after day, and you can't admire the scenery too much because you need to watch where your going, you get a bit drained. Today I was riding by myself, but I was only riding for 2 hours and 45 min or so. I also had a tailwind which was nice- thus the 36 km/h average speed (or 35 according to the endomondo map on the mcc alberta website, which has been consistently short-changing us). Traffic was heavy coming into Edmonton, but if you can get over the unpleasant aspects of several tons of semi whizzing close by you at high speed, you reap the benefits of getting a bit of a speed boost from its slipstream. All in all, I think I prefer less busy roads.

Tomorrow, there is no biking. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it. I plan to do as little as possible, and rest up for Saturday, when we start riding north. We've all been meaning to shoot some video along the ride, but the couple of times we've tried it, things haven't worked out so well. Something to work at in the 6 days we have to go.

Also, Kim and Abe, after putting up with 6 days of bad jokes, smelly bike clothes and complaining from me and John, are finishing their support driving duties- thank you so much to you both!

Adam