Fort Qu'Appelle, SK to Yorkton Regional High School in Yorkton, SK

Cold and tired. That's how my day started. Sleeping in the hammock in cold weather isn't suiting me. I geared up in long pants and sleeves, my sheet sack, sleeping bag, and a hat but I couldn't retain enough body heat to stay warm! I made sure to get hot poorage and coffee into me at breakfast.
The weather for our ride was plenty favorable. The roads were either back road or with a with a large shoulder.  I felt tired for the most of the ride today which was sort've a bummer. I wanted to enjoy the day. Getting breakfast and drinking half a gal of root beer at A@W helped a lot to wake me up.
Camp at the highschool is very nice. The washroom facilities are in the locker rooms out by the football field. Rumor has it that the locker rooms are used for a minor league football team, which explains why they are so nice! Something like a 3m by 3m locker area with washed jerseys hanging in the middle. There's also a stereo system and then the washroom amenities attached.
Caleb and I found a skatepark today. We actually did yesterday too and I broke the tail on my mini board... a sad moment.
The Sea to Sea community is blessed to have Harold back. Harold is one of our chaplins and riders but he had to go back home for a week to support a family in the loss of a young mother.
As the tour goes on, we uphold organization as a group to ensure the mindset of fighting poverty sticks. We meet many encouraging folks along our way as we hand out Sea to Sea business cards and stickers. Support drivers were gifted today with three twenty dollar donations from drivers who were sincerely amazed seeing all the Sea to Sea bicyclists on the road.

Time: 5hr 15min
Trip: 118.7km
Avg: 22.6km/hr
Max: 33.9km/hr



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