Home, home on the range...

Howdy folks!

So for those of you who don't know, we ended up staying in Calgary two days longer than we had expected due to snowy weather.
Now, however, we find ourselves in Caronport, Saskatchewan. The Rockies have long since disappeared over the western horizon and in infront of us lies about 1000km of wide open terrain before we arrive in Northern Ontario.
It's been interesting to see the landscape change, and with it, the wildlife. Each place has its staple rodent. In the Fraser Canyon we saw marmots, followed by columbian ground squirrels in the mountains; now, it's gophers. These are by far the dumbest of the small rodents that we have encountered. Biking through the prairies we have been able to keep ourselves amused by counting the dead gophers on the side of the road. Today, within the first hour of biking, Megan counted over 140. Aside from them we have also seen herds of antelope (including babies) and a few coyotes. Some signs along the road warned us of wild buffalo, but alas, the prairies have not yet delivered on this promise.
The prairie folk have lived up to their name in that they have all been very kind and welcoming. As we make our way along the highway we are greeting with a long of honking and waving (we even had a train honk at us!)
The winds have also been good to us helping us to pedal along at 40km/h and coast up the rolling hills.
Well, that's about it for now. The week has been relatively uneventful. We'll update again from Winnipeg!

Jeremy

Distances travelled since Calgary: Sun.150km, Mon.150km, Tue.90km, Wed.130km, Thur.160km