August 29, 2008 - Bittern Lake

It was a nice day after work - 20c and light wind from the east. I headed to Bittern Lake from work. I tried to keep my cadence up (advice from David Samm). I probably worked too hard on my way there - as I sort of ran out of steam part way back. Nice ride - averaged about 28kph on the way there (sightly downwind), and 23 on the way back.

32km for a total of 543km

August 21, 2008 - Gwynn

I got my stuff back. It arrived by priority post from Red Deer while I was on holidays!! Nice to have my Helmet and gloves. Thanks very much to Ryan from Red Deer, who saw my name on my GPS and gave me a call!! Nice to know there are good people out there.

I started out after work to head for Bittern Lake again. There was a West wind so I was headed into wind. There were storm clouds around, but it appeared to be clear over BL. As I got to Bittern Lake, I was feeling pretty good, so I decided to carry on Gynn. I worried for a bit about my tire, as I passed the famous slough where I forgot my helmet. As I approached Gwynn, the storm cloud passed behind me and dumped some rain on Camrose. With the Storm cloud to the North, the wind switched, and I had to ride upwind all the way home. It was a long hard ride. Everything in Camrose was wet, but I missed the rain. Most of my ride was in sunshine.

53km

Total 511km this year

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - Bittern Lake

A quick trip after work to Bittern Lake and back. Temperature was around 30, so it was a very warm ride - used lots of water. I forgot my cell phone - but had no problems.
32 km. Total to date 458km.

August 3, 2008 - Camrose and Back

I had a few hours Sunday before Louise's folks arrived, so I decided to ride to Camrose and back. It was very windy from the north west (not enough for windsurfing, but enough to really make a difference on my bike. I parked on Hwy 56 in a pullout about 1 mile South of the Haul Road. I rode North past Hwy 13 to Hwy 26, then West to Camrose, then South to Camrose Drive/29 Street. All this way was battling the headwind - very slow going. Then East on Camrose Drive past the Big Valley Jamboree, to Hwy 13. Then East on Hwy 13 to Hwy 56, then back to my van. The ride back was very fast - particularly Hwy 13 - straight down wind. It took over an hour to get to Camrose and less than 1/2 hour to get back.
37km round trip.

Total to date = 426km