When I had my shower this morning I found there was something already in the shower stall. I don't know what it was, so I am asking for your help to identify what it is. It was about 4 inches long overall. See the attached photos.
It was very cool this morning so I rode with the electric heated vest turned on for the morning and then just the vest in the afternoon . But is was a day of rain and more rain.
There are some advantages to the "big sky" view you have while travelling the prairies. It is possible to see the black clouds coming way in advance, and the positive side is that you can see the clear sky following the storm. It's just a question of what direction will the road take and will it intercept with the storm.
While riding along Highway 3 west I came across an unbelievable sight. It was a line of grain cars parked on a siding and it measured almost 10 km in length. It was hard to comprehend that there is a need for so many of these cars.
I really appreeciate the architecture of the old style grain elevators that are falling apart or being abandoned and replaced by the new modern systems. The new ones are called "inland terminals".
I saw a something truly hilarious today. There was a for sale sign on a sport bike in front of a house on Highway 3. The roads are so straight for such long distances I can't imagine a sport bike being put to the test at any time. All it could do was wear the tires square .
There have been many signs acknowledging how farmers support the Ducks Unlimited movement, and it is very common to see duck ponds sharing space with farm land. Each pond seems like a small community with birds turtles and sometime cows using the water.
The economy out here seems to be doing well. There is no shortage of new cars and trucks on the road and the farm equipment dealers have plenty of new units in inventory for the farmers with the big bank accounts.
A road sign brought a chuckle. It said "Warning Slow Down For Surface Failures" Such a polite way of saying the road conditions are less than desireable.
This seems to an area where Ukrainians settled as there were several unique looking churches along this secton of the highway in northern Saskatchewan.
I ate lunch at the Frontier Cafe in a small town. It was an interesting restaurant as it was an ice cream shop, bus depot and shipping location. When was the last time you had a full size tractor tire sitting in the middle of a restaurant where you are eating .
A few humorous things along the way: Worlds Largest Chuck wagon in Dewberry Alberta, a fence line about one Km long with hats on every fence post, and ironically saw an oil rig in the middle of a field of canola, the new source of oil.
Eventually I made it to the Alberta border in the middle of a storm so I ducked into a store for a tea, then carried on after the rain slowed down. The Highway number changed to Number 45, that linked up with Highway 18 that took me to Westlock where I am spending the night.
I did something on my bike today that I have never done before...I ran out of gas. I was 7 Km from the next gas station. Fortunately a gentleman in a huge 3/4 ton pickup with all the bells and whistles, stopped drove me to and from a gas station. I now know that when a certain part of the gas gauge starts flashing it is almost game over !!!
I tucked in a picture of what I see as I ride along
Distance travelled: 896 Km