Monday July 6 Bow Island, Alberta

Slept until 7:00 am. Feeling like I did an Ironman yesterday. Got out and on the road to find winds still from the east but turning from the south. Riding still frustrating. Will make today a short one as I haven't had a day off yet and it's obvious that thunderstorms are due soon. Got a room at a motel in Bow Island (no water around here so I don't know where the name comes from) at about 12:30 pm. Catching up on a few things like grocs and laundry. The guy who met me at the motel (hotel actually) seems to run half the town businesses. I'm guessing this little truckers motel was the centre of everything 40 years ago when it was built - liquor store, pub, big restaurant and a couple dozen rooms. TV has storm warning on the weather channel - hopefully it goes through soon as predicted and winds change to westerlies! I wanna ride. 10 minutes later: The storm has arrived. 5 minutes ago it was getting dark. Now it's pouring rain and the winds are westerlies that are so strong they make the flagpoles sway. Storm passed pretty quickly, now it's just light rain and clear skies in the west.

OD 1376.4 km, 3:36:03, 64.91 km, 18.0 km/hr ave, 28.5 max