Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Bikes in truck and headed to Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park for another 30 degree day. Started at Wasagaming to circle tour Clear Lake in search of some much advertised wildlife...would you believe 3 crows and a deer. Had a real mix of riding in the spruce and birch forests of the park; ride was a blast, especially the 15 km of single track along lakeshore's edge; much high grass and mud holes in high flood zones on lake's north shore. Tom almost lost his bike in a very deep, quick sand mudhole; we were both covered and later washed off at Camp Wannakumba's beautiful beach. South lake was too high for us to cross 20 feet with our bikes so resorted to the roads for last part of our 45 km day.