Botha to Range Road 232, Alberta

It was raining on Saturday morning when I woke up, so I put off leaving for a little bit, then, once it had let up, cycled east from Stettler to Botha.  As it was yesterday, my time heading east was much better than coming back west.

But, I managed to average almost 26 kmph, so it was not too bad.

I rested for a bit in my hotel room and ate an early lunch before getting back on the bike and leaving Stettler to the west.  I had picked a destination--Range Road 232, about 35 km west of Stettler--which would give me exactly a metric century of riding for the day.

Once I reached it, I was not in an especially great mood, because it had been raining and the wind continued to make the going tough.

On the way back I was having more fun, although it started to really rain for about 15 minutes or so.  When the rain stopped and the sun started coming out, I was able to get some really good speed going, often in the high 30s kmph.

I was back in Stettler before 15:00.

After an ice bath, hot shower, warm food, and short nap, I jumped in the car and headed south to Drumheller.

There, in the middle of the badlands, I watched a performance of the famous opera Carmen.

Pretty cool!