The good thing about staying in hostels is that you can meet people from all over the world.
The bad thing about staying in hostels is that sometimes those people are teenagers who want to party and get drunk and they keep coming in and out the room in the middle of the night disturbing the sleep of the other roommates.
Another bad night where I only slept 6 hours and had a long day of riding since I had decided to take a detour to Drumheller to go see the world's biggest dinosaur at 135Km from Calgary.
Got up at 6:30am and wanted to be on the road by 7:30 but since it was Father's Day I called my dad and talked with him while having breakfast at the hostel. I ended leaving at 9am which I thought it was a late start but hey, it's Father's Day!
The bad thing about staying in hostels is that sometimes those people are teenagers who want to party and get drunk and they keep coming in and out the room in the middle of the night disturbing the sleep of the other roommates.
Another bad night where I only slept 6 hours and had a long day of riding since I had decided to take a detour to Drumheller to go see the world's biggest dinosaur at 135Km from Calgary.
Got up at 6:30am and wanted to be on the road by 7:30 but since it was Father's Day I called my dad and talked with him while having breakfast at the hostel. I ended leaving at 9am which I thought it was a late start but hey, it's Father's Day!
What came after was a long and tedious ride on highway 9 in the middle of nowhere and with no services around. Good thing I had taken some food with me from the hostel free breakfast because I didn't see nothing until I decided to make a stop at Irricana and even there, the restaurants were closed. Only the supermarket was open.
I was starving and needed a break so I got 200gr of ham, bread, an apple and an energy drink and sat outside on a bench to enjoy my improvised lunch.
While eating, two kids (Jacob and Gerry) came to where I was sitting and asked if I was participating in a marathon. I talked to them for a bit and asked them to please get me some water. They filled my bottles and I was off to Drumheller. Really long day but I was running against the rain and the last 40kms I got tail wind so I was doing 40Kms/Hr.
I was starving and needed a break so I got 200gr of ham, bread, an apple and an energy drink and sat outside on a bench to enjoy my improvised lunch.
While eating, two kids (Jacob and Gerry) came to where I was sitting and asked if I was participating in a marathon. I talked to them for a bit and asked them to please get me some water. They filled my bottles and I was off to Drumheller. Really long day but I was running against the rain and the last 40kms I got tail wind so I was doing 40Kms/Hr.
I went straight to the tourist information at 4:50pm (that luckily it closed at 5:30pm) Called a few places to immediately realize it was going to be another expensive night. The cheapest room I found was on top of an old Saloo/Cantine but the girls at the reception told me they don't rent it too often because the owner believes it is haunted.
No way I was going to be there alone, yeah call me chickenshit! I decided to go to the Tyrell museum but first I stopped to take some pictures with the biggest dinosaur in the world.
No way I was going to be there alone, yeah call me chickenshit! I decided to go to the Tyrell museum but first I stopped to take some pictures with the biggest dinosaur in the world.
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After that I rode another 15Km to the Tyrrell Museum, it was impressive and I would have loved to have more time to enjoy the museum but one hour would have to do just fine. Took lots of pictures and got my brother a t-shirt. Back in town I passed by a motel that had the second best rate so I stopped and talked to Carol the owner. She not only gave me a better rate for $65 (only $15 that the haunted one) but also saw me so tired that gave me some dinner leftovers (ribs, salad, and one garlic bread) Gourmet Dinner! I promised her I'd have breakfast at the restaurant next door in the morning. After a shower I heated my dinner and had a fancy night while watching Wild Hogs on cable TV while eating in bed. Fell asleep almost right after the movie and dinner just so I could enjoy of the comfy bed and having a room all for myself since the next day would be a long one as well to Brooks. Called my dad for Father's Day again
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