Day 21

Wednesday, July 14
Kindersley to Outlook
157km

Another long, flat day.  My butt felt pretty tender after that long day in the saddle as a sweep.  I was on cooking duty tonight, so I sprinted ahead with Paul.  Rick was sweeping today, so it was just the two of us.

I brought extra water for the long trip, and left my rain coat behind.  Luckily, we made it in to camp before the skies opened up and tipped down with rain.  Most people were caught out in the terrential downpour.  There was even a few minutes of hail.

Luckily there was a picinc shelter for us to wait out the storm.  Our campsite was at the bottom of a hill.  On his way down the hill, in the pouring rain and hail, Dave hit a speed bump and flew off his bike.  His helmut shattered, but protected his head for the most part.  His leg and arm had pretty bad road rash too.  We all rushed over, carried him to the shelter, and called an ambulance.  Luckily, Roselyn and Ronnie (two of the riders on the trip) are nurses, so they took care of him until the ambulance arrived.  He really had his Bell rung, and couldn't remeber who we were, how he had hit his head, or why he was in Outlook Saskatchewan.  He kept saying this like, “So we're on a bike trip?”...”Did I hit my head”...”We're in Outlook Saskatchewan?”...”Did I hit my head?”

Someone commented that the town ought to be called Lookout Saskatchewan.

The ambulance took him to the local doctor, who let Dave sleep at his house for observation.  He'll be riding in the truck for the next couple of days, and needs to buy a new helmut before he can ride again.

Since Ronnie went in the ambulance with Dave, our cooking crew was down to 3.  Happily, the rain stopped and we were able to get a nice pasta dinner ready in time.
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Daniel Longo
CIBC Corporate Development
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