Canada

This morning I left my sister's around 9 AM and headed north toward Winnipeg. The weather was exception crappy with total downpours and 20 MPH crosswinds. Not fun on the bike.

Before I left Minneapolis, I bought some bear spray which is essentially high power pepper spray. When I got to the border the Canadians initally wanted to confiscate it! Apparently, in addition to guns, pepper spray is also illegal in Canada. Crazy! Since it says "bear deturrent" on the label they let me keep it under the condition that I don't spray someone. I agreed and they let me go on my merry way.

Everything was going fine until I downshifted a few times to slow the bike at an intersection. It clunked a few times when I downshifted so I figured the chain was slipping. I've never tightened a bike chain in my life but I figured it out pretty quick. Let's hope I put it back together right!

In other news, I ripped the crotch of my rain gear doing my superduper bike mount/dismount. Now I'm walking around scaring Canadians with my crotchless attire. It draws some funny looks.

Today was a long ass day. 520 miles! That's a lot in one day for me. It will take me 8 more days to get to Anchorage but I only have to do 400 mile days from here on out.
-Brian

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