Ponteix to Assiniboia. We were up early and visited by 2 deer investigating our campsite. Our early start was interrupted by a flat tire before we even left the campsite. Then we visited 2 banks (to get no money), 2 food stores (to get some food), and the local bakery for breakfast. We are having trouble finding food stores open when we arrive in a town late and tend to eat in restaurants a lot. We finally got on our way at 11:15. Forty km later a second flat. As Tim G said bad things happen in threes. We had a good lunch at Lafleche and after lunch Tim G went to the only ATM in town to get some money. The ATM completed the transactions but Tim got no money so he had to get the bank involved. The bank was initially reluctant to get involved but was convinced to help when Tim announced he was staying in the bank until they made sure the ATM didn’t charge his account. They did check the records and give us enough documentation to get any errors corrected and we were on our way. Because of the flats and the bank incident we arrived in Assiniboia at 6:15 and again were too late to shop for food. We set up tent at the regional park and found ourselves next to a group of cyclists who were heading from Victoria to Halifax. They did have an RV as a support vehicle and they were doing less kilometres per day, but they were all older than us. (OAS’rs)
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