Day Thirteen - Drumheller

After yesterday's 172 km and a short day today I slept in to 6. I tried for more but I was too close to the kitchen area where they cooking crew were making breakfast.  

Today we had an option for 2 routes and decided on a third one because it was on a highway and using Google street view I could tell that the shoulder was in good condition and it was wide. 

For the most part today the scenery was of canola fields. The are bright yellow and are used in canola oil. There was also wheat fields and some cows. 

Once we started our decent in Drumheller we started to see the hills that have been created over thousands of years with sedimentary rocks and soil. A pic below these typical formations.  

Once at camp I set my tent up on a nice grassy spot with some nice shade from some tall trees. 

I really appreciate shade a lot more now that we are in the prairies.  We stopped for a quick sandwich today and I could only find a sliver of shade to keep out of the sun. Today's max was only 30. After that day at 48.8 30 is no problem. 

Today I heard that the rider that left a sandwich in their tent and had a prairie dog tear his tent screen took the sandwich and threw it into the prairie dogs hole. In the morning the sandwich was still there. I guess it did t like peanut butter and jelly. 

As I was putting up my tent I got a good pic of Duncan and his ground sheet which he also uses as a rain poncho.  

I welcome the day off tomorrow. 

Duncan sporting his groundsheet / rain poncho at 30 degrees Celcius

Hills adjacent to the camp ground

Lots of dinosaurs scattered throughout Drumheller