There were free games and activities for children. Drop a bracelet onto a lollipop (or not) and receive a lollipop prize. Or just walk up and take a lollipop. 
This high school choral group, holding Tim Horton's cups, sang a spirited song just for Dick - "Drinking Coffee from a Cardboard Cup."
We stopped in Lang for Dick's coffee fix and talked with several friendly locals, then in came Chuck Shugart. Originally from Palo Alto CA, he's now a farmer in Yellow Grass. He became a Trail Angel when he invited us to camp in his yard tonight, although we weren't able to take him up on his kind offer. We really wanted to get to Weyburn tonight Good luck, Chuck, on your quest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. His next section will be Tuolumne Meadows to Shasta Lake during the month of July.
We stopped in Yellow Grass to eat lunch. It can get hot in Canada according to this marker
but I liked these scale models of grain elevators.
Weyburn is the site of Canada's largest inland grain terminal. This is the Viterra terminal, Pioneer was just down the road.
I checked the weather after our campsite was set up at River Park - SE winds were 37 kph/23 mph. 
Thank you, Glenn, for letting us stay at your house and for showing us around. We will never forget your kindness and generosity. We are very excited that you might travel to Mexico this coming winter to visit us on Cuatro de Mayo. Mexican hospitality is summarized by saying "Mi casa es su casa." But in our case, we say, "Nuestro barco es su barco." Our boat is your boat.
Miles completed = 1508
My bike gets some TLC: new brake cables, clicking noise removed, click-in pedals loosened up a bit. Dick bought a new tire for his bike, this one is the right size.
The weather has been very wet. Four times the normal amount of rain has fallen, along with hail, dramatic thunder and lightening, washed out highways, evacuated communities, fields that never got seeded and ruined gardens.
Glenn baked a saskatoon berry pie one night. (Don't call them blueberries.)
Glenn works at the RCMP Training Academy. This is the RCMP badge:
The chapel is the oldest building in Regina, built in 1885.
We watched the Sergeant Major's Parade where 4 classes of cadets marched into the parade square for inspection
accompanied by the cadet band. 
The family farm was homesteaded in 1905, the barn was built in 1917. We're not sure where the family lived for the first 16 years, it may have been in a small building which later became the blacksmith's shop.
The house was built in 1919. The porch on the right was added recently. 
Marcia and Donald Manz, along with Reg Manz (Glenn's brothers) are the 3rd generation to farm this land.
We drove out to cousin Ruth's property, walked through native grasses and alfalfa until we came to 
the tepee which she, Brenda and friends recently erected.
With your back to the tepee, you can look into a branch of Qu'Appelle Valley where Loon Creek flows. In the distance, you can see Donald and Reg's cattle grazing in another field. 
Walking back, Glenn explained that in these bush- and tree-filled low-lying areas,
you find wild saskatoon berry trees which can grow to 26 feet. Commercially-farmed saskatoons are grown on deciduous bushes about 4 feet tall. Here Glenn is pointing out chokecherries.
Wheatwyn Church and cemetery, built in 1906, now a municipal heritage site.
In addition to my grandparents, 4 of my mom's siblings are or will be buried here beside their spouses.
The nearest town to the farm is Markinch, population (in 2006) = 59
My grandmother's house on the main street of Markinch, greatly changed from the last time I saw it in 1955. It was here that Grandma made homemade bread in a wood-burning stove, cut thick slices, spread them with butter, added a thick layer of brown sugar, topped with drops of cream and gave them to an adoring 7-year-old from California.
Glenn and his mother, Adeline:
Glenn's nephews, Tanner & Tyson. Their father, Reg, and his wife were in Rapid City SD with their daughter Makenzie who was playing fastpitch softball:
Glenn's sister Andrea and her husband, Les: 
At church, we were surprised to meet relatives of relatives from my father's side of the family. L-R: Daryl & Gail McArthur Posehn, Caroline and Arnold Posehn. I must also thank Caroline and Arnold for treating us a wonderful brunch after church.
At about our halfway point, another touring pedal-biker overtook us. Nick, a Canadian who's lived in Switzerland for the past 18 years, is riding from Vancouver to New Foundland. He said the two things everyone asured him of were NOT true - the wind is always from the west, the prairies were flat. I agree.
We had a headwind all day, one small rainstorm passed over us. Seeing the Regina sign meant we were close to our day's goal, but the sky over the city was very very dark, lightning occasionally shot across the skyline. As we made a left turn to visit another Tim Horton's for afternoon coffee, a lady rolled down the window of her car and called out, "I hope you're headed for cover. There's a tornado warning!" About 30 minutes later, the sky opened up and dumped about 1/2" in 15 minutes.
After the short powerful downpour, we left to find my cousin Glenn's house. At one point, the street was flooded 3 lanes across, but the cars kindly let us move to the far left to ride slowly through a few inches of water. At last we made it and were so happy to arrive for a few days of rest and visiting family. Tonight Glenn organized a family barbecue. 
L-R: cousin Glenn, Oakley and father Ray, Andrea (Glenn's daughter)
Happy 60th Birthday, Sandra (on 24 June):
Cousins Julie and Glenn:
Cousin Ruth and Brenda:
Cousin Kathy and Charlie:
Thank you, Glenn for hosting a wonderful family event!
A 25-foot tall welcome to Moose Jaw from the visitor center near Hwy 1 - the TransCanada Highway.
Moose Jaw is home to the Snowbirds (like the Blue Angels flying team in the USA).
Ever since Dick saw a Tim Horton's cup discarded along the road in Montana, he's been on the lookout for his favorite coffee place. He was certain that Tim had expanded into Montana, but not in the little towns we rode through. A little Internet research told us that the first opportunity would be in Moose Jaw. The excitement was palpable, we stopped to ask where (oh, where) the nearest Tim Horton's was. Dick was almost giddy as he ordered coffee and muffins. In addition to coffee, Tim also sells a wide variety of excellent doughnuts, muffins, bagels, and sandwiches - there's so much traffic going through that their baked goods are always fresh.
Dick's second favorite store was nearby. This is the best place to buy the white gas (Coleman) fuel we need for our little stove because you can buy little bottles. Coleman fuel is generally available but comes in a gallon container which means we give away or donate 3/4 of the quantity after filling our little fuel bottle.
Just a half block away was Dick's third favorite store, Sobey's grocery store. We learned to love shopping at Sobey's stores when we were in Nova Scotia.
