Clean Bin Tour Day 28 - Wind for Canada Day

Happy Canada Day!  It's hard to believe that this time last year we were having the official weigh in to mark the end of The Clean Bin Project.  We were just starting to work through all our film footage and I'm not even sure that the idea of a cross Canada cycle film tour had even occurred to us! And here we are in Medicine Hat with slightly bruised bottoms and excellent farmers tans, toting our film across the country.

Someone who had done this cross Canada cycle thing told us that the BC mountains weren't the hardest part of the trip.  They mentioned something about scorching heat, massive mosquitoes, shoulderless roads, and wind. 

Ya. . . . wind.

It's both our best friend and our worst enemy.

One day (ie yesterday) it's coming from the west, pushing us along at 30km/hr without even peddling, and the next (ie today) it's coming from the east, and we're straining to go 10km/hr. We've had some pretty crazy, blow your tent away, gales, making it hard to predict if it will take us 6 hours or 9 hours to get to the next town. 

But at least it means no bugs. And we're still on schedule for our back to back Moose Jaw and Regina screenings.

Next stop, Saskatchewan! 

Clean Bin Tour Day 24 - Crowsnest to Calgary

We took the scenic route from Crowsnest to Calgary.  A bit hillier, but infinitely less travelled. Our host Matt had the day off and rode with us for the first 20kms, taking us by a lovely waterfall on the backroads.  This was the view from our campsite the first night.

We rode north through cowboy country and into Okotoks, stopping only in Black Diamond for the best berry pie EVER (Grant had 2 pieces).

We had a couple days off before the Calgary screening and ran around putting up a few posters and doing spots on CTV and CBC.  We also met up with Nicole, owner of our fabulous sponsor Urban Impact, a company who has recently expanded from Vancouver to (you guessed it) Calgary. It was a great match because while we're encouraging residents to go zero waste, they're busy helping businesses do the same.  We can't thank them enough for their support on the first leg of our tour. 

The film played to a small, but enthousiastic Calgary crowd who had all kinds of questions and comments afterwards.  People came from as far away as Red Deer and Drayton Valley! Thanks to the Globe Cinema for supporting reusable mugs by charging folks for a small regardless of mug size.

After the show, we spent some quality time with family in Okotoks and attended Jen's cousin's wedding before hitting the prarie road.

Clean Bin Tour Day 20 - First Leg Video Summary