Ha! Winter hasn't come yet........:)

Saskatoon skyline at night, you can see the Delta Bessborough hotel pretty clearly in this photo, probably the most prominent landmark in Saskatoon, it used to be part of the CN hotel chain, but was taken over by Delta hotels. Having stayed in one of the rooms overlooking the river I can say that there is nothing quite like it. It is very nice.

The Peace Pole, it has a flame on top of it all the time, they are supposed to represent striving for peace in the world, the first one was erected in Japan, now they are in 160 countries around the world, Saskatoon just happens to have one.

I took a picture of this house on Sask Ave. too, not really because I like it, but it is just so over-the-top that you take a second look at it.

A house that I really like, took this on my ride tonight, it is along Sask Ave., which is the road that follows the east side of the river. It's really funny how wealthy people have big houses, but they seem to run out of funds when it comes to buying curtains, maybe they are just showing off though.

Finally a picture in the daytime :) View from our balconey of our lovely back alley, and surrounding businesses.

It was a very nice night for riding tonight, when I started there was a bit of a chilly wind, but it died out after about 20 minutes and the rest of the ride was very enjoyable. I focused on climbing hills tonight, so I set off for the river banks, one of the few places that has hills on the flat prairies. One of the fun things about hill climbing is going back down them, I hit a top speed of 53.5kmph, which is not bad on the steep, short downhills around here. I find that hill climbing really helps, especially with the bent, it really seems to build up you leg muscles, and apparently your core muscles as well, because my stomach was a little sore after the ride tonight. While I was riding around I heard alot of yelling and sirens coming from downtown, I decided to investigate. Turns out it was a Woman against Violence protest, there was a whole crowd of protesters walking down the streets downtown with a police escort. We are starting to have a problem with gangs here in Saskatoon, and just violence in general, so I guess some people are really getting frustrated. Funny part is, when I'm out riding late at night it is usually women by themselves that are walking down the pathways and sidewalks, rarely men at all. I tend to worry about being mugged and stuff like that while riding, I try to stay in well-lighted areas and good parts of town. I have heard of gangs stealing bikes from people along the pathways, so far I've had no problems, I'd like to see them ride the bent away anyway, it isn't the easiest thing to balance. Since buying the bent, I've sold all my upright bikes (or upwrongs as recumbent people like to say) except my folding Dahon, after experiancing this comfort, I really can't see myself ever going back to an upright bike again. I can finally do long rides in comfort and enjoy them, that is why I've decided to do some randoneering next year, and hopefully qualifying for the PBP in 2007, fingers crossed. Anyway, I'd just like to say, keep on having fun, and always ride safe!