On my last post, I forgot to mention the pronghorn. Pronghorns are prairie anteloppe that I believe are only found in N-A's great plains. Beautiful animals and I was fortunate to spot one near Hannah, Ab while riding to Yorkton. She was only a few metres from the highway as I approached her. I know it was a female pronghorn because as I passed her, she winked just before leaping into the farmer's field. Aha, the old "catch me if you can" ploy. Well, I'm longer in the tooth and a little wiser now and there was no way she was going to lure me into that field, again.
The other interesting tidbit I observed and want to share is in the 1400 kms or so of 2-lane highway I travelled between Red Deer and Portage, Mb, over the 2 days this weekend, not once did I meet up and have to pass a semi. Not one. Being an engineer and having nothing but time while riding, this got me thinking what was the statistical significance concerning this fact. After (too) much pondering, I concluded the following: I believe there is a 98% probability that while riding in Canada's jugular artery known as the TransCanada north-western Ontario leg between Kenora and Thunder Bay, I will be trapped behind 38 or 39 tractor-trailers eating their dust and rubber. Things always have a way of evening out, 19 times out of 20.
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