Riding a bike out in the middle of nowhere!

One time I was out treeplanting and we ended up being like 270km out in the bush staying at some oil and gas camp. But not actually staying in the actual oil and gas camp. Oh no, we were treeplanters and therefore too uncouth/dirty to be sleeping inside(even by oil/gas industry standards, which are reaaaaaally low) so they made us pitch tents.

Well every time it rained everthing would turn into a muddy hell. The 5 minute walk across the 'parking lot' would turn into a ten minute affair and yeah, that mud stuck to everything. Thankfully it rained almost every day!

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So we were stuck out in the middle of nowhere, basically here for anyone really interested and every few days we would get a day off. On one such day I decided it would be a great idea to go for a bike ride - on acid. Not a completely bad idea, really, and don't let me misguide you - nothing bad ended up happening. But out in the middle of nowhere, biking 'full bore' you can cover some ground in a short little bit of time. So there I was frantically biking along, like 300km out on the Sierra Yoyo Desan Resource Rd. and it's like getting windy and stuff. Really windy and dark omnious clouds forming. I was just having a great, great great time biking along! Nevermind any of that! Everything is awesome!

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At one point this gentleman drove by, and had to check and make sure everything was all-right... I probably should have wondered the same thing, biking in the 'wrong' direction with telltale signs of a storm coming. I didn't really heed that, I was just having a great time biking along. But then it did rain, and yes. Everything. Everything. Turns to a sticky, clay hell. I don't know how long I was biking for or how far I went, but I realized if it got bad, I'd be pushing the bike back.

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So I was like allright, yes, let's turn back... and it started to rain harder.... I kept biking... and I AM SO LUCKY that some fellow treeplanters were driving along going back in the direction of camp... they had been out hunting and saw me biking in the rain. They saved me lots of distance off my muddy bike ride and I was really grateful for that. 👍

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All in all it was a fun day off, when I came back to camp it was pretty destroyed by the wind. Nobody was around and I was like 😱

It really wasn't that bad though. And I'm glad I chose to go on this bike ride!!! The pictures speak for themselves!

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I'd really love to post more treeplanting stories!!! Let me know if you enjoyed!

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