Prairie peddling

I think I ride my bike at least once a day. Most of the time I am on the Meewasin trail, a path that follows the Saskatchewan river and takes you most places in the city. Being on the prairies, hills are not so much an issue, it is rather the gophers, or prairie dogs that you have to watch for. I think in my twenty minute ride to the university today I saw at least thirty, and about half dashed accross the path as soon as I got close to them. One of these days it is not going to pretty, but in the meantime they are rather entertaining popping in and out of holes and wiggling on the grass. Here's a photo of one I almost hit today. Please note ground hogs in Saskatchewan are much smaller than the gargantuous, badger-sized ground hogs in Ottawa.