Hey Everyone,
So, we have been on the road just over a week now and we're still trying to get into a groove. One of the guys at the campground last night said he's toured before and it takes about two weeks to get into a groove so I guess we're about half way there.
Last night I(Chris) slept pretty bad because I had a runny nose. My nose kept waking me up and I would get up to blow it which would in turn wake Patricia up. Nonetheless we still got up around 5:30. The first couple hours went great but then the wind picked up - and it was a headwind that lasted all day. The wind really drains your energy and kills your speed but we eventually made it to Revelstoke.
Traffic was fairly heavy at times today and seemed to come in bursts of about 10 cars/trucks/transports whizzing by us. Most vehicles give us plenty of room but a few don't which usually isn't too bad since the shoulders have been good on almost all of the roads we've biked on so far.
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| First rest of the day at Lake of the Shuswap. We ate a container of peaches...mmmm |
All day today we've seen streams like this running down the mountains or flowing off of cliffs. They are really beautiful and there must have been hundreds of them. Some of the larger ones would give us goose bumps as we drove by. This is becuase the water is so cold it must lower the temperature of the surrounding air around them - just one of those things you'd never notice by car.
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| Stream over a cliff |
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| Mountain in the background |
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| Rest stop at Last Spike attraction. Thats Patricia in the middle. |
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| Another mountain river. |
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| I think he's stuck! |
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| Finally made it. |
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| Taken from the bridge just outside of Revelstoke. |
We finally made it to Revelstoke and stopped at a tourist information center to get some info on camping tonight and the next few nights. Tonight we decided to stay at a KOA campground just outside of Revelstoke.
Tomorrow we finally get to tackle Rogers Pass. Wooo hooo! We are going to bed early tonight since there are no campgrounds and one motel between here and Golden - which is a 150km ride. We are slightly worried since we haven't had a 150km day yet and when we add in Rogers Pass to the mix thats alot of pedalling. Our other option is to stay at the only hotel along the route - at $170 a night. Thats not happening so we are just going to have to tough it out and make it to Golden. Cross your fingers and don't be surprised if tomorrows update is really late.
Thats all for now,
Chris and Patricia
