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    Hanging in Nelson

    September 6, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Walked over to Cottonwood falls and the Zen garden. Signs of fall are around. Spend the rest of the day at the beach. Try brewery #2 (Backwoods) and then very good fried chicken.

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    Nelson

    September 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Relatively short ride along the river to the hill clinging town of Nelson. As with mist mornings now, need to wait until the sun hits the tent (and us). In Nelson, have a free place to stay. walk down to Kootenay lake. check out one of the three breweries. Then out for pizza.Read more

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    Onto Castlegar

    September 4, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    First thing - a 1 km dark tunnel. A tad bit sketchy. However, path on the other side is better and get our first glimpses of the mighty Columbia. Long downhill until we hit the outskirts of town. Stop first for pastries and then go to our campground. Another nice cycle friendly space. See a few elk and wild turkeys.Read more

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    Columbia & Western trail

    September 3, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Opt to return to gravel to take the scenic route along the rail trail. Steady climb, but reasonable surface. Many nice picnic shelters along the way. Make it to the top and head down a bit to our lovely site by the tunnel. All alone and very quiet night.Read more

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    Christina Lake

    September 1, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Get an early start to beat the heat. Fortunately get the climb over with early on and then coast for what feels like forever to Grand Forks. Lunch by the river and then wind our way to Christina Lake where it is 97. Check in to lovely bike friendly campground and jump in the pool before heading to the lake.Read more

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    Greenwood

    August 31, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Continue our descent to Rock Creek. Ride along Hwy 3 close to US border. Very hot day and the uphill to Greenwood (smallest incorporated city in Canada) is challenging in the heat. Camp at city park by creek - nice and chilly.Read more

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    Myra Canyon

    August 29, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Very chilly morning but clear skies and no wind. Continue along KVR which is sandy and rutted. Relatively flat so plod along. After being warned of bears “up ahead”, finally come upon one. They move on fairly quickly. Ride over Bellevue trestle on our way to Myra Canyon. 18 trestles and 2 tunnels to make it over and around a canyon. Appears a lot of it was burned in 2003 and was remade - amazing! Another 20 bumpy miles and make it to Hydroelectric reservoir.Read more

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    Kettle Valley Rail trail

    August 28, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Though we have told that the trail can be pretty rough, opt to backtrack again to Penticton to continue our eastward journey on the KVR. Out of Penticton, the trail is amazing - winding along the lake and amongst vineyards. Stopping is very tempting but up we must go. The elevation grade is low so we manage to climb without much strain. The trail does deteriorate towards the end making for a slow finish. Opt to camp at Chute Lake resort. Need showers!Read more

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    OK Fall

    August 26, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Relatively short day planned - relocate 20 miles south to Okanagan Falls. However, strong headwinds made it much harder. Set up camp and then rode the Kettle Valley Rail trail back to Penticton for a volunteer appreciation dinner. Doug manages to run over the snake I stopped for. Race back to get ice cream before Tickleberry’s closesRead more

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    Raceday

    August 25, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Up early to ride to Penticton for the Ironman. Water looks oddly calm. Seems they had cancelled the swim as too cold. Bizarre time trial bike start. Head to our volunteer station in transition. Our job was to line up racers bags after they changed. Afterwards watched finishers, another stop on Ale trail before heading back to campgroundRead more

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    Tentbound

    August 24, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Rain started during the night and didn’t stop. Though we had a pretty good awning there wasn’t much space and it was cold. Hunkered in the tent all day. Finally it stopped and ventured up to summerland for some dinner.Read more

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    Peachland & Summerland

    August 23, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    After a nice breakfast, set off on a short day to Summerland. The shorter and scenic route turned out the be quite challenging as we pushed up steep hiking trails. Rewarded ourselves in Peachland with scones. Southward we went - watching dark clouds gather and lightering strikes. Made it to campground with little to no rain.Read more

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    Kalamalka Lake

    August 22, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Quickly caught the Okanagan Rail trail - a lovely packed gravel route that hugged the coastline on the lake. Path did eventually peter out to nasty single track but then re-emerged as a paved path all the way to Kelowna. Checked out the beach before climbing
    UP. Stopped at Little Straw Winery and then went a few blocks to our WarmShowers hosts - Julian & Jill. Had a lovely evening with them!    Read more

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    Goodbye Yellowhead Hwy

    August 20, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    After traveling on the Yellowhead Hwy since landing on the BC mainland a month ago, we say goodbye and head out of Kamloops on a beautiful and quiet road. Hoodoos and mountain goats keep us amused. Cross the river and up we go into the hills. A steep climb gives way to a rolling plateau. Arrive at Monte Lake, a small lake amongst a very burnt area.Read more

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    Kamloops.

    August 19, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Short ride to Kamloops. Very noisy with train traffic as well as four lanes of traffic. Find our campsite right on the river, across the bridge from the city center. Do some errands and check out 2 breweries and a very good ice cream place.Read more

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    Into the dry hills

    August 18, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Ride along busy Hwy 5 along N Thompson river. See burnt hillsides all along our way. Stop in Barriere for lunch and ice cream. Sunny skies very quickly cloud over and we race to beat it. And lose. Thunderstorms all around us. Arrive at the campground quite wet. Fortunately there are nice covered areas.Read more

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    More falls

    August 17, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Rain does finally stop in the early morning. Pack up and get a ride further into the park. Short walk to H. Falls and then Dawn falls with an extra one in between. Ride back out of the park and go a very short distance to North Thompson PP. Nice and chilly river. Play a
    round of Bocce.    Read more

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    Rainy Day

    August 16, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Wake up to unexpected rain. Had fortunately covered most things but not everything. Manage to get a break in the rain to make coffee before the rain starts again. Fortunately are offered refuge in one of the buildings that has a kitchen and sitting area. Spend the rest
    of the rainy day there. It does allow us to watch Maddie’s White Coat ceremony.    Read more

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    Onward to Wells Gray

    August 15, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Opt to take some time to explore Wells Gray PP. Gather up provisions and set off on short 10k ride to campground … UP. Stop at Spahats waterfall and then up again on gravel road to campground. Large and empty campground that used to be a government facility. Set up and do a little walk into the quiet hills.Read more

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    Onward to Clearwater

    August 14, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Another smoky day. Get an early start as we hope to go 100k. Wind and terrain cooperate and breeze along at a good pace. Leave the big mountains behind us as we ride along the river and into farmland. Arrive in town and hit the DQ. Check into nearby campground nestled within pine forestRead more

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    Smoke and wind

    August 13, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Hard to tell if it’s smoky or cloudy or just a bit of both. Southerly winds are bringing the smoke from the wildfires. Struggle to see the mountains and glaciers surrounding us. Continue onward to Blue River - a deserted resort town that seems entirely focused on hell-skiing. Walk to nice lake and manage to get in before clouds completely return. Nice kitchen set up in campground.Read more

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