One week into the trip, and 392km later, we have reach Cranbrook! Things are mostly going really well, with the exception of my bike rack (you know...the part that carries all my gear?) snapping in two. Oops. Fortunately we discovered when we had just arrived at Kikomun Creek campground where we were due to take a rest day anyway. We managed to get in touch with my step-sister Shona and niece Riley and they brought us out a new rack from Cranbrook and hung out with us for a little bit. Now we've ridden the 70km to their house, had showers and are about to take a vacation from our vacation...
Their whole family is camping out at a local lake so we're headed out there to camp with them for the night. Which means I have to keep the post short and sweet and not add any photos. Maybe tomorrow when we come back in to town, and before we leave for Kimberly, I'll add more.
But a few snippets to keep you interested:
Highlights since Nelson have been dry interior ponderosa forests that smell like vanilla, riding small trails through the forest and feeling like we're taking the secret back route, being VERY hot, jumping in Lake Koocanousa and eating lots of things that are bad for us and not feeling bad about it at all!
That's all for now! Off to camp!
Yikes. The broken rack really highlights how dependent you are on your equipment. What you need is a shirpa to carry extra bikes behind you.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there's some kind of map thingy that you can put on your website to show your current location. Hmm.
If you can build it, we will use it. Or try to at least.
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