So an hour late we rode off into the rain along the beautiful old Headly road that followed the Similkmeen river. Craving a spot of tea and a muffin we stopped in the quaint town of Headly where a few of the local residents were weeding the main gardens. They told us the good news about the canucks game and suggested we go into the museum for some tea. Glad we did! We had some pie and scones courtesy of Tom and a great chat with Chuck who have previously done the cross Canada tour on bike 6 or 7 years ago. You could tell he was itching to hop on his bike and join us but unfortunately the big Headly town celebration was happening the next day. Headly used to be a big mining town and you can still see the old buildings clinging to the cliffs hundreds of meters above the museum. It's quite an awesome sight and clearly has a lot of history. I definitely would not have wanted to be a miner back then.
It was also really neat seeing everyone in the town working together in preparation for the festival. The chili that Tom was making them for lunch sure smelled delicious.
We carried on through a nice steady glide downtown hill into Keremos and settled up on some huge stacked hay bales for lunch! Yumm!
Back on the road again and a little behind schedule we pushed it up the big hill between Keremos and Osoyoos in an attempt to make camp before dark. We barely made it as the ladies forgot to get noodles for dinner for Mac and cheese. Ginny biked back to the store but it was the best meal yet so it was well worth it.
We are going to spend a few days here to get Ginny's bike fixed and rest our muscles before the dreaded anarchist pass! A Photo of our great campsite with our biking buddies who ended up at the same place is below.
Total distance: 102.83 km
Average speed: 17.2 km/h
Total time on bike: ~6:00:00
Distance from Vancouver: 426 km
Start time: 10:15 am
End time: 7:00 pm
Location:68 Ave,Osoyoos,Canada
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