Woke up late because we knew Ginny's new rear wheel wouldn't be in until 11am at the earliest. Time was of the essence because if we started riding too late we would be stuck on the hill in the middle of the afternoon heat wave so we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best.
Ginny and Alan walked to the bike shop at 11 hoping for the best. If the wheel arrived and was working by 1 then we would go, otherwise we set camp back up and try again tomorrow.
Meanwhile Evan and Leah ferried the bags to the bike shop and found time take a quick ( and I mean quick) first swim of the year in the glacial melt Osoyoos lake. Burrrr!
Lucky for us the wheel arrived and the wonderful bike shop guy Rich got it on the bike and running just in time! Rich was super awesome so if your ever in Osoyoos and in need of bike service look no further.
From there the day only got better and better. The dreaded Osoyoos hill turned out to be long but not terribly steep. The hot sun was beautiful and a gentle breeze kept us cool as we climbed. There is a dip before you reach the top but we had read about this and thus were not surprised.
Once over the summit the landscape was beautiful rolling ranch-land before our steep decent into rockcreek. In this small but industrious highway town Alan found an awesome flat spot by the creek 200 feet off the road in the woods and with a little prodding by Evan we all ended up at the Rock Creek pub for dinner. Eating fish and chips while watching the Canucks spank the sharks was a great end to a great day!
Total distance: 55.25 km
Total distance from Vancouver: 490 km
Time on bike: 4:34:54
Average speed: 12.0 km/h
Cheers
- The Warpotay Team
Location:Rock Creek, British Columbia
Yay! Congrats on making it up the big hill, team! Happy Nova Scotian thoughts coming your way from a roughly east-by-south-east Mockingee kinda direction
ReplyDelete-Tamarack and the gang