Day 12: Nelson to Creston (Gorgeous views and great people)

An early 6:30 am wakeup got our wonderful day started bright and early! Today our trip took us out of Nelson and along the scenic rolling hills along kootney lake for 32 km until we hit the longest free ferry in the world.

The only thing better than the fact that the ferry was free was the little cafe at the departure area. We stuffed our faces on cherry squares, veggie rolls and poppyseed muffins! Perhaps the best we have been to yet!


As we floated along on the ferry the sun came out in full force. From when we landed at Crawford bay until we camped, we cycled along the amazing rolling hills, and had great views over the lake and awesome weather. This was hands down the prettiest ride yet, and we have been to some awesome places!



As we neared Creston, we stopped at a funky old general store in a town called sirdar. We needed some milk but the front door was locked so we turned an old-school type knob and a few minutes later a women came down and let us in. Inside was everything in creation, old bottles lined the shelves, decorated with years of dust and cobwebs. The women was a class "A" character and she gave us some great advice on our route and some stories from the old days of the store. Time hasn't been kind to her though and she was pretty concerned about the HST and new American passport laws.



Last but certainly not least we rolled into Becky and Dan's lovely home/ ice cream shop.

We were pretty tired from a long day and wondered if just maybe we would be able to stay on their lawn. Lucky for us they turned out to be wonderful people. They invited us to stay on their lawn, hide under their bug canopy for cover from the bugs and best of all let us use their picnic table which had a fantastic views of the beautiful countryside surrounding Creston. Their dogs Hunter and Sadie kept us company for the evening. Our sincere gratitude goes out to Becky and Dan and everyone else who will put us up! Thank you everyone!



We had an amazing day but we go to bed a bit wary of the forecast, 3 straight days of heavy rain. Tune back in to see how the Warpotay team will fare!



Distance: 99.62 km (+10 km on ferry)
Distance from Vancouver: 818 km
Average speed: 16.8 km/h
Time on bikes: 5:54:36
Start Time: 8:20 am
End Time: 5:50 pm



Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Creston, British Columbia