Day 16 pt2 : Fernie to Blairmore (this town is dying)

The warpos and from my experience the tays are well known as expert story tellers. Personally it's how I make my bread and butter. Just like a doctor may carry over his or her skills into their personal life to save a family member or friend during their time off sometimes our story skills bleed over into the truthful telling of our actualities on this trip.
It has occurred to me that this may have slightly happened during the day 16 sabotage story, but I assure you only slightly.

You see it is still possible that the piece of glass in my front tire and the staple in Alan's were deeds of sabotage especially since they happened at the same time. However it's remotely possible that it might just have been coincidence.

Either way, we crept back into the cafe to patch our tires. The cafe staff were very nice and not only let us use their space but also gave use 2 free muffins for the road. That's the Sparwood charm.

From there to the pass it only got wetter and a section of construction and dirt road meant our bikes were totally mudded by the time we reached the pass. On the positive side, crowsnest pass is really more of a valley and the climb was extremely easy.



We bid farewell to B.C and crossed into Alberta. We cruzed downhill through several old mining towns before pulling up to the last hotel before pincher creek in a town called Blairmore. The hotel looked rather suspect at first but the owners turned out to be very welcoming and friendly. From talking to her, we got a better picture of the town and surrounding area of crows-nest. She had moved there 35 years earlier with her father who was a miner. In those days the place was alive with activity surrounding the mines but time has not been kind to the people of this beautiful mountainous countryside and in her words I quote "I'm sad to say, but this town is dying".



Distance traveled: 74.36 km
Time on bikes: 4:45:18
Average Speed: 15.6 km/h
Distance from Vancouver: 1117 km
Start time: 10:00 am
End time: 6:00 pm


Cheers
- The Warpotay Team

Location:Blairmore, British Columbia