Woke up this morning, peered out the window and saw what appeared to be a blue sky. I was happy, so I rolled over and went back to bed. As I lay rolling from side to side on my inflatable mattress, compliments of Rob and Sylvia, I began to hear noises coming from the back room. This meant that Ruby and Carlos would soon be awake and surely coming in to see how the stranger was doing sleeping on their floor. I was awoken to Ruby sneaking up behind some chairs trying to spy on me. She's a very cute girl with some killer hair, we should have taken a side-by-side picture.
The weather slowly got better until I decided to head out around 11am. I didn't really have an exact destination, just somewhere towards Kelowna where I have a WS host for tomorrow night. I expected all the weather possibilities on my ride today. Cool in the morning, rain, headwind tailwind and then some beautiful sunshine that I was ready to see.
In Sicamous I bought a killer spread of food, because I planned on camping tonight, so I figure if the sleeping is potentially subpar then the food better be killer. Roast beef, swiss cheese, tomatoes, mustard, whole wheat roll, some pre-prepared pasta, bananas and Nutella. It doesn't seem like I eat that much each day, but when I add it up it seems like a lot: 3 bowls of cereal, 2 PBJs, a Klondike bar, 4 bananas, 2 roast beef sandwiches, a pizza pretzel, Nutella, multiple handfuls of trail mix and a gatorade. I wonder what shows up for a bedtime snack.
In a small town of Grindrod I stopped at a convenience store to fill up two water bottles. Lady said they don't do that. Makes me wonder about some people. It's water.
I intended on camping tonight. Rolled into Enderby at about 5pm and found the local campsite. Lady in the office said $23, wasn't feeling like forking out the dough. I rode a couple kilometers east of town, found some woods and walked far enough into them to be unseen. Figured all was well. Sat down, had dinner, and then the mosquitoes showed up. Decided to look somewhere else. About 3 minutes down the road I see a nice little open space on the right, and a bear is standing in the middle of it. It's the eighth bear I've seen this week. Not in the mood to share my Nutella with blacky, I head back to the campsite. This time a guy at the office gives me a discount since it's just me and my bike, opens up some locked room and shows me where a computer, fridge, oven and sink are, in case I want to do some camping. Pretty cool fellow this Denny guy is. And what's better, he has family in Mississippi. We both agreed that MS and this town are the two most opposite places in North America.
Sleeping in my sleeping bag. Love the cozy feeling of tents and sleeping bags. Mmm.
The weather slowly got better until I decided to head out around 11am. I didn't really have an exact destination, just somewhere towards Kelowna where I have a WS host for tomorrow night. I expected all the weather possibilities on my ride today. Cool in the morning, rain, headwind tailwind and then some beautiful sunshine that I was ready to see.
In Sicamous I bought a killer spread of food, because I planned on camping tonight, so I figure if the sleeping is potentially subpar then the food better be killer. Roast beef, swiss cheese, tomatoes, mustard, whole wheat roll, some pre-prepared pasta, bananas and Nutella. It doesn't seem like I eat that much each day, but when I add it up it seems like a lot: 3 bowls of cereal, 2 PBJs, a Klondike bar, 4 bananas, 2 roast beef sandwiches, a pizza pretzel, Nutella, multiple handfuls of trail mix and a gatorade. I wonder what shows up for a bedtime snack.
In a small town of Grindrod I stopped at a convenience store to fill up two water bottles. Lady said they don't do that. Makes me wonder about some people. It's water.
I intended on camping tonight. Rolled into Enderby at about 5pm and found the local campsite. Lady in the office said $23, wasn't feeling like forking out the dough. I rode a couple kilometers east of town, found some woods and walked far enough into them to be unseen. Figured all was well. Sat down, had dinner, and then the mosquitoes showed up. Decided to look somewhere else. About 3 minutes down the road I see a nice little open space on the right, and a bear is standing in the middle of it. It's the eighth bear I've seen this week. Not in the mood to share my Nutella with blacky, I head back to the campsite. This time a guy at the office gives me a discount since it's just me and my bike, opens up some locked room and shows me where a computer, fridge, oven and sink are, in case I want to do some camping. Pretty cool fellow this Denny guy is. And what's better, he has family in Mississippi. We both agreed that MS and this town are the two most opposite places in North America.
Sleeping in my sleeping bag. Love the cozy feeling of tents and sleeping bags. Mmm.
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| Mara Lake, at the very top of the Okanagan Valley. |
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| Dinner. Delicious. I can make a mean sandwich. |
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| Revelstoke in the morning. Overcast most of the day. |
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| Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine. |
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| Ruby spying on me this morning. Wonder what type of hair my kids will get? |
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