Journey Notes

The day started out with a light rain but that tapered off fairly quickly. I didn't get away until about 10:30. The goal was to have lunch in Boston Bar, about 68km north of Hope, and once there, see how I was feeling and how much more I could do.

There were two 350 meter summits along the way to Boston Bar. That was a pretty good test for what will come in the future. They were long and fairly steep but I took it slow and got up them without a problem. I reached Boston Bar at about 2:30 to a wonderful lunch that Rochelle had ready. I felt pretty good so I took off at about 3:30 for Lytton, another 40km up the road. We had seen a number of campgrounds leading up to Boston Bar so we hoped we would see more near Lytton. No such luck. The only one we found was only a little cheaper than staying in a motel so we chose the motel. A little more comfortable than VanGo. After 104km of riding, I was ready for a comfy bed!

Not long out of Hope I noticed that I lost cell service on my phone. I assumed that was just a bad spot but it turns out that only one of the three carriers has much service between Hope and Cache Creek and that was the only one that we did not have with us. To add to this problem, Lytton has a municipal WiFi system, which is very progressive, except that it was badly broken and we were unable to use it. As it was, we went for about 30 hours with no communications systems. It is amazing how dependant on these systems we have become.

It's interesting what you find along the side of the road when you travel at this speed. Just north of Hope I saw the remains of an iPhone spread out over a couple of hundred feet. Did the owner lose cell coverage just as I did? Later I saw a 3/4" socket as I moved slowly up a large hill. I stopped and picked it up. I also found a 6 pack of water bottle, still mostly in their plastic wrap. I wonder where that was in someone's load that it fell out?