Today was a relatively easy ride. It was a somewhat shorter 82km ride and I had a really good tail wind for most of the day. It was mostly sunny and warm so I dressed much lighter than I have done so far. It was a really beautiful day riding through the dry mountains of the Thompson River Valley. It's days like today that I was looking forward to when I first thought of this trip!
It was a mostly uneventful day other than I completely missed where Rochelle had stopped to setup for lunch. We only noticed this after I had gone another 11km. I never did get a good mount for my phone on my bicycle so it's not as convenient as I would like to check maps and where Rochelle is.
Riding into Kamloops and across to the "North Shore" was fun. All down quite steep hills. I'm glad I am not going out the same way tomorrow that I came in! We are staying in a nice little campground along the north side of the Thompson River.
I am now over 450km into my ride in 5 days. That's more than 5% of the journey! This is starting to feel more like something that I can really accomplish! Surprisingly, I still feel like I've got a lot of energy and have decided to do another 2 days of riding before taking a day off. This should put us in Revelstoke, BC. The next section between Revelstoke and Golden is the Rogers Pass and is likely to be the hardest day of the whole trip so having a rest day before sounds like a pretty good idea.
Today's tool find was a nice adjustable wrench. I might have a whole new tool box by the time I finish this trip.
Tomorrow we are off to Salmon Arm and will meet up with one of our ArtSites' artists! We're very much looking forward to that and will definitely take some pictures!