Day 6, July 7, 2006
Hard to believe that we have completed day 6...time flies when you are having fun!
We now are in Revelstoke having cycled 106 km today. I find when we are cycling along and I am pushing hard to maintain a 26 km pace I feel that we should be going faster as it seems as if we are going downhill. With the mountains surrounding us it creates an optical illusion because we are actually going straight with a slight incline.
It was a pretty drive leaving Salmon Arm. Loys of traffic though but in most cases there is a good shoulder for us to cycle on. We stopped in Sicamus at "The Flying Dutchman" for their home made ice cream. YUMMY! As it was only 9 am, Bob and I shared an irish cream scoop.
We stopped for lunch at Craigellachie which marks the spot where "The Last Spike" was driven for the railway to connect east to the west. It was lovely and sunny and we stayed about an hour. I always have difficulty getting "back into the saddle" after stopping. It takes me about 10km to get my legs going again, more so if I have pigged out at lunch! I burped banana for a long time..yuck. Beautiful scenery to follow and with the sun shining makes it more spectacular. We stopped once more at Three Valley Gap for more fuel...I was feeling the effects of the sun and at one point wanted to crawl under a park bench to sleep. Back on the bikes for the final 24 km into Revelstoke, more mountains, some snowcapped and we could even see a glacier up one!!
Arrived at Victory Church around 2:30 and admittedly this was the hardest day for me. I am waiting for the bus to come to take us to the shower, I stink!
Back to my mattress after showering. I am becoming quite efficient in showering and washing my biking clothes at the same time!
There will be an outdoors serv service here tonight. I think music will be an intregal part as I can see them setting up their equipment now. Hope we get to sing too.
For Joyce who left a comment regarding the participation of women on the tour; I believe that there are 12 doing the whole trip. On this leg there are more but they will finish in Canmore. For the 12 there is Yvonne, a pastor's wife from Australia. She is 50 and the mother of 6. We have Joanna, 19, also from Australia. Sarah, 29, a nurse from Tazmania. Mary, 52, Betty 57 and Kim 49, from Edmonton. Carole, Joanne, June, Adrienne and Robyn Lloyd in their late teens. Their sister Merriam who is only doing the first leg as she is working in youth ministry in Victoria. Their dad , David, is riding too! I thiink that their mom, Linda, has the toughest job as she is driving the last vehicle...the one that has to remain behind the last cyclist always. She is always the last to arrive which makes for a very long day. She has her 13 1/2 year old dog, Reba, with her. Reba is like my Jessi was; deaf, partially blind...they couldn't leave her behind as they knew she wouldn't survive 10 weeks in a kennel. When I see Reba, I think of Jessi and get teary...Oh how I miss my faithful friend...
We now are in Revelstoke having cycled 106 km today. I find when we are cycling along and I am pushing hard to maintain a 26 km pace I feel that we should be going faster as it seems as if we are going downhill. With the mountains surrounding us it creates an optical illusion because we are actually going straight with a slight incline.
It was a pretty drive leaving Salmon Arm. Loys of traffic though but in most cases there is a good shoulder for us to cycle on. We stopped in Sicamus at "The Flying Dutchman" for their home made ice cream. YUMMY! As it was only 9 am, Bob and I shared an irish cream scoop.
We stopped for lunch at Craigellachie which marks the spot where "The Last Spike" was driven for the railway to connect east to the west. It was lovely and sunny and we stayed about an hour. I always have difficulty getting "back into the saddle" after stopping. It takes me about 10km to get my legs going again, more so if I have pigged out at lunch! I burped banana for a long time..yuck. Beautiful scenery to follow and with the sun shining makes it more spectacular. We stopped once more at Three Valley Gap for more fuel...I was feeling the effects of the sun and at one point wanted to crawl under a park bench to sleep. Back on the bikes for the final 24 km into Revelstoke, more mountains, some snowcapped and we could even see a glacier up one!!
Arrived at Victory Church around 2:30 and admittedly this was the hardest day for me. I am waiting for the bus to come to take us to the shower, I stink!
Back to my mattress after showering. I am becoming quite efficient in showering and washing my biking clothes at the same time!
There will be an outdoors serv service here tonight. I think music will be an intregal part as I can see them setting up their equipment now. Hope we get to sing too.
For Joyce who left a comment regarding the participation of women on the tour; I believe that there are 12 doing the whole trip. On this leg there are more but they will finish in Canmore. For the 12 there is Yvonne, a pastor's wife from Australia. She is 50 and the mother of 6. We have Joanna, 19, also from Australia. Sarah, 29, a nurse from Tazmania. Mary, 52, Betty 57 and Kim 49, from Edmonton. Carole, Joanne, June, Adrienne and Robyn Lloyd in their late teens. Their sister Merriam who is only doing the first leg as she is working in youth ministry in Victoria. Their dad , David, is riding too! I thiink that their mom, Linda, has the toughest job as she is driving the last vehicle...the one that has to remain behind the last cyclist always. She is always the last to arrive which makes for a very long day. She has her 13 1/2 year old dog, Reba, with her. Reba is like my Jessi was; deaf, partially blind...they couldn't leave her behind as they knew she wouldn't survive 10 weeks in a kennel. When I see Reba, I think of Jessi and get teary...Oh how I miss my faithful friend...
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