Friday, May 4, 2007

Day 4, The Real Thing

May 4

123km
5:02:00 ride time
24.42km/h average speed

Cumulative:
19:05:00 total ride time
22.3km/h total average speed
424.9km

Stop location: Osoyoos
Lat 49.02834N
Lon 119.45742W
Altitude: 290.00m

So the RV broke. The power steering fell apart, which isn't really a good thing for a 34' vehicle. Alas. Fortunately, everything is under control, we're carrying gear one day at a time until the thing is back in business, which should be a day or two. My mom is ferrying stuff from motel to motel until then. Currently we have a rest day scheduled for early next week so we really only have two days of riding and one night in a weird place before then.

The ride today was awesome. We had a nice tailwind for the first 80km which were fairly flat along the Similkameen river valley. From there things got a bit hilly, and then we took a left turn and got REALLY hilly. 2km climb, brief downhill, 2km climb, 2km downhill, 5km climb and then the big downhill into Osoyoos.

Stopped for a nice lunch at a little cafe in Keremeos, which was a nice surprise, the peach cobbler was highly tasty.

Sleep is going to be important tonight, first thing tomorrow morning, we tackle the Anarchist, a ridiculous climb out of Osoyoos to the east. Good luck? Yes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We've been following along on the map. The team has been doing great! - looks like you're almost half-way through BC. Good luck on the Anarchrist.

Anonymous said...

Cool. From your coordinates it appears you are on a peninsula. the road ahead looks . . . interesting. Good luck on the climb.

w said...

Actually, the town is sort of shaped like an hourglass. The town is on both sides of the lake with a bunch of hotels on a narrow divide between the two. Primo hotel locations, you can be on either side of the building and still have a balcony that overlooks the lake.