Day 5 - Bromley Rock Provincial Park to Okanagan Lake

Distance: 119.1 km
Average speed: 17.4 km/h
Riding time: 6 hours 50 minutes
Campground: Okanagan Lake Provincial Park South
Cumulative distance: 435.3 km

We rode over one hundred kilometres in one day! It was our longest day yet but it was a very pleasant ride. There was steady downhill until ten o'clock when a headwind slowed us down. Felix took the brunt of it for most of the hour while we coasted behind in his wake.

Rob constantly needs to go to the bathroom. The first few days he would discretely go behind some bushes where his kids couldn't see him. But as time goes on he has become more confident. Today he decided to pee in the bushes in front of someone's house. The man came out and yelled at him to stop peeing in his bushes. Rob got scared, though he tried to act cool when the man told him it was a joke. Hopefully now Rob will be a bit more cautious about where he chooses to relieve himself.

Now onto the bad news. In the long downhill into Penticton Felix discovered that his back brakes weren't working. We made it into town safely but as we were enjoying some drinks at Tim Hortons we discovered that his front brakes weren't working either. We tried calling Marie-France so she could pick up his bike but she didn't answer so we were left with no other choice but to ride to our campsite. Since it was mostly flat and uphill we weren't too concerned. We were forced to walk all the downhills but we made it safely.

In the evening we drove the bike into Kelowna so it could be repaired at the MEC there. The mechanic won't be there until tomorrow morning at ten so we'll have to wait and see what will happen. But we were disappointed because he had disc brakes which apparently are supposed to be better than the calliper brakes that Rob and Josianne have.

That night we had heavy rain as well as strong storms. We also had some during the day but it has kept the air temperature down to twenty five degrees or less. This makes it four out five days that have been raining which is sad.