Distance: 91.1 km
Average speed: 19.6 km/h
Riding time: 4 hours 38
Campground: Lamplighter
Cumulative distance: 672.7 km
"We started the day with a beautiful ten kilometre ride along glassy, pristine Mara lake," Rob gushes.
The only rain we encountered during the day was a brief shower at lunch at The Last Spike. They had spray painted the spike with gold but we doubt that they even know if it's the right one. While stopped there, we met some Australians who are headed east in a tour bus. We were disheartened when they told us that they would be in Golden tonight because we will only reach that location after a gruelling day tomorrow.
During the second half of our journey we came across some familiar faces. The Laube family had seen Rob and Josianne stopping for a short break so they pulled up ahead to say hello. It was nice to see new people as we are getting too comfortable with each other lately and it's nice to speak to people whom you aren't constantly bickering over washing the dishes with.
Since the campsite is just outside Revelstoke we went to Nico's Pizzeria for dinner. We highly recommend it. Way better than Lynn Valley's Little Caesars. Before it was even cool we were eating it heedless of it burning our mouths. Of course Rob got some beer to go along with it.
The mosquitoes have been relentless here. We all wear long sleeves and pants even if it's inconvenient with the hot weather. But poor Boku has only his fur to protect him and it doesn't do much. He seems to be a magnet for the mosquitoes, his face most of all. He was really bothered by it so we tried spraying his neck with Muskol which only made a slight difference. Josianne and Felix tried smacking them but stopped when it became obvious that Boku thought they were hitting him for no reason. Therefore Boku was relieved when Marie-France gave him refuge in the tent.
We are looking forward to tomorrow.
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