Day 7, June 26th, Rock Creek to Christina Lake

We got up late to give Brett’s knee a bit more rest. He decided to take the complete day off. We left for Christina Lake around 11am. I had a 5-egg omelet for dinner the previous night. Although filling, it didn’t give me the carbs I needed for the next day. I was flat for the first half of the ride. It didn’t make things better with an 1100m submit. I will be eating a more rice/rice noodles now at night and in the morning

We stopped and had lunch around 2pm in Grand Forks, and booked an appointment for Brett to see a masseuse. He’s going to try his leg tomorrow. If it doesn’t work out, he’ll take two days off. He’s determined to ride into Lethbridge on his own steam. We arrived at Christina Lake at around 6:00pm or so. We found a perfect campsite right by the lake. We talked the guy down to only charging us $30 for the night from $60. The owner couldn’t find the axe to chop wood for our fire, so he literally put 2 litres of gas on it. The look on Alan’s face was priceless. He was basically asking me if this was normal for camping, and if he was going to die.

We’ve decided to go through Trail now instead of Castlegar. We need to stop by the Wal-mart to replace our camp stove. Thanks Joanne for the phone call today. Greatly appreciated!