June 22nd, Hope to Princeton

We didn’t get out of Hope until around 11am. This was a bit frustrating because we want to be on the road by 8am most days. As soon as we began the ride it was uphill. We were averaging around 10kms an hour. I lost Brett and Vanessa when they stopped to rest. Reaching the first summit was a relief. It was around a 1200m climb. I ended up being around 10kms ahead of the Brett and Vanessa, so I stopped riding so there wouldn’t be too big of a gap.

The second summit was grueling, but fun. The spread between the three bikers was no more than a kilometer for this leg of the day. I’m definitely going to replace my brakes when we get to Lethbridge. There were times in the day I would have to have them on for up to 5k.

We made it to camp at about 8pm or so. The owner of the campground was friendly and curious about the trip. He has a grandson at the U of L. Our neighbors were also very friendly and they gave us a hammer and a saw for the rest of the trip. The camp stove we bought 2 days earlier was broke, so we used the first pit to cook our meal. Alan was cooking rice in a rice cooker in the washroom for awhile, until we found an outlet outside.