Sunny Days

i write this to you from the corner of the Dairy Queen in Grand Forks BC. We have just risen from the Osoyoos Valley, and the boys spent a grueling day yesterday climbing the Anarchist Pass out of Osoyoos. It lives up to it's name.

After the 2 hour morning climb yesterday, we breaked briefly for some rations. The sun was hot and the road long, so after a brief hiatus, the boys carried on down the road.

After several more passes, and one long ascent out of the desert, it seemed as though the landscape was once again making a dramatic turn. We have come from the arid desert of the lower Okanagan, and are now making our way towards the Kootney Mountains of Nelson, BC.

Yesterdays arduous climb was rewarded in the most unexpected of places. Greenwood, BC. This little town's claim of being "the smallest city in Canada" made us feel right at home. Once again, the hospitality of small town BC amazed us. This little town, population 630, greeted us warmly down their main street, where we were met by the editor of the town newspaper and the owner of the best Ice cream shop in Canada. No lie. They gave each us an ice cream come of our choice, atop a freshly made waffle cone. We inhaled them.

Now, we are on our lunch break in Grand Forks, and the Tandem Team is telling me to get back on the bike, so we can make the 98km to castlegar by tonight. One mountain pass ahead this afternoon. Many more to go after that. Peddle hard.

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