Monday 17th June - To Kelowna

With Angela on the road between Hedley & Kelowna

Another beautiful day in the coastal range of the Rockies. 26  degrees celcius, so a hot one for cycling. People all seemed keen to get away early, with most of us up at 5am. A bit early since the cook was still in bed!

Peter, Angela and I rode together today. The ride was a real mixture. The first 33km were downhill with a 30kph tail wind. From then on lots of hills. A great deal of the day was spent riding along the shore of Lake Okanagan, an area renowned for its wine.           
                                                                            But the road often went up over bluffs.

To give you an idea of my daily food intake: breakfast was 4 blueberry pancakes with honey, a banana and a plate of muesli. On the road I had 2 bananas, 6 bottles of water, 1 ice  cream, 1 raspberry donut, 1 iced milkshake, 1/2 a chicken panini, 3 assorted chocolate bars and 3 handfuls of trail mix. For dinner I've just eaten roast pork with chips, fried beans, corn bread, coleslaw and a tonic water. This is a routine food intake for exercise like this. I will probably still loose weight. Indeed, a recommended Jenny Craig diet plan!

Lake Okanagan approaching Kelowna

Resting enroute

As you can see from the photos the scenery is stunning. The road was very busy though, so we are grateful for the wide shoulder on Canadian roads.

With Jim on bridge into Kelowna

 We did the distance  of 151km in just on 7 hours actual riding.

Now staying at the Royala Anne hotel in Kelowna for 2 nights. Tomorrow is a rest day so we get to recover and clean our clothes.