Cycle Canada, Day 5, May 9/06

ay 9/06 Day 5 504 Km

Short of Samon Arm to Short of Sicamous 58 Kms ~ 3:45 Hrs

A late start & quick zoom down to Dave & Rebecca's place of business on the highway. Hung out for the rest of the morning & shot some tape while Doug did his cartoon for the week.

Stopped in Salmon Arm & did some shopping. Food, a knee brace @ Shopper's (It's a miracle! I'm cured!). Met a "Dull Normal" on a bike who led us to "the best bike shop in town," where I picked up some gloves to replace the lost ones and Doug got himself a tube - stupid Presta valves!

Not much day left & most of it was up hill.

At the rest stop where we camped we met the minister from Eganville Baptist Church. He said he grew up around Cobden but didn't recognize the Wallace name.

Also saw a big trucker out walking his poodle-y dog. It had a funny hair cut & a knitted sweater and looked very girly for a guy like that. Not quite natural.

I'd thought that Rebecca & Dave's was closer to Salmon Arm but it was a bit of a ride to get to that town. I don't remember just how far it was but the cheat wasn't as long as I had first thought. Dave took some film of us as we swooped down the hill between the house and the highway.

The fellow we met in Salmon Arm was the first of the "idiots on bikes" we encountered on our trip. Ourselves excepted.