Bike Trip 2010 May 27

Day 3, May 27, Lillooet-Cache Creek, 91 Km (331 km on Susie's bike)

It was raining and about 10 C when we woke up so we did not rush out on the road- got going at 9:30. During the night Kanji got up to do some computer work and repair the inner tube from Susie's bike. Susie had a nice nap after breakfast. After breakfast Kanji got the password for WiFi and sent a bunch of e-mail. We stopped at the pharmacy on the way out of town, crossed the muddy Fraser River, then turned north on 99. Following the east bank of the Fraser took us up and down many times, also crossing the CNR. A lot of the land that we passed through seemed to be Indian reserves; here is an interesting headwood?. Eventually we left the Fraser and climbed into a small valley on the east side which meant more climbing, and some pushing. After reaching the summit, we made better time with long runs down and short runs upward. Along the way the Ts’kw’aylaxw Band has a Graymont mine operating where they are taking limestone for concrete. About 2 hours out of Cache Creek it started to rain so we put on more clothes. We took a room at one of the first motels we came across, Sage Hills Motel. It was $60 for a nice clean room. There aren't a lot of stores in town so we will have to pick up brake shoes in Kamloops. The hills have taken their toll on them. The trip on the back roads has been tough physically because of the hills and some less than perfect highways; on the other hand, it has been great to ride on relatively quiet roads with very considerate drivers. After we got on 97, we were shocked back into reality with the traffic.