Day 2- Abbotsford to Hope. April 29. 102 km.

As we used the room in the B&B, Susie became quite irritated with the shortcomings so I sent them a message. About 2AM the hostess knocked on the door and we had a discussion, which resulted in her telling us that she would refund our payment and evicted us. As there was a volleyball tournament in town that filled up the hotels, we didn't find another room so we biked through the night much of it on the freeway. Just before Chilliwack, I got flat tire. Luckily we were beside an access road where a business had a lighted entry, which made it possible to change the tube. After an early breakfast we picked up a couple of tubes at Canadian Tire.

On the way Hope, we were stopped by a policeman for riding on the freeway. We convinced him that we were allowed to by telling him about the signage and internet information. There were bicycle signs saying "Cross here when safe".

From Chilliwack to Hope, we saw that the Trans-Mountain pipeline construction was  in progress through very difficult terrain. We arrived in Hope before 11 and while our room was being prepared, went to a bike shop to pick up a saddle cover for Gramie's bike. I also got advice on how to adjust disk brakes. We would be well rested for the Coquihalla Pass.

 

Construction of the pipeline near Hope.