Day 6: Kettle River to Christina Lake

Today was our last day of riding with John, our honorary team member for the BC leg of the trip.
We were all sad to say good-bye - but he's a popular guy with many other commitments!

The ride was beautiful through the Kettle Valley and we enjoyed a number of stops in the small towns along the way.

After considerable debate and a subsequent investigation at the local grocery store, we determined that town 'Midway' is named so because it is midway along the Kettle Valley Railway.

Although some townies also claimed it was the exact midpoint of the province - this has yet to be substantiated. Anybody know?

Our trip has developed into an excellent culinary adventure. As of late, we have sampled baked goods from nearly every town in the Boundary Country/Kootenay Region.

Above is a picture of the B4B squad sampling some of the bounty in Greeenwood (the small town where 'Snow Falling on Cedars' was filmed... many of the buildings still have signs saying 'Amity Harbor' on them... but there is no harbour!)

After a great afternoon on the road, we reached Grand Forks where John was to catch his bus back to Vancouver. Alisha popped in to 'Chain Reaction' for some more bike repairs.

We arrived just in time for the weekly group ride for the Grand Forks Cycling Club. They invited us out for a 60 minute sprint workout - but we had a bit too much gear!

After a tearful good-bye to Sir John K. the Fifth, we did some grocery shopping before riding our last 20 km of the day to Christina Lake.

We got to the campground as the sun was going down and prepared to settle in for a couple nights. It was great going to bed knowing that we wouldn't have to be up at 6am to be on our bikes the next day - it was our day off!