From the Top of Rogers Pass

Greetings to everyone!

Well, we have now gone over 800km and are now at the summit of Rogers Pass. Before I get into today's ride, however, I will quickly regale you with tale of days gone by. Specifically, the last few days since we left Kamloops. I'll make it quick.
Kamloops to Salmon Arm. It was our first day of riding over 100km (but not our last). The family we stayed with in Salmon Arm was amazing. When we got there, they were celebrating a birthday party for this awesome guy named Greg, who Megan knows - or is it 'whom'? He had us all sign a little autograph booklet that he has. The dad, Sean (or Shawn...) also hooked us up with free tickets to go see Robin Hood at one of the non-profit movie theatres that he oversees.
Last night we stayed just outside of Revelstoke. We were close enough to town that we went and hung out at this little cafe called 'La Baguette". It was such a great little shop.
And that brings us to today. 70km + 60lbs bags + the occasional head wind + uphill = today. This will probably be one of the most difficult rides of the trip, simply because the level of physical and mental exhaustion of ascending to over 1300m.
Highlight of the day (other than reaching the top): Running into my roommate and his girlfriend on the side of the road. Weird...
OH! Also! Christian and I each got to pet a wild (I use that term loosely) Columbian ground squirrel! Fun times!

Well, that's all for now! Hopefully tomorrow will bring a lot more downhill.

Bye for now!

Jeremy