Day 4

Blair and Peter have many bruises, scrapes, and worst of all blisters on their feet from lots of "hike a bike". But spirits and energy are holding up. We're all still friends!!!

The country is rugged and the Kootneay River is a beautiful turquoise color, breathtaking, as well as the snow covered mountains.

The bike crowd is very international..Not many Americans. We've met people from Scotland, Germany, Austria, Costa Rica, AItaly, England, South Africa, and France.

There have been no RV hookups, water or stores where we camp, so it's very primitive. Every 2 days or so we move on to the next site and are able to "dump" our wastes, get more water, gas and ice and survive the elements.

Karen and I were able to get a shower at one of the natural Hotsprings en route . The guys shower in a mobile water truck unit provided at the campsite.

We've been eating gourmet, with efforts from both Karen and I: Salmon, chicken marsala, burgers, shrimp and past, etc. The word is the food is really bad that is provided for the racers. They are jealous of our good food!

Well, that's all for now. The guys remain in the top 10 in their age group. Their ride time was around 6 hrs. yesterday, and will be even longer today and tomorrow. Can you believe they love this stuff? You've got to to do it!

Ciao and love to all that read this and support us!

Mimi