Among the Giants

Yesterday we were in Cranbrook- home of the WHL's Kootney Ice ( yah, I had never heard of them either)- where you can see the Rockies proper. It was good to finally see them after grinding over the Coastal, Interior, and Kootney ranges. Now we are in Fernie which is surrounded by the Rockies. and that is even better then just seeing the Rockies from a distance. This will be our last night in BC as the Alberta border is just 50 kilometres away at the top of the Crownest Pass. Luckily the highway follows a railroad so the grade should be fairly relaxed and the climb should not be as crazy as Anarchist or Paulsen. We can't leave super early tomorrow because Tyler has been trucking along with a busted spoke so that has to be repaired here in Fernie. Cranbrook unsurprisingly did not have a bike store open on Sunday. But we are still roughly on schedule and we hope to be in Calgary the day after tomorrow.

In other news we have been ripping along since Nelson- three century days in a row on ground that is not exactly flat. We had a day off in Nelson at Tyler's uncle's place which was sweet. He took us to the Ainsworth Hot Springs- the caves and the icy plunge afterwards really helped my muscles which had been pretty dead up to that point. Unfortunately, Creston's Columbia Brewery (Home of Kokanee) does not have tours on Saturdays but we did get a few pictures with their Sasquatch statue.

Time for bed now as we want to go 'balls out' tomorrow.

P.S. My facial hair (well, at least my mustache) is destroying the competition.