Statistics
Distance: 52.1 miles
Average Speed: 8.3 mph
Hours Riding: 6 hours 11 minutes
Total Ascent: 5023 feet
Total Descent: - 4121 feet
We started out at about 9:30 am, and Lorraine and I had a bittersweet goodbye. I must add that I have an incredible wife.
The sights were beautiful, and our surrounding is remote. It is like a hiking trip with the added benefit of covering more ground on the bike. I had my bear spray at the ready, but there were no bears. I did see a large female deer on the side of Spray Road which had little fear of me.
I rode half the day with David and Gordon, who are both originally from London. Gordon now lives in Aspen; he is also part of the crew. He is our bike mechanic but he does a bit of everything, like most of the crew.
The first part of the day was a dirt trail. Instead of continuing on that dirt trail after lunch, we needed to take a detour to the east side of Spray Lake per the request from the rangers because of the abundance of large predators on the west side. Spray Road is a gravel road.
I rode with Marka and Sean for the second half of the day. They are both part of the crew. I paced myself and took quite a few rest and snack breaks.
We stopped at the visitor center to see where our tent sites were in Canyon Campground. After setting up my tent, I found out there were only two tents allowed per campsite so I had to move it. The arrangements were not ideal because the sites were far from the main gathering and eating area. I was about one quarter mile away so lugging gear around was inconvenient.
We had lentil soup for the post-ride meal and ziti with shrimp and vegetables for the main meal. There was no power at the sites so they set up a charging area in the gear truck. Two grizzlies were spotted near the visitor center and campsites.
Tomorrow, we bike to Elkford in British Columbia.
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