May 29th, 2017, Day 8, Savona to Pritchard, 95km

We said our goodbyes and got on the road around 7:15 this morning. It was a pretty good day and we were both feeling rested and hydrated. After yesterday I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel!

Again, the road was up and down. It was definitely hotter than anything we ever see in Calgary but at least today there was some shade.  I was interested in seeing Kamloops as I lived there 19 years ago for 5 years. We didn’t plan on stopping there but it was kinda cool just to peek around a bit. It’s too hot there for me. The city has expanded in almost every direction and the traffic has become very busy. We had to be very careful on our bikes. One thing I don’t ever think I was aware of before is that there’s a very long hill going into Kamloops if one is going west.  I was grateful to be headed east. We had our homemade lunch under a bridge, like the trolls we are. 

So on and on we went initially thinking we might make Chase but we stopped in Pritchard at a little food store and decided to try to camp there for the night. A man came up to Charlie and initiated a conversation because he saw our loaded bikes and wondered “Where do you come from, where do you go, (where do you come from, Cotton Eyed Joe”.) We asked him about campgrounds and he pointed to a green space on the other side of the river. Charlie and I found it to be too poopy. People take their dogs there and don’t clean up after them. As we were preparing to leave, this man, Doug,  showed up with cold water and cold apples for us. Next thing we knew we were camped in his back yard and he was feeding us smokie dogs. They were pretty good too. Charlie and he watched the hockey game and I got right into one of the crafts I’d brought along. Here is a picture of the immense accomplishment.