Kettle Valley Railway trail, Midway to Penticton
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| The top of the ersatz caboose is like a kids' playhouse |
| Pauline talks with Paul Lautard |
| Seven kilometers past Rhone, we enter Bull Creek Canyon, an area of unexpected beauty |
| Pauline, perhaps overcome by the beauty of the canyon, shares a psychotic moment with Bill... |
| ...followed by another one with Bob (I think she misses Stuart) |
| The Kettle River churns through Bull Creek Canyon... |
| ... and carves it's way through high rock walls |
| This bridge at kilometer 47.6 - elevation: 736 m.a.s.l. - takes us back over to the west side of the West Kettle River |
| It's hard to see in this picture but the KVR surface is all washboard for several kilometers past Big Goat Creek. It's also straight as an arrow, with not many views, so the combination makes this a tedious stretch |
| After crossing the Tuzo-Eugene Forest Service road the KVR gets a bit better |
| These unusual turnstiles are sitting smack in the middle of the KVR. I don't know about the cattle they're meant to deter but they had us stumped. Note for future reference: one bike at a time works best! |
| We reach Beaverdell, and our overnight stop: the Highland Cabins. Elevation: 790 m.a.s.l. Net elevation gain for the day is about 209 meters. Distance cycled today is about 69 kilometers. Elapsed time from start to finish is about 7 hours |
| The Beaverdell Hotel is the oldest operating hotel in BC, although it only seems to operate when someone shows up and asks where they can get dinner. Actually, most of Beaverdell seems to operate that way: just ask someone, and soon someone else will show up to give you what you want, dinner, breakfast, etc. It's a small place, run it seems, by word of mouth |
| A Western Tanager hangs out in front of our cabin |
| The next morning I go out to check the weather. The optimist in me is calling this, watery sunshine |
| The Highland Cabins look alike but each was different in amenities and layout: cabin 1 had no heat so some of us spent a chilly night; cabin 2 had plenty of heat and extra blankets (which cabin 1 did not have). Go figure |
| Back on the KVR, these early, innocent looking puddles lured us farther and farther along, until we had no choice but to keep going, no matter how deep the puddles got |
| We spot some wildlife at Carmi, sponsored by Coca-Cola |
| They named a whole KVR subdivision after this place: there must be more to it than this? |
