Kettle Valley Railway Moments

So......................................
Ann, Yu, Nickolai and I just finished riding the Kettle Valley Railway (Midway to Penticton section) today. It took us 37 biking hours. Which we did over a period of 5 days. We wilderness camped and carried everything we needed with us. Over this time frame we enjoyed many moments, some funny, some hilarious and some hellish. Here are the hightlights so you can live vicariously though us.

Day 1:

- We leave one hour and 30 minutes late as someone arrived at my house late for departure time, although he would claim that we all slept in.
Meanwhile.............................Ann explored all the sights and sounds of the Kettle Valley Museum.
- We conclude that we should have departed from Rock Creek as we endured the following things: Bad packing, poor bungying, fences directly across our path and trespassing (more than once).
- fences blocking fences.
- The coldest camp night ever.
- 30% angle is not good for camping in a tent.
- "spooky setting is not good for peeing in the middle of the night"
- splooch!....................... everyone thought I jumped in, but I so didn't...................................

Day 2:

- I woke up at 5am!
- I woke everyone else up too!
- The debate about whether white foam on the river was white foam or snow.
- Slingshot fences
- Fences, fences, fences.
- peddle, fence, get off bike, move fence, peddle repeat (leave only 30 seconds per peddle)
- "INFRACTION"
- Paul Lautard!!!! (what would Paul Lautard Do?)
- The Caboose!
- Where Paul is going to put his ashes when he dies
- Paul says: "any farmer that tells you to get off his land....................tell him to go to Hell!"
- Choo Choo!
- first german: I saw this cat like thing cross my path, it reminded me of a tiger.................but I was more concerned with the bears and snakes.
- 12 miles of hell (uphill at a 1% grade, straight, hot, sandy, flat tires,washboard and full of ATV's)
All of which lead for the search for Mecca: BEAVERDELL (mmmmm............candies!!!)
- I don't really have a flat tire problem after all.
- Wilkinsen Creek.......................such a nice place, and much warmer tonight!
- we discover the beauty of the endorphine high................."giggle".
- dramatic reading of "seven years in Tibet"
- "whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............................................................the sound of literacy"
- "disco setting"
- pike/shove/saw = ultimate murder weapon

Day 3:
- more uphill all day
- we finally learned the difference between Canadians and Germans:
- Canadians are nice and Germans stare at Ann's Boobular region
- the moss campsite (heaven)
- ate dinner in the middle of the trail
- enjoyed a lovely "intercourse special"
- ate everything in sight
- "empty hand"
- we discover Nickolai has a budding career as a "bartender".

Day 4:
- misbehaving sherpas.................................no tea in bed................................
- attempted the closed tressels section. Saw 4 tressels and one tunnel before being stopped by the "EVIL" padlocked gate.
- went on the "9 hour" bypass (it only took us 4 hours, hehe germans you were wrong)
- Ann, Yu and Nickolai learned some mountain biking tips.
- Huge puddles.........................................Alisa and Yu take one for the team!
- Ate dinner at Chute lake, then ate our own dinner (military ration style)
- We met Steve Tye
- Steve Tye is officially the Chuck Norris of the North
- Steve Tye can bike in one day what an ordinary group of Nickolai, Ann, Yu and Alisa can do in two.
- When Steve Tye does a roundhouse kick, Nickolai's shirt bursts open
- Ann takes a spoon, licks it, dips it in water............"Clean!"
- Hot showers...............................we no longer smell like bear................
- "Coo Coo Ka Choooooo"
Day 5:

- "See yah latta suckers!"
- We gunned it like "Steve Tye" ....................maybe it was the military ration coffee (aka crack), Ann and Nickolai had this particular morning..................................
- "ring ring" (get out of the way!)
- Ann and Nickolai declare it a "race" against everyone else...................although no one else know this..........................
- worst condition of the trail yet!
- 45 km in 3.5 hours including a lunch break and a tunnel exploration.
- Finished the ride with a "hand signaling, ride through downtown penticton"
- washed ourselves with sand on a public beach, and enjoyed the kiddy waterslide!

It was a great adventure....................................
Stay tuned for some pictures!
and some more tidbits of information....................................

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