Day 11

31.2 miles

We woke up and went down for a delicious homemade breakfast at our motel/ B&B. It was seriously such a good breakfast!  If you are ever in Radium Hot Springs, we highly recommend the Piccadilly Motel!  Then upstairs to finish packing, book a place for the next time and to hit the road.  Lodging proved to be a little difficult but we managed to secure a bed and breakfast about 30 miles away (although it was hard to discover because our maps had it listed under an old name). We had hoped to go further, but it was not going to be an option lodging wise. 

So we set out. I didn't even make it out of the parking lot before I crashed. The parking lot was loose gravel, I didn't realize my shoe was clipped in and down I went, loaded bike on top of me. After a few tears I got up, went back inside to wash up and hit the road again.  I was pretty sore for the next few days from the fall, and have some pretty spectacular bruises and cuts on my calf that look like a bear clawed me.  But at least it was a crash at zero mph. 

So finally on the road. We arrived at our first town about 9 miles away and happened upon a farmers market that was sort of a country fair. There was a band playing, we got some quinoa salad, a brownie and fresh squeezed lemonade and sat down to enjoy. It was pretty neat. Then we continued toward town and found a brewery that we had to try.  

Tasting flight at Arrowhead Brewing Co. in Inveremere. 

Then back on the bikes. Our directions told us to take the long way around the lake rather than the highway. In hindsight the highway probably would have been better. The highway would have more traffic, but we heard it is a popular cycle route so it would have been fine.  The road we took was nice however,  more rural and more bumpy, but nice. Our route also involved us backtracking about 2 miles to get to the B&B. We arrived though and quickly were informed that we had been upgraded to the Honeymoon Suite!  

They didn't even know it was our honeymoon!

We walked up the hill to this amazing restaurant called Scratch, were everything is made from scratch. We got take-away since they were closing and found a picnic table in the shade to enjoy our meal. 

I got a chocolate ice tea 😊 to go as well. The 😊 is code for the kahula shot in it. 

Then to the grocery store to buy some stronger sunscreen so I no longer look like a lobster. We also picked up some Canadian wine. We really like the Copper Valley winery, and so we headed home with some to enjoy it.