Roadie - on the move - Revy

On to Revelstoke

Given how much of a scene Whistler was, we started heading onward (north and east) towards Revelstoke, with intent to stop in Kamloops for some riding as well.  We went through Pemberton first, but it was raining, so we continued on towards Lilouet.  The weather started to clear and on the way there we went over an awesome mountain pass (though scary driving with the Airstream on some really steep twisty roads) and stopped for a small hike to see some glaciers/alpine lakes and stretch our legs. 

Not finding much in Lilouet, we continued on towards Kamloops.  We had heard that there was good riding and climbing around there, but unfortunately although it had stopped raining, it was H-O-T hot!  We were sweating bullets as we got out at the rest stop to check out one of the climbing areas, which looked really fun and reminded us of Clear Creek in Colorado (on a small scale).  (yes, I said rest stop).  However the thought of trying to pull on rock in that heat didn’t sound fun to either of us, and we ended up continuing through Kamloops and traveling on.  We passed some beautiful countryside (lakeside!) in Sicamous (in the Shuswap) and decided to call it a night at Herald Provincial Park.  It was a really pretty area with the campground right on the lake.  The night was really clear, and the next morning we were back on the road again.

We pulled in to Revy, as the locals call it, after passing over  a large bridge on the outskirts of town.   It is a small town, with a lot of character in the downtown area, and seemed to fit our style more in the sense that it was much more laid back.   We checked out the local bike shop, Skookum, for ride recommendations and headed up to Martha Creek Campground to camp.  This was by far the best campground on the trip- immaculately maintained, a site overlooking Lake Revelstoke and the surrounding mountains- just gorgeous!