Sicamous to Revelstoke - From one great river to another

Tuesday - July 9 - On this day we will leave the Fraser River basin and enter the Columbia River basin, two very mighty Northwest rivers.

They are really sweet, and just seeing the sign makes Donna hungry even though she just had breakfast. 

No wind and mild temperatures are a great start to our day.

Our first view of the snow-capped peaks of the Monashee Mountains.

Unlike farther west this area has a lot of water. Most of the roadside is a string of little wetlands.

A moose sign but we didn't see any.

Looks like a good rest stop to us! It isn't quite breakfast #2 but it works.

It looks like a wigwam burner but it has been retrofitted as a restaurant. In the past they were used to burn the log residue from lumber mills. There aren't many of these old guys left standing

OK, so which of these spikes is the LAST one?????

Not your everyday campground entrance ornament.

The bridge was too narrow to stop with the bikes so we resorted to walking on the railing to get some pictures of Crazy Creek.

Bet the fish like this water.

Our sound of the day.

Three Valley Gap is what made it possible for the tracks to go through here. It looked inpenetrable until we came around the last bend.

We wish they had one that was bike size, especially the one that had bear, moose, and BEAVER on it.

Marcus rode up just as we finished our lunch. He is from Germany and is at the beginning of a 5 month journey through British Columbia and the west coast of the US. He really is taller than Donna but didn't want her to look short.

Marcus caught up with us while Doug was changing flat tire #2. Soon after this spot we crossed over the top and started dropping into the Columbia River basin.

Probably the tallest Smokey we've seen.

Those are the Purcell Mountains in the distance. We will get up close and personal with them tomorrow.

We decided to share a campsite with Marcus as there was plenty of space and we enjoyed visiting with him. This is his first bike tour so we had things to share with him too.

The ice cream brought us in but the food looked so good we decided to just have dinner here too......and then ice cream.

Plus they had our kind of decor and the music was good.

Welcome to Revelstoke!

The Columbia River looks pretty mighty already all this way from where it reaches the ocean.

Leo showed up a little later and had the campsite 2 doors down. He is from Courtenay on Vancouver Island and this is his first long bike tour as well. He plans to end up in Edmonton.

What bike tourers like to do when not pedaling......share information and eat. We really enjoyed spending our evening with these 2 guys. We all have some challenging terrain ahead of us.