Day 8 – Grand Forks to Castlegar – 98km

My ride: 98 km to Castlegar

I spent most of the morning catching up on the blogs since I know everyone is waiting with “baited breath”. In the kitchen Nancy was making me some breakfast which included egg tortilla wraps, strawberries and blueberries. We talked over breakfast and met the family living upstairs. One of the boys Brennan (6 years old) donated $5 from his birthday gift which his parents Amy and Dylan matched! By the time I left it was noon.

There is only a gradual uphill out of Grand Forks with a little up and down but you wouldn’t notice unless weighted down like I was. The scenery is of course awesome like the previous day but with less ranches as the river is close to the highway.
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