A quick, cold breakfast and then we were off. The day started with 2 ridiculously steep climbs - which was good because the blood was flowing by the top of the second one. That was when I took off the down jacket, anyways. We followed a dirt powerline road for a couple hours. Eventually, we came to a washed out bridge. Only Rob and I crossed - we couldn't convince the rest. So, Rob and I dried ourselves off, had some lunch, and had 35 miles of great roads and no cars. The rest? They took a poorly maintained road for 35 miles - and had to cross the river twice anyway. Not sure of there is a moral to the story, but I do know that the two of us gained an hour on the GC.
We did cross the Divide for the first time, which put us into Beautiful BC.
We camped in the Elkford Municipal Campground. If you were to marry a campground with a truckstop, you would have Elkford MC. The town really exists for coal mining - apparently there are 5 big mines within an hours drive. Sweet. Luckily, they had free showers, free firewood, a pub and a liquor store across the street, and a great camp hostess with a great stylist.
Short day tomorrow. Yum.
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