X CANADA Day 8 Osoyoos to Greenwood

Time: 4:07:34

Distance: 83.4 km

Elevation: 1,397m

Max Altitude: 1,273m

Weather: sunny, partly cloudy.  

Calories (according to Heidi's Garmin: 8,278; according to Nancy: 940)

Flats: none

The first big scary climb: done

The day started off warm and sunny so we set out at 8am to avoid the maximum heat and wind.  

Right off the bat we started climbing and continued pretty steadily for 30 km.  

After 26km and just under 2 hours we came to the Mexican Restaurant for a coffee and cinnamon bun which we shared - yummy. 

We were all dreading the climb out of Osoyoos but the worst of the ride came with approximately 25km left when we ran into very strong headwinds on the flat and downhill section on the far side. 

A few deer and ground squirrels spotted but we didn’t come across any other wildlife until we hit the campground then we were carried away by mosquitoes.  All tired!

Nancy