2 days in the dirt
2 days in the dirt
The group I was with started out in Boston Bar and crossed the bridge to the west side of the Fraser River where we proceeded up the Chaumox FSR.
We continued north on the Chaumox road until we connected with the Keefers FSR where we paused to re-group.
After a short break we were cruising up Keefers
A little while later we all stopped to take a photo
of this
We were soon on our way again but stopped on this bridge
So we could take pics of this
But it wasn't long before we were back to riding
Some of the ride was muddy and some of it was lush
And there were some streams to be forded. Here's Alex heading down to one
Bryn took his bike for a swim
But he must have tired it out because after the swim it insisted on laying down for a short nap
We continued on north. Here we are on South Spencer Road just south of Lytton
We continued on to our days destination in Lillooet where we met up with two other groups of riders. One group had come via the sea to sky and a smaller group rode up west Harrison. We had a great meal at the hotel, watched Chicago win the cup and then we all retired to bed fairly early for some reason.
The weather on the first day had been fairly good. A couple of very light, short sprinkles but nothing of any concern. But the next morning it was really coming down. I took this shot out of my hotel window just before heading out for the days ride.
We headed up hwy 99 and turned off on the Fountain Valley road.
The Fountain Valley road exits on Hwy 12.
Here's Bryn exiting the Fountain Valley road at hwy 12, while Lane in the forground takes a photo of something else.
We had about 20 miles of pavement to cover before turning off on the Laluwissin FSR. Our group tended to get stretched out quite a bit so we made frequent stops to re-group. Here we are on the side of hwy 12.
We turned off Hwy 12 on to the Laluwissan FSR. Here we are on another re-grouping break.
The Laluwissin road turns into the Botanie Lake FSR which exits onto hwy 12 very close to Lytton. About a mile before the road ended we came across this fantastic view of a mountain that seemed to have broken in half.
This was a great ride, especially considering all the setbacks that had to be overcome to get it to happen. The riding and scenery in this area of the world has got to be as good as it gets, and the rain, which was almost non-existant the first day and stopped shortly before noon on the second, resulted in no dust, so, aside from a bit of dampness the first couple of hours on day two, the riding conditions were as close to perfect as you could get.
John
