The Blueberry

Paulson Summit, summit #2, I made it! 5036ft

Stage 6, Castlegar-Grandforks is done. Today I had to climb up to the top of the Blueberry-Paulson pass, and it was not nearly as bad as I though it would be or as everybody told me it would be. It was much easier than the Samlo-Creston pass. Coming down today was wicked awesome!!! So fast and so long, I actually drafted a motor home for about 10km, but he wasn't going as fast as I would of liked. The last 21km into to Grandforks from Christina Lake was so hot, so very, very hot. Then I got a wasp in my jersey...that was fun. I managed to trap it in the fabric, but after I did that, I had to figure out away to get it out with out it stinging me. That took about 10 min.

Todays shout outs go out to Wally Bursey and the Doyle family. Wally rode up with me to the first summit, by rode I mean I sucked his wheel the whole way up. The Doyle family, Donna, Jeff and Thomas from Victoria who are fellow Aviawest team members stopped to give me a very generous donation, and say hello. Nice surprise, I haven't seen them for a while, and very unexpected! Also a shout out to Emily Brydon who sent me an encouraging, and awesome message on Facebook, that for sure just made my day so much better!

Wally and I on top of summit #1 and in the park named after the legendary Nancy Greene

Riding off the edge of the world, or down the other side... which ever

Grandforks, 33 degrees Celsius