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Great sky!
6 months agoIt’s called rail biking. These are cropping up around the country on unused rail lines. There’s even one in Colorado: https://www.revrail.com/colorado-railbiking
6 months agoI rode this highway east of Nelson last summer, on an OB to Proctor. They were still working on the resurfacing project then. Some was brand new, not yet striped; some was stripped down to the rippled underlayer; some was unstarted. A very mixed experience, both directions. You’re lucky to be there this year instead.
6 months agoYow! Hi, guys! One coincidence after another with you two. I wondered if you might hook up.
6 months agoI'm a milk drinker and I try to find milk every day on a bike tour. Usually it's just a pint from a large regional dairy, in a plastic bottle. I'd love to try the stuff in that picture.
6 months agoKootenay Meadows organic milk is from a farm/dairy in Creston. They grow most of their own hay and other feed as well, and their cows are treated really well. We're so lucky to have their milk available here from the Kootenay Co-op and several of the supermarkets in Nelson. It's great to use returnable glass bottles instead of accumulating plastic cartons. Also Canada does not allow DES. Glad you are enjoying the milk!
6 months agoMe too!
6 months agoMy memory of BC Ferries is that pedestrians and bicycles always load/unload BEFORE the cars and trucks.
6 months agoI did some research on the path to Salmo. One place said to carry a handsaw to cut fallen trees across the path, and by the way, watch out for both grizzlies and black bear! Another site said that motorized vehicles are allowed on the Salmo end and the path is rough. That’s enough to convince me to stay on the main road. Jacinto does not have a hand saw, but I think he’s giving it a try anyway. As you said, it looks fairly easy to get off if conditions worsen.
I’ve spent many a happy hour at the library. E books are a great convenience, but there’s nothing like feeling and smelling the pages of a real book!
That’s an eye catching mural on the library. Great design that nods to the area as well as the building function.
Thank you for catching me. It was a memorable stop.
Up to this point we had been buying regular milk in the carton. Now we’ve purchased glass bottles two nights in a row. Are the glass bottles commonly available?
We also purchased Chapmann’s premium ice cream and found that just as good as homemade. I’m picky about ice cream.
Oddly, today two other toes have turned blue. Overall, he says his foot feels better and he can pedal standing up. Walking still hurts some. Thanks for asking. I went back and reread your entry last summer for Nelson. We enjoyed that fresh pavement they were working on while you were there.
6 months agoHow very appropriate, Kelly. I work at the Nelson library!
6 months agoThe Starlight definitely used to be a drive in. We went there several times before it closed sometime in the 1980s. It's been a mini-storage place ever since. (They have no place to store the sign.)
6 months agoHi Kelly,
Such a treat to meet you this morning. And then we hailed Jacinto just as he passed the road up to our house. Here's the reply to the email that you sent us about the Salmo bike path/rail trail.
We haven't actually ridden the bike path to Salmo. As far as we know, most of it is not paved. It also crosses the highway in a number of places, so if you tried it out and didn't like it, you'd easily be able to get back onto the highway. (The highway has been repaved in the last few years and has a shoulder the whole way to Salmo.) To get onto the bike path from the Alpine motel, the easiest route would be to ride on the highway to Cottonwood Lake entrance (it would be on your right) and meet the bike path there. It would be steeper to ride uphill through upper Nelson to get to another trail access point.
Hope the rest of your tour goes well with no more rain! We look forward to following your journal.
Best wishes and happy cycling,
Eva and Al
You know, I think I've seen signs for those rail bikes by South Fork. There were three cars worth of these riders. They were laughing and giggling - but I think they got soaked in the same rain Jacinto did. More stories to tell when they get home.
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