Very strange conditions indeed.

Day 2 started at 7am and ended at 12:30am 224km's later.

Set off for 8 km's of gravel before hitting the 5a and then about 70km's down to Princeton for lunch by 1pm. Hot and smokey with some very fine ash in the air. After lunch we set out for Coppermine Hill on Hwy 3 and ground up that in pretty warm conditions. Made it to Manning Park Lodge at 6:30 totally gassed but after ice cream, chocolate milk and coffee we decided to carry on rather than ride 7km up a hill to a campsite that was probably full.

About 8km's later we hit Allison Pass and the fun began with about 60km's off downhill riding in the twilight and darkness, clocking over 70kph at one point. We rolled into Hope and crossed the bridge to the north side of the river but could not find a place to hang the hammock until we were half way to Agassiz where we found a gas line right of way to crash on.

The next day (today) we covered the last 80 odd KM's from there back to Abbotsford arriving at 1:30 pm.
Total distance: 419km's Total time: 54.5hr's (2.5 days).

The sun through the smoke at mid day:
P2190668 by dc460, on Flickr

Heading up the Coquihalla:
P2170623 by dc460, on Flickr

Max and I at the Great Bear snow shed:
P2170626 by dc460, on Flickr

Kane Valley Rd.
P2170635 by dc460, on Flickr

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