Well, technically this would be day 2. We drove up from Vancouver yesterday after crashing at the Tippie’s house in the Cove (thanks Brett and Sarah), then camped at Link Lake. Barb and Chevy came out and we let the boys settle in to their situation with minimal interference. After a leisurely sleep in, it was time to grind out the first 50km of the route. Here we are in the midst of the sandiest section of the trip. The trestle is a nice interlude from the grind of this particular part of the trip.

Near the end of the worst sand, we took a lunch break at the tunnel. Seriously, in 30 km all you get that’s neat to look at is one tunnel and one trestle. The rest of the time it’s a straight slog in sand with the occasional set of ATV ruts heading across into the forest.

After you get past the tunnel, however, it’s much nicer. The boys were pretty stoked to hear that from this gazebo (an old water tower for the steam engines), it was more or less downhill to the next campsite.

See how excited Jordan looks?

OK, these guys are feelin’ it. Marc and Palmer (I think it’s Palmer…) were near the front of the group all week.

Yep, that was a tough ride. No worries, we broke the back of the trip today. There’s plenty more to go, but nothing as hard as the first day. Enjoy the campfire.

PS — Happy Birthday to my sister! It was yesterday, but close enough eh?