17 miles, 1421’ climbing, deer
We decided to take a short day to relax a bit out of the sun. After 9 miles of climbing on a gravel road, we turned off towards Duck Lake which indeed had 1 duck. We were close to the shore, but only got glimpses of it through the dense foliage. Finally we came to a break in the trees and got the view. We continued onto some narrow, uphill singletrack that twisted through a lot of mossy tree stumps, challenging on loaded gravel bikes.
Soon we reached a downhill towards Powell River. We stopped at the beautiful Cranberry Lake, half covered with blooming water lilies. Arriving in town, we had a late breakfast. We booked a cute, retro motor hotel near the center of town, doing our laundry, shopping, and bike chores. The local bike shop let us use their floor pump, always nicer than hand pumping our tires. The Sunshine Coast seems to have a strong mountain bike community with tons of trails.
The Sunshine Coast has come through for us with the all day sun. A long day outdoors is a lot of sun even when the riding isn’t too hard, not like Tucson, but it’s plenty of sun. Tomorrow we take the ferry to Vancouver Island. We hope the good weather will continue.
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