Why It’s Green

Day 8: Mount Currie to Lillooet. 59 miles, 6068 feet elevation

It’s not American money that I’m talking about. I’m talking about British Columbia. Yesterday, I rode in places where the entire ground was green with moss. There are endless trees, bushes, and all sorts of growth that are green everywhere. And why is it all green? It’s green because it rains, a lot.

When Forrest says “Vietnam” in the video, replace it with “British Columbia.” Then you’ll know how my day went. Of the seven days I’ve been riding, three of them have been in the rain. Today was almost entirely in the rain. You know how they say it’s hard to paddle upstream? Well, it’s also hard to bike upstream. There was so much water running down the road it was like peddling up a river.

Speaking of hills. If you are following the numbers, you can see that today was much easier from a mileage standpoint, but not much easier in terms of elevation. It turns out that what Google Maps described as a “very steep hill” was actually a cliff higher than El Capitan with a road cut through it. It was so steep that I had to hike a bike for miles.

However, I kept going. I was motivated by the thought of an A&W restaurant in Lillooet. Yep, they give you a frosty mug to fill up with root beer as many times as you want. The poutine is actually quite good. And by the time I arrived at the A&W, the hamburger even tasted good.