It had rained quite heavy over night and the outside of our tent was quite wet. We moved everything into the enclosed cooking shelter and got the wood stove going. We had kept our bikes locked up in the shelter so they were bone dry.
While we were having breakfast by the wood stove, a high school teacher came in. He was leading a group of students for the week for a number of hikes up various mountains in the area. He had planned to get the fire going in the morning so that when they came back it would still be going. He was happy to know we already had it blasting! He brought in a lot of chopped wood so that they could be warm for the night. He brought in so much they could have stayed there for the whole week! We had a nice chat and were jealous of the students to be able to have such an outdoor adventure class when they were in school.
We donned our full rain gear on and headed out. It wasn’t raining when we left but it was off and on sprinkles. Since we were going downhill all day we decided to dress warm. We were glad to be going downhill all day as we were quite tired from the climb the day before and the poor weather that was still hanging around (ie no pictures today since it was a little too rainy and dull)!
We passed the Canyon Hot Springs where we had wanted to stay the night before. Hot springs would have been great in the rainy cold weather but it was closed for the season. We were glad we hadn’t biked the extra distance yesterday to the hot springs only to find out they were closed!
We eventually arrived in Revelstoke, and checked out the visitor info centre. There we ran into the Irish and Scottish cyclists again. They looked miserable in their not so water proof gear, but their spirits were still very high. We had a nice chat. They decided to stay at the hostel in town (they hadn’t camped yet on their trip because of the weather). We weren’t sure where we wanted to stay so we headed to a cafe for lunch to figure things out. In the end we decided it was too many wet days in a row to camp outside, and it didn’t seem like the local campgrounds would have a good cooking shelter setup like the National Parks. We decided to stay at a former hostel that was now converted into an inn. It was a very nice place and came with a very nice shared kitchen, living room, and bathrooms with showers and free laundry. We went out to pick up some food we could cook in the oven (pizza and fries). We had our own room for the night and it was quite nice to be able to stay dry and sleep inside on a real bed!
Trip Around The World 
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