Today’s ride felt much better than previous days. Though quite of few of us were still quite exhausted (myself included), the length of the ride was definitely helpful. The morning kicked off with a filling oatmeal breakfast by our sags Rich & Mike. We then headed out front (of the trailer park) to conduct our ride dedications and hakka. There, we bumped into Sienna and her family. Sienna is a teenage girl who battled and overcame germline ovarian cancer, which is a cancer which affects the undeveloped cells in the ovary. Her and her family’s story of the experience and what they learned from it was such an inspiration to us all—and they’re actually from near Smithers, so we’ll likely bump into them when we get into there in a few days.

Meeting Sienna

After chatting and snapping some photos with their family, we kicked off our ride. I felt like these days are starting to blur together because just like yesterday, I took it twenty miles at a time and tried not to focus on the wind or climbs. One great thing about today’s ride is that I got to ride with Steven and Julian, both of whom kept my spirits high and myself sane as we rolled up and down the hills (I say mountains) of Canada. I don’t recall many big occurrences; I was just so focused on making it through to the next town.

The long road ahead

When we finally pulled into the beautiful town of Lake Williams, I must say I was excited to be staying in their recreation center (we’re actually sleeping on an ice rink, minus the ice). It’s so spread out and cool in general. After chowing down on a donated meal by McDonalds here in Williams Lake, we kicked back (literally) with a competitive game of soccer on the rink between our teammates. That was definitely a good time shared between us. Right now it’s 10:25 and we’ll be waking up at 5 am tomorrow, so I will head to bed now. I hope you all are doing well back home. Thanks for the following—take care and God bless.