Despite our best efforts of getting an early start we still did not hit the road till 8:50am (we are rising 6:30am-ish in case you were wondering).
On the ride out of Furnie we noticed there was a lot more to the town than we thought Oh well - next time?
The day started easy on a meandering gravel road through to Elko following the Elk river the whole way.
There was nothing at Elko, we pushed on to Paynes lake in the hope of a nice lake side picnic spot unfortunately this was not to be, we decided upon a spot at the entrance of someones driveway taking shelter from the burning midday sun.
We took advantage of the heat & dried out the tent & the thunder stormed soaked washing from yesterday, whilst we enjoyed out staple lunch of bagels & Nutella.
The day was getting really hot 35'c hot as we cycled on, we had a 20km paved section which included a nice descent & then a steady climb in the blistering heat with no shade & little wind to speak of.
The final 15km were on a gravel road with a stop at our 1st 'Hicksville' convience store!!! Jo was concerned about the banjo's playing. We enjoyed a nice cold 'pop' & then rode to our idyllic lake side campsite.
Set up camp & them swam in the lake to freshen up. Had a nana nap cooked tea had a wander - early night.
USA border beckons tomorrow - only 12kms away from where we are staying tonight.
Another easy day although both feeling quite weary .
The only wildlife we saw today was some friendly non threatening deer & some fish in the lake that Jo was convinced were attacking her feet!
Hopefully catching up with our friend Nico in a couple of days.
Hope all is well with everyone at home - Hows working for ya?
DISTANCE:85.8km
RIDE TIME: 5.21
AVERAGE: 17km
ASCEND:595mtrs
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