The plan for today was to get done with laundry, clean bike,
visit the town, have lunch and organize my laundry baskets on truck so I don’t
have to run around 3 times to find a sock.
I Woke up early in the morning around 6.50 am, had a shower,
shaved my outgrown beard. Ron and I headed to the Laundromat for doing our
laundry. Most expensive laundry I have experienced so far, $ 3.50 for a wash
and $1.0 for a 10 min dry session. Merritt is the country music capital of
Canada and the Laundromat was lined up with rows and rows. After dropping off
the laundry back to camp and having some breakfast we headed out to explore
Merritt. Everywhere we went there was a painting of a country music star on side
walls of stores coupled with hand imprints.
We walked around town, went to dollarama and bought some Canada flags
for celebrating Canada day. We ended up going to a sushi restaurant for lunch
and the yam avocado tempura rolls were HUGE. After lunch we headed to explore
more of the town and found a interesting museum with native history and history
of Merritt, well worth a visit with artifacts from the 1800s.
Coming back into camp, I cleaned my bike and taking the grit
off was a pain. A clean bike is essential for proper functioning and shifting
of gears and brakes unless you want a stuck cable while climbing up a hill. I
organized my laundry baskets and figured out a system to get my stuff for the
next day ready by the night before. Dinner had a choice of going to a pub (with
limited vegetarian options) or go back to the sushi place. Since many were
going to sushi place, I ended up joining them and had a sizzling platter of
stir fried noodles with veggies.
NOTE - I know that i have missed the first few days here, but bear with me while i try to coordinate daily cycling, cooking, tenting, staying dry and enjoying my time :-)... the other posts will be regular as internet becomes available
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