Kimberly Training Tour

May 12, 2022

 

Another cold morning at 4.0 C this morning so we decided to have a leisurely breakfast and by time we were rolling it was close to 10:00 AM.  We had decided to try out a couple of roads which Ken and I had not ridden before on any of our previous trips down to Cranbrook.  The wind was forecast to be up to be increasing steadily throughout the day to 40 kms/hr by lunch time out of the south so heading south in the morning was the plan.  

The day started out down the bike trail to Wycliff where we left the bike trail and took the Wycliff road.  There was about 10 kms of steady and steep climb followed by 20 kms of perfectly smooth traffic free downhill all the way into Cranbrook.  Definitely a great road and a must do again route.  We took a wandering route through Cranbrook until we came to a Timmies where we went in for lunch.  My toasted bacon turkey club sub was great.  After lunch we took the “old” road out to the airport as we it was now on the way back north and the wind was starting to come up.  Turned out to be really steep.  I was quite impressed at what a nice terminal it was.  So I took a picture of the first class lounge at YXC, just so I could say I was in the first class lounge. 

On the way home we rode through St. Mary’s and found the local ice cream parlour.  I had a root beer float which was so goooood.  Ken and Barry both had cones and seemed to be enjoying them. 

It turned out to be an excellent day with a total mileage of 75.3 kms and with a climb of 600 meters.

Terry