Rockies IV
June 15, 2025
Out to the Airport
and Lunch at Marysville
After yesterday’s bigger ride and six days of riding the
crew was feeling like a more relaxing day.
This was accomplished by not leaving the campground until almost 9:30
am. By then it was starting to get quite
warm, (Not Phoenix warm but Cranbrook warm 15 C).
We set off up the road towards St Eugene and the residential
school which is the backroad to the airport.
After bypassing this opportunity to see the airport the crew was keen to
stop into see it. It is up a rather
steep hill but there was no denying
them. The official name it “Canadian Rockies
International Airport”. We stopped by
the first-class lounge and snapped a photo but security was keeping a sharp eye
on who got in. It looked like the vehicle
in long term parking had been there for a while.
We continued up the road until we came to the rail trail to
Kimberly and headed north to Kimberly.
After a brief stop there we rolled down to Marysville and headed into
the Pub there. We had spent a rainy
afternoon in 2022 so we knew the beer was cold and the food great. The fish and chips were absolutely
excellent.
Back on the trail we headed back to our campground. Surprisingly there were a lot of deer out on
the trail today. In past years there
have always been a lot of deer along the trail however this year there have
been none. There were also a lot riders
out. Families with really little
children to older riders on great big e-bikes.
I guess the thing I have forgotten to mention is that all of
the wild flowers are out. The path way
and everything else has been covered in pollen.
Not so good if you are allergic but if not their beauty is
outstanding. They have added greatly to
the overall beauty of the trail and surroundings of this tour.
Not a great big ride but just a perfect distance and on a
really perfect weather day. Garmin said
the ride was 68.7 kms with a climb of 1752 ft and an average speed of 20.5 kms.
Just doesn’t get any better.
Terry
1 comment:
Hi Terry, I am looking longingly at the photo of the log-seat and the covered area and thinking .... perfection as a cycling stop .... Liam
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