Day 142 September 25, 2011 Day Off in Revelstoke 30km

I didn’t set my alarm this morning, hoping to be able to sleep in until at least 9am, but the rain woke me up around 8am and I watched the video replay of Ireland’s domination of Russia at the Rugby World Cup. Dave got up and made breakfast tortillas while Mike and I puttered around the RV.

It was around 11:30am by the time we started to get ready to run, and the rain had decreased to a light drizzle. I started running, but only made it about 8km before my cousin Tyler showed up. Tyler lives in Kelowna and is scheduled to be joining us for the next week or so. He had initially planned to drive out today and have Dave drive his car back to Kelowna, but something came up and he’s not going to be able to join us until tomorrow. He still drove the 2 hours from Kelowna though to drop off my warm weather gear from Firstar and to pick up Dave to take him back to Kelowna so he can catch a ride back to Vancouver.

It was only 15km to the turn off to Revelstoke where two fire trucks and an RCMP escort met me. I love escorts! They took me through the town of Revelstoke, the police leading, followed by their fire engine, myself, the MCC and the 2^nd fire truck. I love seeing the confused looks on peoples faces as they try to figure out whether they should be stopping or not and the general confusion a runner surrounded by emergency vehicles and a big blue RV seems to cause.

Our escort said goodbye on the western side of the city limits and I continued on to 30km before heading back into town. The rest of the day was decidedly non-exciting, consisting of dumping, grocery shopping, laundry and dinner. Back at the fire hall, Gary was no longer on shift and it was now Jim who was looking after us. He gave Mike a tour of the fire trucks as I showered and even gave us some Revelstoke Fire Rescue shirts. I love staying at fire halls; they’re way better than snowplow pullouts!

Tomorrow it’s back to the mountains and hopefully to Sicamous