Monday, 9/12 In the Kelowna area

 

Kelowna Area

Monday,  9/12

In this area, the TCT continues to follow the KVR  (Kettle Valley Railroad) rail trail, a very popular Canadian bicycle trail, from before the TCT was planned.  The trail is situated high above the Kelowna city limits, affording nice views when the scenery opened up.  But wile I was riding on the trail up high, every evening we had to descend by backroads down to Kelowna to find campgrounds.  We had some crazy experiences driving the RV up and own these steep roads.  I'm sure CruiseAmerica would not have condoned travel on these roads, but of course one does not know the condition of a road before  he travels it for the first time.

  We were navigating using a map which showed the backroads, but the roads themselves were not always identified by signs.  I recall taking a road that appeared to be one on the map, but we were mistaken as it became apparent we were on a one-way logging road that was not going anywhere we wanted to go.  Somehow or other, we managed to turn the RV around, and climbed back out.  Whew!

These days were characterized by occasional nice views along the TCT, which Audrey didn't get to see.  But she had the challenge of finding the right roads to get to our meetup points along the trail.  She rose to the challenge every day,  and was always waiting for me, at the end of the day's ride.



Backroad in the area

View from the TCT from on high






Comments

  1. AudreyJuly 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM

    Yes CRAZY steep one lane (in some parts) forestry roads and HUGE potholes with the RV. and reading about the logging road we took my mistake made me lol!! Wasn't funny then, scary but we managed make our way back out!!

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