DAY 11: Sicamous to Revelstoke 80km

After two very easy days we had to put in a good performance today and cover a respectable distance. We had to get to Revelstoke as we had various errands to run in town and Agnes needed to see a doctor. Hopefully it is nothing serious but she is having problems with her left hand. We have been told that this will be the last leisurely ride before the Rockies. It turned out to be a great day and the day of the first punctures. My bike is still going strong but Agnes had a puncture to both wheels today, ha ha ha. This has to be expected and it didn't bother us too much as it was an excuse for a rest in the sun. I was starting to get very smug that my bike is invincible but then I noticed that the front fork is slightly damaged and the front wheel is flexing under the weight of the panniers. Not laughing so much now. I managed to tighten up the front fork and took some weight from the front, but I will have to have the bike seen to as soon as possible.
We camped out at the lamplighter campground, which consisted of our tent and about 100 huge North American type RV's. Not a single one of them offered us any shelter when it was raining. I have decided that RV types are a shifty lot and not to be trusted, ha ha ha, well just the ones at that site anyway.
Revelstoke was a great town with mountains all around some green others snow capped and a huge river flowing through the middle. It was a very quiet place though and not a lot going on morning or night.
The doctor gave Agnes a few tips so we can carry on. We have a big day planned for tomorrow so an early night is needed.