Despite making camp petty late last night, we still got up pretty early. We decided to ride to the next town in case they had a good size super market where we could get some cereal and milk for breakfast. When we got to town, we didn't see any sign of a grocery store, so we just made some oatmeal at a picnic table outside a diner. While riding out of town, we finally found the grocery store that was indicated on our map. Unfortunately, the store was really small and therefore everything was expensive so we wouldn't have gotten anything there anyway. Today was another really warm sunny day which I was glad for. Also, the wind was in our favor again today, which made me even happier. Although we had a lot of miles to do, they went pretty quick today. We had already ridden about 40 miles by the time we stopped in Canal Flats for lunch. There was the first decent size grocery store we had seen since entering BC. Since it was sunny, ice cream was sounding pretty good, as it always does. So we got a half gallon of tin roof sunday ice cream and a package of hot dogs to add to our mac and cheese. When we found a picnic table to cook lunch on, we ended up deciding to just eat the hot dogs and not bother with the mac and cheese. We ate the ice cream while we boiled up the hot dogs. at one point while we were cleaning up from lunch, it started to sprinkle ever so slightly, but was still sunny. We filled up on water again before leaving town. The next town, which we planned to stop in for the night was about 32 miles away from where we had lunch. For a good portion of that ride, we were on back roads that had virtually no traffic; it was wonderful to not have to hear the cars and trucks go by all the time-they are just so loud. When we made it to Invermere we looked for a place that had wireless internet to check if the Warm Shower's Host we emailed a couple days ago emailed us back; they didn't. Joey went into the little coffee/ ice cream shop that we were using the internet at, and next thing I know is he comes out with two amazing homemade cookies! He brought a double chocolate and a chocolate chip out to me and asked me to pick one. The cookie was so fluffy and fresh. What a great treat! After we were done using the internet, we went over to the grocery store to get some tuna and chicken noodle soup to add to our rice. There was a nice town park with picnic tables, really nice bathrooms with running water, and even a garbage can with a solar powered garbage compactor. We made dinner and relaxed a little before setting out to find a place to camp. We had looked to see where the churches were located while we were using the internet, so that was our first quest. The first church didn't have much yard space, so we continued on. We came across the Catholic church just down the road. Joe saw a man outside and asked if he was affiliated with the church and the man told him that the priest was right next door if he wanted to talk to him. The man was nice enough to take Joey right over to the priest's house to ask. They couldn't fine the priest, but they found another guy that worked closely with the church; he was super nice and had no problem with us camping in the back yard of the church. He showed us what section had the sprinklers and where a safe and dry place to set up our tent would be. We got our tent all set up and rounded up some clothes in case we decided to go to the laundry mat tomorrow. It is still amazing that it stays light out for so long, and I'm always tired by the end of the day, so I have no problem falling asleep even though it isn't dark. I don't think I've ever been anywhere where it stays this light out for so long. We are pretty close to the time zone change so that could have an influence too. I'm super exhausted today for some reason. My legs are a little sore, but the pain is more noticeable in my shoulders and the palms of my hands while I'm riding, but that will go away again once my body gets totally used to riding again. We rode 72.03 miles today.
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