Ride on, Highway Cat !!: "Ya know theres a big hill outta town eh?"

DAY 8,
Tue July 26 2016 Kamloops to Cache Creek, BC
Dist; 90.2 km, Time: 4:30, Avg spd; 18.8 km; Cal; 2329; Hr 117 avg

The ride out of Kamloops was nasty. I followed a bike route for a while which was nice. I thought to myself "Hey. Way to go Kamloops for being bike friendly" I was impressed. Soon after that, the signage stopped and I got confused as usual. Anyway, so I continued on the main road. Bad idea. (I can here the motel lady saying " Oh, are you gonna climb the hill? ya know that it's big eh?". (She told me earlier)
Well, I'm sad to say that she was right and I bailed for the first time as a bike traveller. I hit the sidewalk. Ugggghhh. It was too hot, too steep and too many redneck mobiles. This hill was relentless, I was really caught off guard. Once off the sidewalk, the road became Hwy 1 and kept climbing. I passed 2 "No bikes" signs and kept climbing. I sure as hell wasn't going to abort. At this point 2 hours had passed from leaving the crappy motel.
As I write this post one year later, I can see from Google Map that I should have just stayed on the highway. There was no reason to go into the city except curiosity I guess.
I found a sweet spot to break, stretch and snack...

The remainder of my day's commute consisted of long slow climbs and descents. Pretty much every climb had a reward right after. It was a good combo.
Near the end of the day I was really hot and was ready to settle on any accommodation.
My feet were on fire during the last hour of the ride.
Found the "Tumbleweed Motel" Good enough, Ughhh.