Hot, Sweaty 99 Blacktop Bonanza

DAY 12, 
Pemberton to Squamish
Dist, 94 km, Avg Spd. 17.7km/hr, Time 5:15, Cal, 2450, Hr 113bpm.

Welcome to the "Sea to Sky Highway"(Hwy 99). Up until 2010, this highway wasn't the safest ride. The Olympics happened and the 99 was transformed. Today (2016) it is an awesome road cyclist's playground.
    Its a long weekend, so traffic is crap. It's hilly and hot as well. Not fun, but predictable. After a couple hours, it turned cooler accompanied with a lovely headwind. There were lots of cyclists out on training rides. Most were northbound as I was southbound.
    I rolled into Squamish feeling pretty tired and was doubting my chance at a campsite. The Tourist Info Centre pointed me to the "Kinsmen Municipal Camp". After a retarded rigg m roll with the rec. centre, I finally got a spot. (The rec. centre is about a km. away.) This is where payment is made. Unfortunately, there is no monitoring system at the camp. Sites that should be available, but are  occupied by people skirting the system, idiotic. The camp is basically a parking lot on grass. Crappy, but served it's purpose.
    Was busy in town because of "Logger Days" a week long event based on logging culture, wood sawing, pole climbing etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyN6mwCKdgM Events were taking place next door to the camp.
    Anyway, rode around town taking pics, got beers. Made myself at home.

Sea to Sky Highway (99)

4 legged demons

Cheakamus River

 

 

 

 

HWC enjoying the Cheakamus River

Will have to do

My pad from the ouside looking in

My huge footprint. The blue tent is my neighbour

Squamish main drag

"The Cheif" Popular rock climbing granite

Night in a tent with a cat

Morning at the camp. Ya Hoo central

Old school tug of war champion