{"id":744,"date":"2012-06-29T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2024-04-08T20:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:32:03","slug":"day-4-washed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/2012\/06\/29\/day-4-washed-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 &#8211; Washed Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 63%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Day 4 &#8211; Washed Out<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 26, 2012<\/strong><br><br><strong>Start:<\/strong> <em>Blue Lake<\/em><br><strong>Finish:<\/strong> <em>Elkford Motor Inn<\/em><br><br><strong>Today&#8217;s miles:<\/strong> <em>12.4<\/em><br><strong>Total miles:<\/strong> <em>109.4<\/em><br><br><strong>Splats:<\/strong> <em>0<\/em><br><strong>Divide crossings:<\/strong> <em>0<\/em><br><strong>Wildlife:<\/strong> rain, <em>2.5 divide riders<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar-fc6c1193\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar\" data-percent=\"4\" data-duration=\"2\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area__title\"><span>Canada &#8211;> Mexico<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area__bar\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__progress wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__number\">4%<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1616 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-IMG_0362.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Today started off pleasant enough \u2013 overcast and chilly. As I took my time breaking camp, it started to sprinkle. I started packing at triple speed, threw on the rain jacket, and rode off. The sprinkle soon became a steady, hard, and cold rain. With temps in the low 40s, it wasn\u2019t too long before I felt a little chilly. I had about one day&#8217;s worth of food left and spent the first several miles contemplating whether to stop in Elkford (about 13 miles from camp) or push on to Sparwood, a bit over 40 miles. I was leaning toward Sparwood, but I was gradually getting colder. Then came the flooding. Suddenly, there was a fairly raging \u2018stream\u2019 alongside the road. It eventually overtook the road, and I had no choice but to trudge through water up to my knees. You can see the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XcMe7ffk9yk&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flooded roads\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XcMe7ffk9yk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The moving water quickly sapped my body heat, so when I came across the second, bigger flood, the decision to stop in Elkford was sealed. As I walked into the motel, two other divide riders, the first I\u2019d met, were on their way out. They had spent the last two nights here and were heading out to brave the rain and book it to another room in Sparwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m glad I decided to stay here and feel lucky that this town was en route and close to where I was. Had it not been here, or had I tried to push on to Sparwood, I think I would have gotten in maybe another hour of riding before I\u2019d have had to set up \u2018emergency camp\u2019 and climbed in my sleeping bag for the rest of the day. To the girl with cold feet whom I met on the first day, I shared your pain this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motel room here is nice, and the building also houses a restaurant, a liquor store, and a pub. I think I\u2019ve eaten too much at the restaurant to make use of the remaining amenities. There is another divide rider here, but I\u2019ve not yet been able to locate him. All the talk here and on the news seems to be about the rain, so I don\u2019t feel too wimpy about hiding out here. It\u2019s supposed to taper off in the morning, so I\u2019ll try to head off to Sparwood to resupply for the next stretch, which will bring me into the US. Unfortunately, I probably can\u2019t make it into Sparwood with enough time to get to the grocery store and out of town to camp. I may just happen to find myself at a bed and breakfast there. Just my luck, eh?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/20120626-DSC_2216.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today started off pleasant enough \u2013 overcast and chilly. 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