On Saturday, Dave and I finally accomplished one of our trip goals for 2012 and biked from Paulson Summit over to Castlegar. The weather was perfect, although cool, and we spent a good deal of time in the shade. It took us about an hour to reach the summit on the old rails to trails and from then on it was completely downhill. The "long" tunnel was exciting - we needed headlamps and still had to walk it. It's about 1 km long and it's wet and DARK! After turning the corner and descending above Arrow Lake, we had 2 more short tunnels and 3 trestle bridges to cross. It's an interesting bike ride (passing the bomb site that killed Peter Veregin of the Doukhobors) and very easy. The trip is 60 km long and took us about 5 hours. My only complaint would be the traffic! We were surprised to see a few cars travelling the old rail grade and met up with several ATVs. I'd like to think that our rails-to-trails are completely free of mechanized travel.
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