Route update

Today was the day of the big route decision - continue west on the TCH through Kamloops and approach Hope from the north, or turn south into the Okanagan Valley, then to Hope from the east?

I'd asked a lot of people for advice and the response is usually that the Okanagan is nice but busy.  And that it's full of fruit stands, which is a nice plus. 

But of all the people I asked, two opinions carry the most weight.  First was a cyclist I met the first day who had come through the Okanagan, he liked it.  Second was a cyclist I met today in Sicamous as I was agonizing over this decision.   He had come via the TCH, and he said it was really, really hot west of Kamloops (I had heard that from others, too).  He thought the Okanagan was less busy than the TCH and that it was full of cyclists. 

So, I vote with the cyclists who unanimously were in favor of the Okanagan.

And - as soon as I turned south, traffic dropped off considerably, especially big trucks, which have almost disappeared.  We'll see if it stays this light as I get further down, but for now this has been a terrific change from the traffic and noise I had been with for the last couple days.