I woke up feeling hot and then cold with the sweats, then I could not eat my breakfast BUT I had to lead a ride from Spruce Lake. I was worried about being sick on the plane and then on the trail and not even making it back let alone getting my clients back.
I slept up in Staff Accom for 2hrs before the ride, the staff clubbed together to all help me, Dale was sorting out sub-guides but no joy, he got the clients all ready, Nat fed me hot lemon honey drinks, Chris concocted some gingerale style potion and made me drink it to settle my stomach.
Then I had to suck it up, grin and bear it and go ride!
Boy was I glad I did! As we descended to Spruce Lake which was surrounded by Snow covered mountains and had about 5cm of snow on the dock. What a thrill to ride fresh tracks around the lake with only cougar tracks and deer tracks ahead of me- I've never seen any cougars up here but here was clear evidence of their presence! Oooh eeeek!
I tried to break trail remembering where all teh roots were below the trails so my clients did not slip and slide over them. Out in the meadows (pictured above) we still had a scatering of snow but the trail was rather clear and was packed hard so really flowing better than ever this sandy summer!
Half way through the ride once we were out of the snow and had pedaled a while I started to run out of energy and my legs turned to jello! It was tough to keep myself going at a good pace for the guys in my group. But to be honest towards the end the clients were more knackered than me. I was glad to see Dale in the van for our ride home. It was a great ride but I was seriously exhausted now.
I spent the next day in bed most of the day, snoozing and watching movies by a log fire, just going out for an hour or so for a walk with Dusty, JJ's dog.
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