Photos of the Day: Cycle Touring in Rural British Columbia

In southern B.C. I was so busy worrying about bears and cougars that I was caught totally off guard by the little guy pictured below, who (I think) is harmless. I found him near a campsite down by the Similkameen River (pictured above), and after we scared the living daylights out of one another I groaned with dismay as I watched him slither into the bush where I’d left my bike.

Also pictured: the ride I’d be driving if I wasn’t on a bicycle, the long lakes of Penticton, a cowboy named Doug, Baxter the bike on a rest day rail trail ride, Baxter at the top of Allison Pass, the Fraser River near Hope and vines on a hillside outside Penticton.