Sandi and Lewis' ride across Canada

Day 4-Merritt Wednesday June 29, 2006 Distance: 66km Temperature-high 30’s Wild-West, Merritt, BC Seriously, we’re in the Wild West here, in this two-bit town of Merritt where their claim to fame is the largest country and western music festival in western Canada, Canada, North America, the World? I am not sure, but apparently it’s pretty big, with lots of unknown names-to-me- but big names to those in the know. The town is set up like a country western town, replete with the western-style shop fronts, and men in cowboy hats. Is this a joke? Do places like this really exist? I keep wanting to ask people if this is for real, or is a movie set? Anyhow, we’re staying in a campsite, situated beside a 24 hour logging processing plant where I can hear the constant bang and clang of these Banging Clanging Machines. On the ride so far we have seen truck load after truck load of lumber-I can’t identify the different type of trees, but have notices the different smells as they clamber past us on...