Day 3 - to Seeley Lake

Stayed in a Super 8 last night - woke up feeling really awful. Rode to Columbia Falls where I found some other guys waiting for the petrol station to open at 7am. But I carried on to see if there was another one - I was in search of bananas. Actually found a 24 hour supermarket - which was great - I was able to stock up. I was riding super slow - sore throat, headache - the works! Trust me to have a cold for the start of this race - its why I got behind on the first day and am having to play catch up!! Ate the bananas and had a coffee - those bananas really seemed to do the trick - rode 40 miles to Swan River - pulled over and had a great breakfast of French toast and really felt a lot better!! Didnt see much at Ferndale so carried on - there was not much in the way of food for a while so I was eating bars. It was a nice Forest trail. Finally ended up on the road and looking for food. I was told about Holland Lake Lodge - so went there and had a great chicken pot pie - looked a great place to stay overlooking the lake (nice to go back one day!!) I wanted to try to get to Seeley Lake. But it was a nightmare of a journey - my GPS sent me in to a field and the cues didnt seem to be making sense. Fortunately a guy came by who had ridden last year and so i rode with him for a while. We went up through a terrible single track in the middle of nowhere - quite a climb but eventually came back to the main road. Ended up at Seeley Lake but much later than I had hoped - again!! Found a bar with a motel attached and the guy cooked me a pizza. Off to bed!