How I Spent My 23rd Wedding Anniversary - Mountain Biking

Last Saturday was our 23rd wedding anniversary and we decided to spend it mountain biking the trestles at Myra Canyon. We've been up there a couple times before but haven't been up there since the trestles were rebuilt after the Kelowna fire in 2003. I knew that the trestles were at a higher elevation but I honestly didn't even think about the possibility of snow and ice. The first part of the trail was very muddy but the trail was fairly clear of snow.

The trail started to be snow covered in spots but we were still able to ride through it no problem.

It then got to the point where we had to push our bikes through the snow. It was fairly compact in the centre but when I stepped over to the side, my leg sunk into the snow to my knee. We didn't make it much further before we decided to turn around and go try the Mission Creek Greenway, a path that runs through the city of Kelowna.

The Greenway was much nicer to ride. From snow to flowers in 15 minutes! It was sunny, the path was clear but there were certainly more hills and stairs than there are at the trestles. I thought it would be more like the KVR trail behind our house where it is a slight grade either up or down but it was quite hilly.

And yes, that is blood on my left ankle. While pushing my bike through the snow I hit my ankle against the pedal (more than once!) and ended up with a few gouges. It didn't hurt too bad until I tried washing all the dried blood off!