Day 4 – Bromley Rock Provincial Park, Cawston, BC (May 5, 2015)
I had a relaxing lunch at a pub in Princeton – soup and sandwich, a beer, and chocolate cake and ice cream for desert. Hopefully there were enough calories.
I was served by a nice, friendly waitress. She inquired about my trip, suggested a more scenic route (which wasn’t really practical), reminded me to ‘carb up’ (and order more food), and switched the TV nearby so I could see Juventus beat Real Madrid in the Champions League Semi Final (who would have guessed). It is kind of peculiar that when I meet nice people in a town I am left with an impression that everyone there must be friendly.
I arrived at Bromley Provincial Park just beside the highway at 3:40pm. A more secluded spot may have been more idyllic but I appreciate not having to travel far to find a great place to up my tent.
Just for the record; it snowed today. The snow was clumpy (not flaky) and melted as soon as it hit the ground. Later is started to rain, which was much worse when it is below 10 C. Fortunately I am dry now except for my shoes and socks. I am looking forward to eating my supper – lentils and rice and heading to bed to get warm and listen to Laura’s playlist.
Here it is…
Half a cup of lentils – soaked for a couple of hours, boil, add half a cup of rice and some more water, brew for a couple of minutes, add some vegetables, salt, curry (I only put in 1/2 table spoon now). Let the whole thing simmer for about 20 minutes.
It’s not perfect but it works.
I just realized that I need to eat about 7 equivalent lentil and rice suppers each day to keep from losing weight.
Energy out: 6 hours of riding at about 700 calories per hour = 4200 calories.
Energy in (a rice and lentil supper): 70 grams of lentils and 70 grams of rice (1/2 cup is 125 mL or 125 grams of water. I figure rice and lentils is only a little denser so 140 is a good guess). Assuming that dried lentils and rice are all either carbs or protein, this gives you 140 grams x 4 calories/gram = 560 calories.
4200 / 560 = 7.2