It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best since you have to sweat up hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate rememberance of a country you have driven throgh as you gain by riding a bicycle


Ernest Hemingway




Thursday, 19 May 2011

What a difference a day makes

Tue 17th May Beautiful sunshine this morning, spent two nights in Victoria, the capital of BC, great colonial town , full of character, most importantly picked up some cold weather gear and ate Chinese food in bed, lush that is) . Cycled up the coast this morning,


felt a bit like being in a Canadian Tourism Advert, perfect traffic free cycle path, blue skies, great views, even saw an eagle, everybody smiling and saying hello (must be the change of weather but feels like I'm in the Truman show).


Cycled up to Sidney to catch ferry across US border, even US customs were friendly. Landed in the port of Anacortes and had about 40 miles to catch a final short ferry at 7:30. just about found a state park before nightfall and put tent up in the dark, currently sitting in the middle of a dense forest waiting for my boil in the bag trying not to think about the Blair witch project (kathmandu curry tonight mmmm), pretty cold but looking forward to bed socks. Highlight of the day, the ride this morning, textbook perfect,just hope I don't get eaten by a bear tonight



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