Well hello blog readers the day has finally come to stop all the talk about cycling across Canada and to actually do it, well start it at least.
The date today is Saturday 2nd June. Agnes arrived in Vancouver on tuesday and we have had various complications and dramas with her bike but we have overcome our first challenges and we are ready to start the epic adventure. I would like to say a big thankyou to Nancy and Riley for their amazing hospitality in the lead up days to day 1.
The weather could not have been any better for us, bright blue sky and around 24 degrees. Unfortunetly the smiles on our pretty little faces soon disapeared as cycling out of Vancouver was no walk in the park. It wasn't the hills even though there were a few, it was the fact that we were on huge 2 to 3 lane highways with cars and lorries (trucks for those Canadian readers) hurtling past us at crazy speeds. My whole body was tensed up and heart racing and just when we thought it couldn't get any worse we had to cycle onto a fly over which had no shoulder. After a couple of hours of this we were alive and out of the city and laughing about it so all was good in the end.
The rest of the days ride to Mission was still on a highway but out of the city so it was a lot less intense. We arrived at our campsite the Sun Valley Trout Farm at around 7pm and settled in for the night. The campsite was great and the manager was very friendly, she left the games room open so that we could wash and dry some of our gear, which was a great help. We had chicken fajitas and rice for dinner, played some ping pong and put our heads down for the night.
The date today is Saturday 2nd June. Agnes arrived in Vancouver on tuesday and we have had various complications and dramas with her bike but we have overcome our first challenges and we are ready to start the epic adventure. I would like to say a big thankyou to Nancy and Riley for their amazing hospitality in the lead up days to day 1.
The weather could not have been any better for us, bright blue sky and around 24 degrees. Unfortunetly the smiles on our pretty little faces soon disapeared as cycling out of Vancouver was no walk in the park. It wasn't the hills even though there were a few, it was the fact that we were on huge 2 to 3 lane highways with cars and lorries (trucks for those Canadian readers) hurtling past us at crazy speeds. My whole body was tensed up and heart racing and just when we thought it couldn't get any worse we had to cycle onto a fly over which had no shoulder. After a couple of hours of this we were alive and out of the city and laughing about it so all was good in the end.
The rest of the days ride to Mission was still on a highway but out of the city so it was a lot less intense. We arrived at our campsite the Sun Valley Trout Farm at around 7pm and settled in for the night. The campsite was great and the manager was very friendly, she left the games room open so that we could wash and dry some of our gear, which was a great help. We had chicken fajitas and rice for dinner, played some ping pong and put our heads down for the night.
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