Elizabeth on blogging duty again.
Yesterday Clayton and I had a nice breakfast of granola, fruit and toast with Mark and talked with him about skiing, bear attacks (one of my favorite conversation topics), and extreme eating habits (another choice conversation piece). Then we headed down to Victoria. Clayton and I decided to meet in front of the Parliament building at 11:30 since I've been trying to not turn on my phone (those roaming Canadian charges will get ya).
Clayton told me on his ride down he had a 66 year old local man show him the bike path then rode with him for a while. The man was telling Clayton about his long tour when he was young from Canada down the east coast, across Texas to San Diego. Then Clayton asked him about any tours since to which he responded, "oh I got married and had kids and haven't had time since." Clayton didn't want to break it to him that he's married.
So we met in front of the Parliament building which is spectacular, cruised on the shoreline and then through town. We passed the beginning of the trans-Canada highway at "mile 0" which is what Clayton's been riding on since Calgary. Picture below. Clayton's so lucky I came along to be his personal photographer.
We stumbled across a bike race that was going on right downtown. And Ryder Hesjedal was there. I don't know who that is, but apparently he's a big deal in the cyclist world.
Victoria is a fun city. It's the Capitol of BC and celebrated its 150 years of being a city yesterday.
Then we got on the ferry and headed to Washington. It was kind of sad leaving Canada. We arrived in Port Angeles and I drove (Clayton biked of course) east 30 minutes to Gardiner. We met our parents and Charlie at Bev and Dick Howe's house. The Howe's are long time friends of my grandparents, Ann and Dick. They have the most spectacular house and view overlooking Discovery Bay. You can see the San Juan Islands across the water from them.
And the last important thing to note is that Clayton and Charlie slept in the tent last night. We've really been talking up this camping thing with Charlie so he was stoked.
Tonight we're headed over to the Forks area- we'll be on the lookout for vampires and werewolves! Yeah!
Yesterday Clayton and I had a nice breakfast of granola, fruit and toast with Mark and talked with him about skiing, bear attacks (one of my favorite conversation topics), and extreme eating habits (another choice conversation piece). Then we headed down to Victoria. Clayton and I decided to meet in front of the Parliament building at 11:30 since I've been trying to not turn on my phone (those roaming Canadian charges will get ya).
Clayton told me on his ride down he had a 66 year old local man show him the bike path then rode with him for a while. The man was telling Clayton about his long tour when he was young from Canada down the east coast, across Texas to San Diego. Then Clayton asked him about any tours since to which he responded, "oh I got married and had kids and haven't had time since." Clayton didn't want to break it to him that he's married.
So we met in front of the Parliament building which is spectacular, cruised on the shoreline and then through town. We passed the beginning of the trans-Canada highway at "mile 0" which is what Clayton's been riding on since Calgary. Picture below. Clayton's so lucky I came along to be his personal photographer.
We stumbled across a bike race that was going on right downtown. And Ryder Hesjedal was there. I don't know who that is, but apparently he's a big deal in the cyclist world.
Victoria is a fun city. It's the Capitol of BC and celebrated its 150 years of being a city yesterday.
Then we got on the ferry and headed to Washington. It was kind of sad leaving Canada. We arrived in Port Angeles and I drove (Clayton biked of course) east 30 minutes to Gardiner. We met our parents and Charlie at Bev and Dick Howe's house. The Howe's are long time friends of my grandparents, Ann and Dick. They have the most spectacular house and view overlooking Discovery Bay. You can see the San Juan Islands across the water from them.
And the last important thing to note is that Clayton and Charlie slept in the tent last night. We've really been talking up this camping thing with Charlie so he was stoked.
Tonight we're headed over to the Forks area- we'll be on the lookout for vampires and werewolves! Yeah!
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| The beginning of the Trans Canada Highway, Victoria BC. |
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| Dick and Bev Howe's (grandparents home) home, Gardiner, WA. |
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| Leaving Canada on the ferry, Port Angeles, WA bound. |
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| Happened upon a bike crit in Victoria. Ryder Hesjedal was there (but not racing). |
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| Camping with Charlie in Gardiner, WA. Tough place to live? |
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