Courtenay Comox.
Get rid of the "mo" and you're thinking Friends or something (and guess which song comes on the radio at this coffee shop...). At least I was. But anyways...
After leaving Banff, we crossed the Rockies, stopping to hike at interesting locations (again, no usb access, so again, no photos... that will be rectified). We endured several more below freezing nights, with the help of our new comforter, before finally reaching the warmth and sunshine of the Okanagan Valley, continuing to retrace the route Denis and I cycled so many years ago. We stopped for visits in Kelowna with good friends from Waterloo and in Penticton with family from South River - I met one of my cousins that I had not met before. The sun shone the entire time, and it was much, much drier than we had experienced since PEI.
Penticton really is a beautiful place. You should really visit sometime.
We continued south to the Canadian desert and Osoyoos. We didn't see any rattlers or cacti, but we saw all kinds of orchards and vineyards, which kind of surprised me - for a desert.
Along the southern highway to Vancouver (Crow's Nest), I was thinking "Holy crap, did we bike through this?" Well, not quite, after my breakdown and fever of 104 in Manning Park, but holy cow, Allison Pass is ONE LONG HILL. We drove down it for about 20 minutes. Imagine biking up instead. I was insane back in those days. Remember kids: eat before you're hungry and drink before your thirsty, or you may end up lying at the side of the road like I did.
We drove straight through Vancouver to catch a ferry to Vancouver Island and came up to Courtenay-Comox for the night. Today we are going to drift over to Pacific Rim National Park and the Pacific Ocean.
After leaving Banff, we crossed the Rockies, stopping to hike at interesting locations (again, no usb access, so again, no photos... that will be rectified). We endured several more below freezing nights, with the help of our new comforter, before finally reaching the warmth and sunshine of the Okanagan Valley, continuing to retrace the route Denis and I cycled so many years ago. We stopped for visits in Kelowna with good friends from Waterloo and in Penticton with family from South River - I met one of my cousins that I had not met before. The sun shone the entire time, and it was much, much drier than we had experienced since PEI.
Penticton really is a beautiful place. You should really visit sometime.
We continued south to the Canadian desert and Osoyoos. We didn't see any rattlers or cacti, but we saw all kinds of orchards and vineyards, which kind of surprised me - for a desert.
Along the southern highway to Vancouver (Crow's Nest), I was thinking "Holy crap, did we bike through this?" Well, not quite, after my breakdown and fever of 104 in Manning Park, but holy cow, Allison Pass is ONE LONG HILL. We drove down it for about 20 minutes. Imagine biking up instead. I was insane back in those days. Remember kids: eat before you're hungry and drink before your thirsty, or you may end up lying at the side of the road like I did.
We drove straight through Vancouver to catch a ferry to Vancouver Island and came up to Courtenay-Comox for the night. Today we are going to drift over to Pacific Rim National Park and the Pacific Ocean.
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