Day 6

5.28.09

Hot and Sunny Today. Thought it would be nice and flat along the coast. Hahaaaaa not a chance. Power climbing central. With each and every power climb luring us to the little cookie. We fought valiantly in the 16 inch pizza pie plate in the back. We even passed a guy with no luggage going up one of the hills. Then again we got passed by some TT chach. Sceneray was spectacular and some very cool little cities. Then there was Nanaimo-Vancouvers abortion. This place sucks. Bogus traffic. Strip malls everywhere. We got horrible directions to a campground twice. Went to a high rent strip mall for dinner. A cool little brew pub on Nanaimo's north end. We got sticker shock when we got the menu. Bread 4 dollars. Soup 7 dollars. Dinner.....Low priced Foods Grocery store. Cambell Soup and Ramen Noodle with a cheap bottle of Red Australian Merlot. Under $20. Cha Ching. Pete and I are fricken sunburned after today. We watched the Cavs game in the Campground Lounge. Pete and I were asking ourselves why Lebron blows that powder up in the air when his team hasn't won a title yet. We are going to start blowing powder up in the air before each ride. We met an Ex-Navy guy who lives in the campground we are staying in. His name is Travis. He reminded me of that guy that Chris Farley played who lived in a van down by the river except it wasn't a skit. More fun tomorrow. Off to Victoria and perhaps there world famous botanical gardens.