Day 2

Day 2-still not on bikes. We got up at 6am today and went to JJ Bean Coffee in Vancouver. So good. Vancouver is stupid beautiful. We easily could have spent a week here and I can see why the 2010 Olympics will be held there.

We boarded our bus and got on a Ferry we took for 2 hours. Then our Ferry landed us in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island where we took a 7 hour bus ride to Port Hardy. Pete and I met this hilarious guy we dubbed Don Juan. He boldly declared he was on his way to see 4 different women this week. We decided to play along with his delusion and we encouraged him to take his daily vitamins cause he was gonna need them and we have been laughing all afternoon.

Pete and I had originally thought that Vancouver Island would be a mild warm up for the Rockies. That is until we got to Woss, BC. I witnessed for the first time in my life a 30 mile climb with 5-8% grade for the whole thing. I kept thinking it would end soon and after about 20 miles Pete and I just started laughing. That climb will be our second day of riding and it is going to be sufferfest on the worst possible dimensions. On the bright side there is a Huge Fresh water lake that we are probably going to camp by and we will get to use our brand new Katadyn Water Filters and Hilleburg Tents for the first time. 

Tonight we went grocery shopping, watched the Cavs game at a Sports Bar, and had the best Clam Chowder we have ever had hands down. Right now we are blaring Janes Addiction and Pete is putting our bikes together.