We woke up in a timely fashion at Loki's house and made our way to the border. During the transit, matrushkaka and I encountered a bit of miscommunication difficulty. I've got a mapping GPS mounted to the handlebars that's been very nice on the whole trip: you plug in the destination and it tells you how to get there, MapQuest style, with the added bonus of ( Read more... )

I photographed this panorama last night while buying ice cream. It conveys only the smallest fragment of the disorienting ice cream horror which one experiences at La Casa Gelato.
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matrushkaka and I woke up early at T's house and made ourselves scarce so that she could take care of Sunday Errands. We rode over to Ranger Loki's house and he took us on a ride up to a brew pub in Squamish where we had lunch. K and I shared a Wild Game Burger, made from either Elk, Bison, or Musk Ox depending on the season. Very tasty - much better than ( Read more... )

Up at 6:00, ready to leave at 6:30. Only 4 minutes late, big improvement from yesterday. Go team! Ticket-buying and ferry-boarding uneventful. On the open sea I became piratey, staggering around the deck and muttering "yarr", "avast", and "clean swabs before stowing" under my breath. We landed in Victoria and the cute Canadian border control ( Read more... )