Hello all,
I'm safe. I feel far away from home too. 7 hour flight (2 planes), and a 4 hour bus ride (with a 15 minute taxi ride too - more on that soon).
Hell, more on that now. My adventures started earlier than I thought. The taxi driver had Tourrette Syndrome. Not verbal (well, minimal), but physical. He was driving, jerking all the time (gas pedal and brake, even when we were stopped, he would pump/jerk the brakes). To make it more interesting, I didn't even put on my seatbelt. It was fun. Super nice guy.
Tofino is quite lovely. Actually, the whole island looks swell. I realized today a few things:
1-This is the earliest I've started a bike trip - there's still snow on some spots (and +++ mountains with snow-covered peaks). This earliness concerns me a bit - I do not want to get injured due to ramping up the miles soon.
2-There's going to be some fun days ahead of me. The first bike day will be short, mainly a test to see how the bike is. The second day will be more of a test for the body - some hills were at 8%, another one I saw that I'll have to hike up was at 18%. Fun, fun. Day 3 will mainly be a test of how traffic will be between Port Alberni and Nanaimo (and to see how this old body is doing too). We'll see.
3-This trip, I hope, turns out well. I'm sure I'll have my few ups and downs (hopefully the down will be minor). But, nothing worthwhile comes without a fight, gotta kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight. Right?
Well, just a quick post to say thanks to all the people who have posted a comment and/or emailed me directly to cheer me on (and have a few laughs too). Thanks, means a lot to me.
I am safe and sound. Let's see what tomorrow brings - I think I have planned some kayaking (possibly near whales), and/or some surfing in a tsunami region.
I'm off to possibly eat sushi.
Take care.
p2
(oh, lots of those damn frenchies around here too - Belgium, France, even Montreal - I guess I can't get away from them).
4 comments:
Oh! Pierre, you're too funny :)
Turret Syndrome cabbie, and Frenchies all around! Yep, starting off well!
You briefly talked about Dzie. She will be playing a big part of this adventure too no? If you don't mind, I'd like to hear more about her ;)
MT
Allô P2.
Contente que tu es rendu.
Il y a plein d'aventures devant toi. Profite de toutes les occasions. Un voyage comme ça ne se fait qu'une fois dans la vie. On va te suivre tout le long. Seulement un conseil de ta vieille mère. Essaye d'avoir des yeux tout le tour de ta tête, c'est tout. Prends bien soin.
Love you
Mom
Hey P2, well the adventure is about to start for you....I still think you should put flames on your bike and paint it purple...it will make it unbreakable. lol !!! have fun and enjoy it...sounds like a once in a life time adventure.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said "Do one thing everyday that scares you"...and look where she ended up!
It is the rare few who get to experience our great country so close up and we are the lucky ones to share it with you. With all of us and our wind (i.e. hot air too in my case) at your back, should be some help...
DB
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