The ride:
Woke up pretty tired and slept in until 8:30. I started by re-organizing all of my gear and repacking it on my bike. This as totally expected and you can not plan too much for. I also realized after some searching that I must have a left a pair of bike shorts at my Uncle Dave’s – DOH! Of well less weight right? I also brought too many t-shirts so I rounded them and an extra towel to send back home when I find a post office.
IN PROGRESS….
The ride: Ride 2
The day started on the right note with uncle Dave making me breakfast. It was raining in the morning so I didn’t leave until 10:30. Traffic was quite busy but I felt reasonably safe as there was decent shoulder on the side of the road. The east side of Coquitlam is not too pretty along the highway but you do have a view of the mighty Fraser River. As you start to closer to Mission BC the highway has a lot more trees but still allows glimpses of the river to keep the mind distracted.
I stopped at the London Drugs in Mission to pick up a camera and some memory cards for my tablet. I tested the memory cards but didn’t test the camera for some reason. My cousin Karen lives in Mission and her daughter Marissa was making me veggie Jambalaya so off I went to there place up the hill. It was raining at this point and the hill was a killer. I actually stopped near the top to take a breather – who designed these roads anyway?
Bart, Karen’s husband was also there and we chatted over lunch as I played with my new camera. Unfortunately it did not want to talk with Android tablet so I spent the next few hours trying to get it to work before heading back to London Drugs in frustration. They agreed there was no direct integration but swapping out the memory card between the camera and tablet when I want to upload video will have to suffice for now. In Calgary I can still return it.