Day 2 – Port Coquitlam to Agassiz

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.

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Day 1 – Richmond to Port Coquitlam

Map my ride route.

What a great day. Thank you everyone for your support. We have raised around $6,500 as of day one and I couldn’t be more happy. I was scrambling a bit this morning as to be expected for me but I was able to leave on time at 10:30. At my first stop no one was there at first but all of the sudden Mary from my work showed up. We chatted and then I headed off. My friend Simone met me at the Marine drive skytrain and rode with me to Jericho. More friends, Michelle and Lisa joined us at Queen Elizabeth park and we rode the rest of the way with us. The BBQ was well under way when we got to Jericho park and most people had already arrived. We had a competition for some Mt. Everest rocks which was one by Scotty and Anna (what an excellent bear crawler!) who donated one of the rocks to second place team Michelle and Lisa – that was nice!

After a speech and some Glen heckling I rode off with my brother in law Brett who got me well on my way and rode out to my Uncle Dave and Auntie Donna’s. It was beautiful day and a great start.

Jeff's Going-Away BBQ

Cheers!
Jeff