I’d resolved the night before that I would do the bike park. I was in Whistler, I had only one day left, how could I leave without hitting the famous trails? I was up at 7am to give me time to pack my van before heading out. Everyone had left the house already, so I…
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Day 9 – Luckiest Girl In Whistler
I was up at seven with an alarm since there had been talk the night before of a possible canoe trip with Sheilagh, Graham and Jake (who is one of Sheilagh’s sons that I also worked with at Tesla). I resolved to make a decision between that and the bike park in the morning, but…
Day 8 – Queen of the Mountain
It had rained all night, which is great for the trails, except that it was still raining. Dan messaged me in the morning and said as much, that it would be a miserable day on the hill and Sunday was looking a lot better. So we decided to postpone until tomorrow. That meant I had…
Day 7 – First Day in Whistler & I’m Shattered
Graham came over right on 9am, while I was out in the van putting the last touches on organising myself for riding. I was happy to discover I was kitting up very similar to him, so I’d dressed appropriately! We rode off from Sheilagh’s house on the street like bandits and used some of the…
Day 6 – Back to the Real Me
I woke up without a real plan, and it resulted in me getting out of bed, having breakfast while doing my diary, then going back to bed. I lay thinking for a while, about what to do today, about some life decisions. When my thought train arrived at mountain biking, I was up. I showered…
Day 5 – Walk-a-thon
I woke up and panicked, not knowing where I was, then relaxed back into my fluffy pillows, remembering my good fortune. Sheldan was coming over at 9:30am to pick me up, so I had a shower, breakfast and organised some address changes at the breakfast bar while I waited. He arrived and we drove north…
Day 4 – The (Boring) Road into Vancouver
Not much to share for the day, a lot of boring driving. I had breakfast at camp since I had such a pretty view and the beach to myself. It was chilly in the morning, less than 10oC so I stayed in my warm bed for a little longer than I needed to. Cornflakes for…
Day 3 – Free Zoo
I was not the first one out of the carpark this morning, there were some earlybirds. Again, I set off before breakfast, but this time I had to wipe the condensation off the inside windows – already it’s getting pretty cold overnight! The road took me back out onto the coast again, only a light…
Day 2 – Jump Into the Fog
I slept like a rock again. No dreams about bears or a ranger tapping on my window in the middle of the night, I was at peace. I had found a spot just north of the drive-through tree on a side-road off the highway. I don’t think a single car drove past all night. I…
Day 1 – From Metropolis to Mendocino
First things first, after my failed SPOT attempt the night before, I was out in the backyard as soon as I’d got up to do a second trial run. After reading the instructions to discover that the device should be left on for at least 20 minutes, I had more success. Greg faithfully sent out…