Well, I am now on the Sunshine Coast" of BC. We are staying at Half Moon  Bay, in a lovely B & B right by the ocean....but I get ahead of myself.

An uneventful plane trip through the Edmonton Airport to Comox. Sat beside an entrepreneurial woman from Fort McMurray who was extolling the wonders of the private medical clinics in BC, so I have a serious bruise on my tongue from biting it too hard. But we both got to Comox unscathed.

As did the bike, in its beautiful big box. A pleasure to see it come off the plane, without so much as a wrinkle. And Barry was there to meet me, with a big hug. Bags in car, and we were off to Nanoose. The weather, which had been of some concern, having been below 10 degrees and rainy, was now sunny and over 15. I took all the credit, of course.

Once at Nanoose, at the Price-Munn abode, some wonderful settling in and unpacking, and some talk. Barry and Nancy had thoughtfully arranged for some friends to come together and wish us well on our way. A few glasses of champagne, some convivial conversation with friends, some time to put the bike back together again, and I was ready for bed. I think the time was about 7:30 locally.

The next morning, I was awake on Ontario time. Which was about 5:00 in BC. We had lots of time to get to the ferry by 10, and used it to pack and talk about routes, and just talk. Decision was made to ride the Sunshine Coast, as I said earlier. The ferry went from Comox to Powell River, where we officially began to bike. It felt great! The road was good, and the traffic was light. Temperature was cool, but fair. And the inclines were relatively mild. So it was a good day.

Biked to Saltery Bay, took the ferry again to Earls Cove, the biked again to our B & B. Altogether about 62 km, and we felt it. So here we are, on an idyllic piece of Canada, looking over the Straight of Georgia at Vancouver Island, with fishing boats in the channel, and low clouds in the sky. Went for a lovely pub supper and then back home to bed.

We are off to Whistler and beyond, likely to Pemberton. Some car travel is forecast: the road up to Whistler is steep and busy, so we'll ride in the Lexus luxury to Whistler, before getting on bikes again.

I'll post this when I get some Internet connection.