Yesterday I saw a bear. Aside from that, the 42km ride from Port McNeill to Port Hardy was not terribly scenic, but provided enjoyable rolling hills nonetheless. We are now 3 days into our 10 day camping stint, with about half the time spent in rain. While the team was a bit grumpy yesterday morning working on the performance in the rain, spirits are up once again and the sun is shining.
A group was planning on making use of the day off and the guiding expertise of Charlotte to go kayaking today, but the wind is too strong. Currently, I am at a fair trade coffee shop that has a Book Nook downstairs and a Community Craft Shop upstairs. It's charming.
My Birthday was surrounded by Jadis' birthday on May 24 and John's birthday on May 26, and thus full of celebration. It was complete with a visit to Gus' Pub, cake, pie, and a birthday song written by Gillian especially for me to the tune of Tom Petty's "Free Falling." It went:
shes a good girl, loves to go swimming,
loves the ocean and her bicycle too.
shes a good girl, gonna be a scientist,
and a doctor, and a hot biker chick too.
now shes free, free riding...
after long days of riding to north campus,
on her fixed gear, mile after mile.
she decided to take a break from her research,
gonna ride with otesha for awhile.
now shes free, free riding...
Along with the tears the song brought to my eyes, the whole team had an emotional day.
We spent all day at a logging site, a fish hatchery, and in the forest on a tour lead by a couple managers from Western Forestry Products. As the team fired questions, I listened closely as simple jargon such as clear cuts and old growth, relatively new to my vocabulary, were thrown around.
Speaking of listening (and learning), I am going to finish this blog entry and join Jess, Ashlee, and Leah's conversation. Sending lots of love from the top of Vancouver Island. It's all down(hill) from here (haha). Cheers!
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