Monday 15 July 2013

It's not the same watching it approach as having it on the doorstep.

We got the Visa for France. It is valid for one year from the 31st of July. We should have more than enough time to spend all of our money and that may give us an incentive to go back to work.

We also got a chance to test out our gear in BC and found of course that we forgot to pack lots of things, like a cutting board, shower cap, nail clippers and the list goes on. The stuff we did have we couldn't find without going through every bag. We have 10 bags on the bikes and each one has 3 pockets so that is at least one hundred places to look for any thing you can't find. Another thing we discovered while pedalling our fully loaded touring bikes up the big hills is that we are way out of shape and we have way too much stuff on our bikes. Sadly it seems we need all that stuff.

My plan to eat lots here so I don't need to eat as much in Europe, where food is more expensive, may have backfired. It's a matter of rocket science actually, the larger the rocket payload the more rocket fuel you need to put in the rocket. The more fuel you put in the heavier the rocket becomes and it burns more fuel escaping the atmosphere. Eventually the rocket becomes so heavy with fuel that it can not escape atmosphere. I fear I maybe approaching the point of diminishing returns.

This is for Yoly's Mom, they are Robins and were living on the front porch of our house in Calgary.
Mama aqui esta la foto de los pinchoncitos en nuestra casa que le prometí.

There was a huge commotion in the swamp when a bald eagle flew through and grabbed one of the young ducks. The rest decided to head into the denser part of the swamp. We were near  Roberts Creek on the sunshine coast half way between Sechelt and Gibsons. Everyone was quite upset except maybe the eagle.

With only one shoe off it doesn't appear that Yoly is overly committed to going for a walk in the ocean.

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