Prologue - Day 2 Vancouver June 23rd

(Posting delayed 1 day due to limited internet access)


Today (the 23rd) was another day of what is defined as Rain and mid 50°s F in Vancouver, at least according to the weather forecast. We must have been getting it all wrong in New Jersey as I always thought rain meant water falling from the sky. In Vancouver it means sunny skies and balmy temperatures hovering in the high 70s low 80s. It made for a wonderful morning helping other riders get their bikes set up, I even managed to true a wheel that had a wobble in it.

The payoff for the mornings work was another spectacular ride along the same route from yesterday. I got to play “experienced” (from my knowledge gained on yesterday’s ride) tour guide and interpreter for our two Swiss riders and our rider from Newfoundland.

In order to save time at the end of the day, I have decided to limit the daily photos from the ride, etc, to the two best – this will not be a simple choice picking from the 26 photos today.

Here is a shot of the Lion’s Gate Bridge with snow capped peaks in the background taken from the bike path along the shore line of Stanley Park – we rode one lap around the perimeter and then another on the access roads up to and over the bridge into North Vancouver and back.

This is the four of us from today’s 32 mile ride (Serge, Murray, Pierre-Alain, and me) in the heart of Stanley Park in front of one of the many towering Douglas Firs. Now I know where they get the wood for the wonderful Totem Poles that are throughout the park.


Three hours from now we are off to Victoria in the “rain” for the Mile 0 option, so progress-wise I guess, in theory that would put me at minus mile 49 today as it is just under 50 miles to Victoria and the "Mile 0" marker of the Trans Canada Highway (which is ironically measured in Kilometers!)