Sara mentioned the Foodbank she works for was doing a firewood-chopping morning on Saturday; with volunteers chopping wood and free pizza afterwards. I didn't even think of offering our services; but Jimmy suggested it, so we did. We had a great Saturday morning helping split firewood - Jimmy was a 'machine' (according to the others) on the splitter all morning; I had a couple of goes with an axe but didn't want to risk slicing my leg open, so left it to the boys. It was really nice to meet some other Whistler-ites; and they were astounded that two cycle tourists would spend a morning chopping wood... I think the wood splitting was a highlight of Jimmy's trip!
There was a table of refreshments for the hard workers; as we were packing up someone pointed out the black bear close by, nose twitching and sniffing in the direction of te food. It was the closest we'd been to a bear all trip! Everyone was completely relaxed about it; just laughing and talking loudly and the bear turned around and wandered off again. Saturday night we took Sara out for sushi at the local sushi bar; it was good.
Sunday we woke up to rain. We rode in the rain along Highway 99; it's a busy road, and with the wet road and rain we were getting splattered from all directions. Fortunately the rain stopped and by the time we arrived in Squamish the sun was out. There was a Classic Car Club event on in the main street with dreadful heavy rock music with "I want to smash your face" lyrics. Jimmy wanted a latte, so we went to a cafe (a cute cafe that combined a knitting class - women literally sitting around knitting - with a gelateria, and an organic bulk bin market). I ordered a $6 2-scoop gelato - and the scoops were so large they could barely balance on the cone. That was my lunch (plus the usual bread and peanut butter).
Sunday we woke up to rain. We rode in the rain along Highway 99; it's a busy road, and with the wet road and rain we were getting splattered from all directions. Fortunately the rain stopped and by the time we arrived in Squamish the sun was out. There was a Classic Car Club event on in the main street with dreadful heavy rock music with "I want to smash your face" lyrics. Jimmy wanted a latte, so we went to a cafe (a cute cafe that combined a knitting class - women literally sitting around knitting - with a gelateria, and an organic bulk bin market). I ordered a $6 2-scoop gelato - and the scoops were so large they could barely balance on the cone. That was my lunch (plus the usual bread and peanut butter).
We continued on to Vancouver, past nice coastal scenery with the islands. It started pouring again as we neared Vancouver. We are staying back at Jane's place in North Vancouver; it felt a bit like 'coming home' to arrive back at the place that my journey began! We have 3 days in Vancouver (to shop, of course) before we fly out on Thursday.
hmmm... knitting, cycling and icecream...sounds like me..
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm sure you could do some organic specialty bulk foods too :)
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