Motorcycle Adventures

After putting out the camp fire last night we went to bed. It was chilly, but we didn’t feel too cold. By the time we woke up in the middle of the night we were freezing! The rest if the night sleep was
spotty.

We think that the overnight temp was probably somewhere around 5 degrees – a little cold for camping! At least too cold for our gear.

I got up at 5am, and went to the wash house to take a hot shower, only there was no hot water! As it turns out, the plumber was there the night before, and forgot to turn the hot water back on!

I climbed back into bed, we put our sleeping bags together for warmth, and we were able to sleep until 8am.

I had emailed Mary on the morning to ask about the hot water, and by the time we got up again, there was hot water! Yay!

Well with it raining all night, and after our cold night, we decided it was time to go into town and find a motel. Mary was very kind and let us keep our tent and gear set up at the campsite while we went into town to get some warmth.  We told her we would return in a day or two. I had emailed all the motels during the night to see about price, and so we had an idea of what we needed to pay and where to avoid.

After a wet ride into town, and a stop at the Nelson Information office, we found the Alpine Motel. Its a wonderful place, just out side the center if town. We have a wonderful clean room, with a kitchenette,
and parking for our bikes just outside the door. We also gave wireless internet, which is great for a little Internet browsing on my itouch.

After a hot bath we went into town to find a place to eat. We found the most wonderful place called the Red Fish Cafe. The food is fantastic, and we can eat almost everything on the menu.

We are totally enchanted with Nelson! What an amazing place. Its clean, super friendly, beautiful location, and has great shopping. Its just big enough to have a lot of the stores you would find in a big city, but in a wonderful little package. We are enjoying it so much that we are talking about the possibility of moving here in the future. Prices are not totally cheap, but for the price of our place, we could buy a nice house with a big lot.

After lunch we walked around, bought a couple things from Save On Foods and Walmart, and then went back to have a nap.

We just got home from another wonderful meal and a walk. Time for a bit of TV before bed.

We will stay here another night as weather us supposed to get better on Wednesday. It will be great to explore Nelson more tomorrow.