Motorcycle Adventures

Ah well we did have a wonderful day after all. We chose to stay an extra day as the weather was still too cold this morning. 4 degrees when we got up – and that’s too cold to camp. We didn’t want to go to the camp in the hopes that weather would be warmer and then not have things warm up after all – so much easier just to stay put.

We had a great morning, with Lunch out at the Circle Cafe. Nicole went back to the motel to do some reading for school, while I had a great walk in town. I stopped into this incredible shoe store to buy some Birkenstock shoes. Oh I had forgotten how comfortable they are – had some years ago that I loved.

Then I continued on for a nice walk down by the water. One of the hotels has a marina, and a nice pier that you can walk out on.

All this time the sun was out and the air was getting warmer and warmer. It’s amazing to me that it can be 4 degrees in the morning, and by afternoon, it can be 19! After getting back from my walk, I washed our bikes. It was exactly the sort of thing that I felt like doing. I wanted something that was a little active, so I felt like I was getting something done, but something still relaxing. The warm sun felt wonderful and the bikes really needed a wash.

Then it was time for a nap! We both had a great nap, and then went out to our favorite restaurant in town, the Red Fish.

Clouds have started to come back in, and on the way back from our after-dinner walk, we are having some rain, but it’s rain with beautiful sunshine at the same time. It’s all very pleasant, and it’s still 16 degrees.

So, tomorrow we hope for sunshine. Every forecast that we can find for the entire southern BC seems to be sunny – so we have high hopes that we’ll head off to our campsite. It’ll be great to ride the bikes again – in fact the road that leads to the campsite is quite beautiful, and we have so far only ridden it while it was raining.

We are toying with the idea of going past Toad Rock and doing right to Ainsworth Hotsprings for a little relaxing dip in the springs. We’ll see what we feel like tomorrow.