We got to see what this island is made of: Both, beauty of nature and hospitality of its people. These are a few highlights of the people we saw on this day.
There are the people who remained nameless who offered advice and a helping hand. There was a person at Tim’s who was very positive and said you can do it. (Cycle to Port Hardy). He talked of his son who cycles and visits his home in Victoria. He didn’t feel safe cycling so he took the bus for the first time to Langford for only $9.
We met Raymond who grew up in Winnipeg. He talked of delivering the Free Press in the River Heights region. Had a brother who lived on Borebank very close to where we live. He talked of owning a car at Kelvin high school, only 2 other students had cars at that time. He had lots of friends in high school because he allowed them to smoke in his car. When we told him we were cycling to Port Hardy. He says: “Your what, no way, you will never make it”. We parted laughing.
As we were looking at a road sign we met Pelle Gustavo. He offered to cycle with us so we knew where to go. For at least 25 km’s we cycled together as he explained historical facts about the area. It was such a pleasure cycling with this very kind young man.
This is Saturday July 29th, this post could not get done last night due to no cell service. We will once again be out of cell service range tonight and for much of Sunday.
Adventures on a bicycle 