We blame the lack of posting on the lack of riding. Although, great times have been had! We spent the last few days in and around Vancouver. We have been living the good life ever since we have hit our home land. After five and half weeks of sleeping in a tent, we were treated to nice beds, delicious food, and hot showers. A HUGE thanks for Aunt Tiny for all she did for us, we had a wonderful time and can’t wait till we can visit again. Also a thanks to Mark for letting us crash for the night, and last but certainly not least, thanks to Aunt Lois for a great evening and the opportunity to see the amazing fireworks/light show (sunset wasn’t bad either).



We headed for Squamish Sunday morning and our home coming welcome continued. We meet up with Penny (whom we meet in Oakridge) and she has been more than welcoming, we were invited to an amazing BBQ on the lake near her house. We cannot thank her and her family enough for opening up there house to us and showing us all the best trails Squamish has to offer.



We went for great ride today. We got our first taste of BC riding… steep and technical, the cross country trails here would put a maritime downhill course to shame. Although the trails were perfect the 36 degree heat was not. I have never seen 3 people sweat some much… not even in Moab. After a few bouts of nausea, cause by/combination of heat stroke or expired milk residue in a water bottle a great ride was had by all. The post ride lake swim was the perfect way to finish off the ride. And as a matter of fact I have to go now to explore a new lake for the second dip of the day…