We're really liking this work, bike, eat, relax thing.
We biked 15 miles today.-Miranda
Sunset in Bellingham
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Today we went to an outdoor, classical concert which was quite nice. The weather has been beautiful. We decided we wanted to go for swim, so we biked to Lake Padden (steep uphill a good chunk of the way) then biked around the lake (2 miles) and went swimming. Joe decided we needed more exercise, so we swam across the lake and back also. The ride down the hill after swimming was fun though.
We went to the Skylark Cafe for dinner, which was very good. Got to sit outside in a little, pretty alley under a tree. Joe had a butternut squash lasagna which he said was very good. We got big ol' desserts from a nearby place then headed back to the RV. Biked a total of about 8 miles today.
-Miranda
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Bellingham has an awesome trail system for biking/hiking/jogging and such. We rode about 20 miles today and went to a state park out of town. The trail was gorgeous. There were some huge trees just off the trail. Most of it was a really nice trail. There was a section that was a bit hairy... steep edges and roots and rocks sticking up.
Of course I forgot to bring me camera.. grrr.. We even saw a little mouse right off the path. We stopped and watched it and it was not afraid of us at all, which was really odd. I think it was a baby... its head was normal sized but its body looked like it should have been at least twice as long as it was. We had gone to a store called Quel Fromage where they sell all sorts of cheeses and we had a little picnic basically. Two kinds of cheese (4 year cheddar and Fleur D'Anis) a spread (some sort of red onion thing) a demi-baguette, an apple and a little bit of chocolate. It was super good. We had a little bit of cheddar bits left on the paper so we gave that to the mouse. It daintily ate it up... not worried about us at all. Very weird.
So, once we got back into town after going all the way to the state park, along some sections of scary trail, we were biking on a side street, I was looking up a road the crossed the one we were on and when I looked back in front of me there was a stop sign post coming at me fast... Instead of letting the handle bar hit the stop sign then grabbing for that, I locked up the brakes and did a chest plant into the sidewalk with the bike following me. No bleeding though, surprisingly. Some bruises on my legs and my hands are slightly scuffed (only about one layer of skin). One of my toes somehow hurts, not terrible, but enough to bug. The biggest issue is my right thumb... I may have sprained it. Been keeping it iced, but I can't put any weight on it or grab things. We were going to bike around downtown tomorrow, but I guess not anymore. :(
Wow, long update... Sorry..
Oh, we're at Joe's friend's place, parked outside their house.
-Miranda
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Well, we've been doing some biking around town. We basically never take the car and we bike everywhere. We bike to the grocery store for groceries (yes, bringing a gallon of milk home can be interesting), to the car store (joe's been working on the RV) and bunches of other places. We've gone on a few random bike rides, just for exercise. Just like today. Went on a 10 mile ride today. A hot, hard 10 miles.. Well, on the way back was a lot of downhill, which helped, but that sun was a bit toasty today.
Don't know when we're heading out yet...
-Miranda
Oh, and I have photos on Deviant Art on Joe's account.
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Arrived in Medicine Hat, Went for a bike ride along the city's trails, Good size bluffs all over the place, desert ontop, green grass below. I took a "short cut" to get to Miranda and noticed that i had just run over cactus!!!!
OMG dummy. (they have cactus in Canada!!??) Anyways, 5 miles into the ride.. Pffffttttt... Flat tire!! .. so we walk about a mile and find a bike shop that's open!! get it fixed right up, and off again! 5 miles farther, all the way to the other side of town... Pfffffffttttt..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... Must have missed a tiny cacti present. Luckily i asked a city bus driver and he took pity on us and let us bring the bikes into the bus (no racks) dropped us off within a mile of the same bike shop.... Yeehaw.. . Then as we were leaving, My shifter Cable... SSSNNNNAAAAPpPPPpppp!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... couldn't believe it, went right back and turned out a bolt just had to be tightened.... hopefully we make it back to the RV, as we're still about 3 miles from it... Found internet on a small curb island. Think it's enough biking for today.
Off to Dinosaur Park tomorrow!!
-Joe
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