Contrary to the weather forecast, I had 3 sunny days. I missed the 10h10 boat in Comox and went back to the village for the new internet Caffee The ZOCALO KAFFEE. Spent 2h updating my blog and talking to Diana, artist, owner of the place and world traveller. At least that's what I call somebody who travelled 1 year with husband and 2 kids in Central America. At 3pm I met Judy and Bob, an older couple (at least older then me) travelling on a BMW RT from LA. Nice ride to Saltery Bay, but since the ferry was at 7pm I stayed in the very beautiful provincial campground nearby the ferry. Excellent salmon burger near the jetty. While setting up my tent I was invited by Lois, a brave and very lovely grandmother from Vancouver travelling on her own in her motorhome. She had a nice fire going and the beer that I was missing. It was a privilege to sleep in between these centuries old cedars and firs. This is real rain forest. At 2h in the morning I crawled out of the tent for the toilet (which was obviously right next to the tent), and it was total darkness. Back in the tent, in my sleeping bag with the broken zipper and under the blanket that Lois had given me for the night, I heard a heavy noise, like from a dog slipping of a plastic surface. I realized I had food in my topcase and if it was a bear, he would push over the bike to get to the food. I hoped a big jumping tent would scare him away. But all went quite, so I suppose it was a smaller visitor. Bought a new sleeping bag in the Canadian Tire, which I thought only sold tires, but is in fact some kind of a canadian Walmart. The rest of the ride down to the ferry in Langdale was wonderful. Make sure to leave the ferry immediately otherwise you have a load of slow cars in front of you, very difficult to overtake on these twisty roads. Slept on the terrace of the house of Lois in Horseshoe Bay (she had called the owner of her appartment to open the door, she had stayed in Powell River). Gorgeous view of the ocean and the coast. Now in Osoyoos, nice Park campground again. Very cold ride through Manning Park, Princeton. But once in the Okananga valley, temperature is back in the 20s. Nice valley. Tomorrow the cascades ride in the north of Washington state, up to Mt Vernon.
