Sandi and Lewis' ride across Canada

Victoria-BC After assembling our bikes and packing a week's worth of stuff into our day-backpacks we rode to catch the ferry to Victoria. The ride wasn't very long, and quite scenic and pretty. I took me some time to get used to riding with a saddle/trunk thingamaboobie, as I am not used to riding with anything on my bike, plus the massive backpack for our few days stay in Victoria. We got going quite late from Vancouver; Lewis is very slow and methodical in his preparations; he takes about the same time to get ready as an entire class of teenaged girls getting ready for the prom. I pack and prepare more along the lines of a drug dealer moving across a Singaporian border-just get it done as quickly as possible. So we're both up against each other's paces; Lewis was keenly excited to learn from my dad in the car ride to the airport that my mother is very impatient. He jumped at the chance to blame it on genetics, as he made the quick connection between my impatience and ...