August 7, 2006 – Day 28 – 447 Miles Prince Rupert, BC – Prince George, BC
Prince Rupert, BC – Prince George, BC
I’m a Prince of a fellow today, going from one to another. Left the ferry at 7:00 am PST this morning bound for Prince George. Yep, it’s raining. Not very hard, but the steady drip-drip-drip to which I have become so used. It is great to be back on the bike and riding. Scenery is much the same, and the same is good! High mountains, lots of trees, big river; good stuff.
Just east of Prince Rupert
The road is excellent and traffic is pretty light, today being a holiday here in BC. Can you believe it? The holiday is “BC Day.” That’s like Texas declaring a holiday called Texas Day. According to a lady at the restaurant I stopped in for lunch, they now have only two months in them without a holiday. Inefficient? Counter-Productive? Bad for business? I would expect to hear such claims from businesses in America (what, another paid holiday??). Depends on your perspective. The lifestyle here is different. Just as in Europe where they take the entire month of August off for vacation, it’s a matter of collective lifestyle choices. Makes it different, not necessarily wrong.
Tomorrow, further south. Heading toward Vancouver, one of the really neat cities in North America (the world).
NOTE: For some reason I am unable to download photos to the blog. I expect it's a busy server issue and will try later to catch up on them.
I’m a Prince of a fellow today, going from one to another. Left the ferry at 7:00 am PST this morning bound for Prince George. Yep, it’s raining. Not very hard, but the steady drip-drip-drip to which I have become so used. It is great to be back on the bike and riding. Scenery is much the same, and the same is good! High mountains, lots of trees, big river; good stuff.
Just east of Prince Rupert
The road is excellent and traffic is pretty light, today being a holiday here in BC. Can you believe it? The holiday is “BC Day.” That’s like Texas declaring a holiday called Texas Day. According to a lady at the restaurant I stopped in for lunch, they now have only two months in them without a holiday. Inefficient? Counter-Productive? Bad for business? I would expect to hear such claims from businesses in America (what, another paid holiday??). Depends on your perspective. The lifestyle here is different. Just as in Europe where they take the entire month of August off for vacation, it’s a matter of collective lifestyle choices. Makes it different, not necessarily wrong.
Tomorrow, further south. Heading toward Vancouver, one of the really neat cities in North America (the world).
NOTE: For some reason I am unable to download photos to the blog. I expect it's a busy server issue and will try later to catch up on them.
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