Bump.

Big moth. Big, big moth. One of a whole swack-bracket of 'em that invaded our centre.

Below.. Hornby. Heliwell Park to be more specific.

And the start of a moderately epic but not very long bike journey.

This last weekend, I road to Cowichan River, from Hornby. It took me 2 days, and about 200km. I left at 2pm on friday, and arrived in Nanaimo at 8pm. That night, I managed to luck out, as I found some people that lived there with a very pleasant apple orchard..

So, when I was first thinking about riding to Nanaimo, I was sure that my arrival would consist of me rolling into a nice blingin hostel, where Id make friends, maybe go out to dinner, maybe even have a shower before falling asleep in a cozy, ready-made bed. But when I got there.. even before I arrived, I started thinking, that if I didnt need a hostel when I was way the hell in the middle of nowhere in Central America, I sure as peanuts didnt need a hostel up here in 'safe' Canada. Man, I think I got a waaaay nicer experience, having avocado/tomato/cheese sandwiches, going for a moonlit swim in a steaming warm lake after to wash off, and crawling into my tent under the shelter of dozens of apple trees.. as opposed to paying money to sleep somewhere. Sheesh.

Bike touring is still fun, after being back in Canada for almost a year.

Take care

Tyler

Some friends I've made

I cant believe how fun it is to take these pictures..

The really fun thing, was that I was being paid the entire time :) Go team (after taking those photos I spent 6 hours laying concrete.. fun times.)

~t

Campfire

The above picture would be more badass if it was in focus. I like the reflection coming out of the centre of the dot... this was a Ying-Yang on a chinese medicine ball.

So, some friends and I had a beachfire last night. We roasted tofu dogs, and baked potatoes in tinfoil, and drank wine and rasberry lemonade, and had a wonderful time. And, I took some pictures.
Below, something you find from time to time where fire has been (this object was no more than 3cm in length):These two pictures are closeups of the crack on the right.. probably only a mm or so in width. go camera go.And this one is of some fire.And this one is of a dinosaur.

And... yeah. Thanks for looking :)

tyler

Whats this you say?

So, I, umm..

I purchased a camera. Finally. Im really enjoying taking pictures with it, the last two are of my friend Alan, and myself.

The camera is a Canon somethingsomething, but all I know is that it has incredible zoom, has decent battery life and was cheap ($150!). Cheap, but definately the best camera Ive ever owned.