We made some more pancakes for breakfast and then got everything all packed up and ready to go. Unfortunately Megumi had already gone to work, so we didn't get to say goodbye to her. I spent some time playing with the kitties again before we had to leave. My favorite kitty was Berry, since he looked just like Munchkin did and was super cuddly. I was definitely going to miss all the kitties. Since there was lots of cake left, I put some in a couple zip lock bags because I knew we would really enjoy that after riding for a while. By the time we were on the road it was about 9:30. We said our goodbyes to David and the puppies and headed out of town. It was a little slow going in the beginning of the ride because we had a couple big hills to climb and we stopped at Walmart to get a couple things before heading out into "the wilderness." It seemed like it took forever to get the first 25 miles done, but after that the miles started to go quicker. Sometime pretty early in the ride, we met Marcel who was riding from Alaska down to South America. After chit chatting for a few we also learned that he is from Holland. It is so neat riding and meeting other people touring because about 80% of the time it seems that they are from a different country. We had a bit of a head wind today which slowed us down quite a bit. Eventually we stopped for lunch around the 34 mile mark. We decided that since we would be going to a Warm Shower's host and that she already said she would make us dinner that we would just eat the rest of the cake for lunch. It filled us up enough to go the remaining 30 miles or so to get to Vanderhoof. I was really glad I had a chance to make some cake, especially since it was such a wonderful treat after riding for a while! The remainder of the ride was a lot less hilly, in fact, in comparison to the terrain we had been riding on for the last few hundred miles, the road pretty much flattened out. There was still the wind, so we weren't able to take full advantage of the straight road, but we managed ok. The last few miles of the ride were a bit harder because I started to get pretty tired. Luckily, we were able to find our host's house relatively easy, especially since we knew she was moving soon and that there was a for sale sign out front. When we got there, we found a note on the door that said she had gone cycling and would be back at 7. It was perfect timing because we had enough time to each take a shower and get settled a bit. Her home was a beautiful log cabin right on the edge of a river (the view was SO pretty!) Since she would be moving soon, she had virtually no furniture or belongings left in the house. We got our sleeping bags all set up on the floor and were glad that we had a place indoors to sleep. Deidre, our host, made a wonderful dinner of potatoes, meatloaf and a homegrown salad (she had a fantastic garden). After dinner she even gave us each an ice cream bar which was of course wonderful. She made some roobios tea which I really enjoyed. By the time we were all finished with dinner it was already a little after 9. I had hoped that Gram and Mom would be able to Oovoo us sometime this evening, but wasn't sure if we could get it to work for them. To my delight, with the help of Uncle Larry, they made magic happen and I got to "see" everyone! It was so nice to be able to see everyone's face since I hadn't seen them since we left. Our chat wasn't very long because it was already after 1am back at home, but now that they know how to work Oovoo, it will be pretty easy to do again in the future. We both went to bed pretty early since we knew we would have a pretty long day of riding tomorrow. We rode 64.22 miles today.
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