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October 2, 2008
after an uneventful border crossing, the u-haul and us are now chugging along through washington. day 01 of our journey down south.
as it turned out, today was the perfect day for the move… a rainy day. a sunny one would have made it tougher to leave behind beautiful bc. the weather must have understood my struggles and did what it could to nudge me along.
the past couple of years have been a ride. boundless running/swimming/biking, lush rainforests, amazing seasons, new friendships, new work experiences, 250km gobi march, 50km knee knacker, relationship crisis (and fixing it), bears, skunks, mountains, snow, new life style and most of all: a chance to get to know me better.
would not have done it any other way.
bye for now bc.
September 29, 2008
determined to explore all we can before we leave, we headed to whistler for another epic cross country trail. after the 7 summits ‘ordeal’, i decided to run this one while nik rode.
the trail is so beautifully maintained, it was a pleasure just being there. i highly recommend it to riders with reasonable fitness and confidence in technical riding and trail runners who love a great run in the woods!
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| comfortably numb 29 sep 08 |
September 26, 2008
if everything goes as planned, we should be on a flight down to san francisco, ca this time next week.
it has been an interesting couple of years in north vancouver, bc. the whole experience of living in a totally new environment has been enriching in every aspect.
all have to start over again, finding places and people to swim, bike and run with.
definitely going to be challenging.
September 23, 2008
we left home on 13 sep on a planned 2 weeks road trip to interior british columbia and the national parks in alberta. the plan was to drive, camp, bike and hike.
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| 13 sep osoyoos |
nk’mip campgrounds by the lake
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| 14-16 sep rossland-techno grind-kootenay columbia-7summits |
lions campgrounds, rode local trails, epic ride 7 summits (LONG ride, almost died)
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| 16-18 sep revelstoke-keystone standard basin |
koa campgrounds, rode epic keystone standard basin (beautiful view, super narrow single tracks)
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| 18-20 sep giant cedar-hemlock grove-banff-lake louise-plain of six glaciers-lake minnewanka |
tunnel mountain village campgrounds, hiked plain of six glaciers, lake louise, lake minnewanka
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| 20-21 sep icefield parkway-wilcox pass-columbia icefield-jasper-maligne lake |
whistlers campgrounds, drove to jasper through the icefield parkway, hiked wilcox pass, columbia icefields, lake magline, national geographic moment of elks rutting (see video)!
the intention was to round the trip with a ride in the lac du bois grasslands in kamloops. however, as the rain we were driving away from finally caught up with us, we whimp-ed and watched csi in a motel instead.
we are now recovering from an overdoes of tenting and sleeping bagging…
September 7, 2008
after 4 months off the mountain bike, i pedalled 5hr on the sunshine coast yesterday. my pitiful behind has been SORE since.
after 5 weeks away from the long slow run, i crawled 32km on the road today (trying not to gag on the dangling ’soluble’ stitches on the void left by the extracted wisdom tooth distracted the legs). i think everything below the waist is going to be SORE-ER real soon.
it has been quite a while since i have done a long slow run of any sort. the august gone never saw me run past 16km mark. there were loads of hiking though, does that count?
yes, me have been slacking.
13 weeks to the sf north face challenge… i am still undecided between the 50km or 50mi. with such slacking in place, the former is definitely sounding more realistic.
better get back on the ball soon.
September 2, 2008
some time last week, i got into a minor car accident in a parking lot. it wasnt serious but it was still an accident. i was reversing into a parking lot when the car in the lot across from mine reversed out into me.
my grey mazda3 (left) and her silver mitsubishi lancer (right)
hence, i whipped out my cell phone and began taking pictures as evidence before we moved our cars. thankfully no one was hurt, it was such a slow speed impact.
there was really nothing to be pissed about, it was an accident and accidents are called such as they happen. i simply wanted to get the details of both parties exchanged and get on with life. then the other lady had to be ‘mean’.
an old granny, “what did you do to my car?!” she went like a shrieking broken record, on and on and on. she didnt want to speak with me, accusing me of being a “clever chinese woman” when i started shooting although she was not wrong about the clever nor chinese parts.
now i was pissed. what has my intelligence and race got to do with this incident? she was simply being a RACIST BITCH! she wasnt even canadian, sounded more like an iranian/middle eastern person. when i tried approaching her for her details, she threatened to call the police if i stood too close… what? should i just drive off?
then arrived her son. this huge, tall man whom i believe to be in his forties. other than snatching away the license document before i was done with it, he accused me of harrasing his mother and being rude taking all the pictures! WTF!
at this point i decided i have had enough of the abuse and left.
MISTER, if the pictures indicated i was at fault, there is no way i could get away with it. so why get so worked up? whoever’s fault it is, it doesnt solve the problem to be RUDE and ABUSIVE!
little things like this reset all the beautiful experiences i have of this city. blah.
I MUST RISE ABOVE THEM…
then i got a call from the insurance company today.
the NICE family who had accused me of being RUDE is 100% responsible for the damages.
now i know what the pictures are for.
HUMPH!
September 2, 2008
i am seriously happy right now, perhaps even delirious…
at a ripe age of 31, i have just had my first wisdom tooth removed. being sedated is such a wonderful experience, i am still floating… mmmmmmmmmmm…
well, come tomorrow, i might be singing a totally different song. we shall know soon.
la la la la la la la la la
September 1, 2008
we had to pick a rainy day for our first ‘backpacking’ trip. the hike up to base camp was seriously wet as it was pouring! thank goodness our MSR fling held up and we woke up the next day to beautiful blue skies and rewarding sights.
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| Black Tusk |
August 20, 2008
while researching on ‘natto’, the japanese wonder food, i came across this real funny documentary.
