Guess what? I'm in VanCouver! Leaving Nelson I rode hard for Nakusp not realizing it was 90 miles away. The way was quite hilly and I was really feeling the burn. The pain in my knee was migrating to my hip so I ended my days ride at 80 miles. The next day I pulled into Nakusp and stayed long enough for a snack a breather. It seemed like a descent town with gear shops, food co-ops and art happeningss. Nice beach along the lake. Real small though. Probibly nothing to offer in terms of an art career.
Revelstoke was another 80 miles north so by the time I pulled into the hostel I was wasted. Travelers are so generous. Feys, an Aussie reveled at my journeys "100k? Fuck but that's a lot!" and he gave me dessert, bread pudding with ice cream. However I was dissappointed with Revelstoke. It was tiny and had nothing going on. As one dude put it, "its hard to spend money here."
After my last two days of riding I was having doubts about the trip to Lake Louise. Everyone said Rogers Pass was totally gnarly and I was losing it on those B.C. hills. SSo I decided to cut my losses and roll to VanCouver. It turns out Mike, a chef I met hosteling in Nelson was leaving for VanCouver and offering a ride. $60 cheap! sso I took it. It was pleasant enough. Once we got rolling I sstarted having reservations as it turned out to be almost all downhill. That section ended up being the most amazing portion of the trip so far. The mountains were huge! and we just dropped like 12 ton rocks for what seemed like 60 miles straight! We pulled into VanCouver around 7pm and I took my leave. Its touch and go, so breif. What a life.
I'm staying in this run down hostel for $19 a night. They offer free breakfast at the cafe next door and the bathrooms are filthy. I don't dare take a shower, it'd probibly give me AIDS. The town is working itself out, revamping sections as rich chineese businessmen move in and buy condos. A lot of the galleries around peddle native american art to the point of exploitation and yet it seems that the first nations are doing much better here then down in the states.
One way or the other tomarrow will be my day to gallery hop and then I'll take off. I really don't think I have much in the way of an opportunity here sso I'll save my hopes for Seattle. I'm definately taking a trip to the Island though. Gotta see some green soon! I think I'm gonna show up in Seattle broken and confused, too early to crash with Alicia. My luck will run out and I will die alone and forgotten in this mad mad world.
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