San Francisco!

The day we cycled into San Francisco was pretty amazing indeed. The wind was howling, there was construction and hills to conquer but frankly, we didn't care too much. We were hours away from reaching our destination and nothing was standing in our way. Here it was, at the top of a very steep and arduous climb in Daly City. We had cycled from New Orleans to San Francisco... Whooooooeeeeee!


In keeping with Team Ontario's tradition, we stopped for a photo shoot. Friendly motorists honked us on...



Our time in San Francisco was fun filled and exciting. On our first day, we cycle around, getting a feel for the city, checked out a farmer's market, Fisherman's Wharf and had Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista.


Uncle John arranged for many fun and exciting activities for us including an evening at the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.


On the weekend, we escaped the city to visit Yosemite National Park where we hiked around the valley and played many games of scrabble. For the record: Cowpokes is not a word!




On one of our last days together, Marianne and I cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge together. She flew back to Ottawa on April 16th and I took a train to Vancouver on the 20th. Both of us will be working on our respective farms this summer. Marianne will be working at the Experimetal Farm as a camp counselor in Ottawa and I will be joining the team at Wildflight, an organic vegetable farm in Mara, BC.


We will miss traveling but will keep our bikes close at hand...

A favorite San Francisco moment for me was a pedestrian calling out: "Look at you comming up that hill like its not even there."

To which I replied: " I rode from New Orleans!"

"S#%&*!" is all he had time to reply before I was out of earshot and off to my morning yoga class...