Happy Canada Day!

July 1st is Canada Day, so today there has been fairs and street parades across the whole of this giant country. As a break from cycling, Revelstoke seemed a good town to spend it in. It couldn't be much more Canadian here, wide river, snowy mountains and the Canadian Pacific Railway passing through- very long goods trains.
I have Canada-ed up the bike by adding a Canada flag to the union jack on the back.
Tomorrow will be the highest height reached on a bike so far with only pedal power. Rogers Pass is well over 1300m, and will be the third pass (route through mountains) in ten days that is around Ben Nevis height. Good job the bike has low gears!

some updates...

May seems to have been a bad month for blogging.  A few technical hiccups, real work and lack of internet time were the main causes - skype has had more of my time than blogspot recently, and had a few camera issues at the Grand Canyon.  Who would have thought that a toothbrush would be the tool to save a broken digital camera?  Top tip should you ever drop yours in sand a long way from a camera shop... Anyway, there's some stuff from the USA, the first few weeks in Canada, and some extra photos etc from South America for you to browse over halfterm.
Enjoy the Jubilee celebrations, (not much in the way of jubilance here, can't even find a union jack at the moment!) and have a great extended holiday.
Miss Butler