Paradise Regained
After the precipitation of recent days, some were wondering whether winter had set in for the season, especially with the clock change. This morning we woke up to Paradise Regained, to steal a phrase from Milton. Cy, Bill, Wayne and Norm assembled at Fol Epi in magnificent fall conditions [Ken W joined us at the Switch Bridge]. It’s amazing the impact of some rays of sunshine - it raised everyone’s mood, without the aid of Vitamin D!
By the time we had reached the bridge at Uptown, Bill figured that he had over-dressed opting to strip off some of the layers.
Although it was sunny and warm, the trail was still wet in the shady areas, those areas combined with wet leaves proved the only distraction. The trestles were their usually bumpy selves, but they were dry and did not present a cycling hazard.
Good progress was made all the way up to the Ridge Cafe at Cordova Bay. Given the rainy conditions of late, the tables and chairs had been stacked off to the side. It was with great delight that we pulled some tables and chairs out into the sunshine.
The conversation started off about how smart we were to have chosen to move to this corner of Paradise - where else in Canada, in mid-November, could we be enjoying a bike ride under the sun, and basking in 15C weather? We did touch on the dodgy practices employed by developers whether in Edmonton or Colwood, and even the Donald in Aberdeen.
There was also a sign up sheet looking for organizers for bike rides till next March. Look out for the sign up sheet!
Donald and a bike click on the link to learn about the Tour de Trump!!!
There was some discussion of the election going on south of the border. Cy was keen to have a pool on how many seats the candidates would have in the electoral college, but Wayne was the only taker, prediction that HRC would get over 330 votes - we will know how accurate that is in a few hours.
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