Mike: I must confess - we've been neglecting the blog as of late, and of course, an overwhelming amount of things have happened! We've been in San Diego for two days, but I'm only going to update from when Sharon wrote the last entry (after the Big Sur coast) to entering San Diego. Let's see... when looking through the pictures, the first thing that comes to mind is the foul weather! Sure enough, soon after we left the library in Cambria, the rain began to fall. Lightly first - the really annoying kind where you can't decide if rainpants are warranted - then heavy. Really heavy. Flash flood-y heavy. We reached Morro Bay and packed it in at a cheap motel, which was fine since we absolutely needed to do laundry and shower anyways. It was ... read more

Sharon: SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLY AMAZING THAT I FEEL LIKE WRITING THIS ENTIRE ENTRY IN CAPITAL LETTERS TO EXPRESS THE THRILLING SENSE OF EXCITEMENT THAT I'VE BEEN FEELING THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE - but I'll switch to normal typing because all capitals are pretty annoying...! It's been a whirlwind, with so much diversity in each of our new-found (often completely random) adventures. I wanted to write about all of the highlights so far, as we're leaving San Fran tomorrow (I'm pouting as I say this, but also excited to get back on the road). We started off, as Mike mentioned, cycling to the summit of a sizable hill/mountain in the Marin Headlands to get an awesome view of the Golden Gate Bridge and the SF Bay - turns out this hill is ... read more

Sharon: We're sitting here in a library in Langunitas (or something like that) TWENTY MILES from the Golden Gate! Thought we'd write a quick update - to let you know that we're still alive and kicking! The last few weeks (or however long it's been since the last blog) have been phenomenal. We finished cycling the beautiful Oregon coast, crossed into California, and cycled alongside thousand year old redwoods, over spectacular cliffside coastline, through cattle pastures in sage covered tundra, along deeply shaded roads lined with eucalyptus trees, and past rows and rows of grapes in the Sonoma Valley. We've had incredible sunshine and desert-like intense heat, dense veils of fog, heavy down pours, and everything in between (no snow though - take that Alberta!). Not only that, but we've spent many of our nights camped ... read more

Sharon: So much has happened since the last time we updated our blog; I already feel like this morning was three weeks ago! Thinking that our now-usual routine of searching out an internet cafe would play out (search for internet cafe with increasing feelings of urgency, finally find one, check our emails like junkies craving a hit, forget everything else that we planned to do once we finally found a much coveted internet connection), I made up a list in my travel journal of things I want to talk about and I'm going to stick to it. 1) Uncle Todd is nice. 2) We made it to the US of A! 3) To Seattle and beyond 4) Phil, our equivalent of a fairy godmother 5) Holidaying with Mike's parents 6) More incredibly nice people! 7) Flat ... read more

Sharon: This blog entry doesn't really fit in with the rest.... as we haven't been cycling for over THREE days. Our bums are getting lonesome without their trusty bike seats to rest on. We got to my Grandma and Grandpa's house on Vancouver Island on Wednesday in the POURING rain. It rained - and it rained - and it rained - all day long. Turns out our amazing waterproof gear is only water proof in Alberta! To be fair, it did hold up pretty well - but after four or five hours of saturation we were bound to get a bit wet. Unfortunately, my spur of the moment running shoe purchase (after losing my favourite pair) was not such a great idea for the wet coastal weather, as the shoes have "vents" at the front - ... read more