October 1st:
Didn't sleep at all the night before anxiously awaiting my early flight into vancouver. Whit packaged my bike up and was all ready to fly out on the plane. Slept a while on the plane and arrive into Canada around 1pm. For my bike, went through customs and found a nice corner in the airport to assemble everything. About an hour later, wooolaaaaa
Vancouver is the most bike friendly city I have ever been to. Such a great feeling having a bike lane right out of the airport door.
Explored the coast around the city
Stayed with Gili and his wife Maya for the first night. Native to Israel, they have been in vancouver for the past 7 years. They have done bike adventures all over the globe. Cuba anyone?
After breakfast Gili rode out with me while I did some more riding around.
Urban bike touring. Would ya look at that
Did some more riding around vancouver amazing parks and bike infrastructure.
Calling city council and mayor jones.
I hear that most of it has come about in the last 5 years. The mayor is really pro bike and is always seen riding to work 
Stayed the night with Kyla and her family. She adventured on bike around New Zealand for a couple of months.
Her family had this incredible view of the city. 
Stopped in MEC (REI Canada) to pick up some fuel and food before starting off. Turns out bicycle theft is bad in the city. MEC let me use a heavy duty lock while shopping. 
Looking like a tool wearing the Gopro on the head. But there are some spectacular things to see. 
Hardest hill ever. Funny enough there were citizens holding up speed radar at the top to deter people from speeding down it. 
First campgroind. The host made me terrified of the bear she said comes in by my site a few times a week. See those two cold beers? In British Columbia you have to buy all alcoholic beverages in the liquor store. A random guy in an RV brought them to me when the word got out that I was looking. Canadian kindness. 
Made out to the ferry early. Had to wait a few hours but gave me time to dry out my tent from the rain early that morning 
Ferry #2 view
Kyla mentioned to me that a lot of people ride what they call the Sunshine Coast. A network of roads and ferries between islands that span north to a place called Powell river, over to the town courtenay and south the Victoria. Weather looked great and untypical for that time of year so last minute I decided to give it a go.
All geared up.
Rode into north vancouver about 20 miles to catch the ferry over to the next island north.
Vehicle loaded
By the way, British Columbia ferries are like small airports. Very nice. Like you are riding on a starship. 
My experience is that Canadians are really friendly. You could walk up and chat with anyone and they were all eager to give you good advice and have a good coversation. Two people told me about this crazy steep hill to avoid. Of course I couldn't remember all of the directions and ended up at the bottom of it. 
Some typical BC forest
I learned that a loonie is $1 and Tunie is $2. Very critical to get a shower in these parts
This was my route the next day. From the bottom of the island to the top.
Most campgrounds had closed for the season. Most of them being unstaffed, a bike can get through more than a car. 
View just through the trees
Of course I didn't check the ferry times and had to wait 4 hours to get to the other side. The ferry rides were good down time to relax. 
Bear preventative?
Purple starfish everywhere!
Had a nice short ride the next day to Powell river. The northernmost part I would ride.
Doors opening to a new place
This is Micah. He sat down while I was eating some peanut butter. Very talkative and was telling about how he broke his bake and became addicted to cocaine and now had a hole in his brain. I felt bad that he had pretty much given up on life and lived in a hotel down the road. He was real friendly and good to chat with. Hard to try to find words of encouragement when someone has fallen onto hard times.
It was almost dark by the time I arrived to courtenay. Made contact with a Warmshowers host just before I got off the boat. Some spectacular views riding toward sunset.
I stayed with this older Canadian couple in the country. They had this really nice place tucked away in the woods. They were really cool and cooked me an awesome dinner. They have also completed bike adventures all over the world. 
Saw sea lions on a dock making some noise. Turns out they make their way up year once a year chasing the fish. I was lucky to have seen them during that small window of time. Riding south. Still too lucky with no real rain coming with the fall. A fairly flat ride down the coast toward Victoria. 
Always trying to make time for some video.
I rode about 70 miles the entire day and was really hurting. I checked into a hotel close to the next ferry over to vancouver island. 
Had my first flat. A giant frekin' nail. The biggest thing I have ever had puncture my bike tire. Notice how it wasn't even the sharp end of the nail. A good exuse for some duct tape. I was riding on this tiny shoulder of sketch road with tons of traffic. About 15 minutes of tense riding when you say to yourself 'please don't hit me please don't hit me' out loud.
View from hotel
This guy helped me with getting to my next destination as I was getting lost trying not to ride on the main highway. Again, Canadian kindness.
Economy hotel dryer
More ferry rides than I can remember. Bring on the David Fary jokes. 
After crossing into the Victoria island, I peddled south into Victoria. A short ride down an old railway turned bike path.
After just short of a week, I had completed my ride around the Sunshine Coastal islands of British Columbia. A good ride. 
You can look across and see the Olympic peninsula in Washington state. Had a great time and met a lot of really interesting people. Stay tuned for the next part of the trip. Hope everyone is well back home.
-David.
