Relocation over Vacation.

My story is not really of a vacation but of a lack of 'vacation'. The time I wanted to use this summer for vacation biking was replaced by a relocating to Edmonton, AB. My wife and I decided to leave the beautiful location of Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island and move back to Alberta. My wife left first as she got a job which wanted her to start prior to us actually moving there. This left me to pack up the lion's share of a two bedroom condo, one storage unit, three cats and all our gear in approximatley 3 weeks time. I was able to 'sqeeze' in a couple of rides prior to departing, with my buddies but this is no vacation when you have relocation on the brain. Some video of those rides I have posted here on yourmtb.com - Search for "Mt.Washington". That being said the rest of my time was spent in a U-Haul with three cats in the cab towing my car behind it. And everytime I took a turn on the hi-way I could see my bikes mounted on my car just dying to stop and get dirty. As I drove to Edmonton there were many places I would have loved to have stopped to ride but alas there was no time left for me to have a vacation. ~A sad but true story from the Great White North~