Canada

We had a crazy July packing up our apartment, holding two garage sales, storing all of our stuff we didn't sell at friend's houses all over Whistler (thank you Gail, Corinne, Jonas and Stacey, Jake and Clare!!!) and fixing up the van. We had a loads of help and were offered great couches to surf on until we left Whistler (thanks Jake and Clare and Mich and Alex)! Pete then drove the truck and the van to Nelson while Karen went to Ontario to visit with her family and friends. Both sets of parents then met up in Nelson for a few weeks to help spoil us before we set off. We were stuffed full of amazing food and wine so luckily we had time to do some hikes around the Nelson area. We made it up Pulpit Rock and the flagpole a few times with Mike and Franzi, Gwillim Lake in the Valhallas and Keyhole in the Kokanee Glacier before setting off. We were also able to do some last minute organization of the van including Franzi making us some awesome curtains, putting bug screens on and tinting the windows, and franzi making us a great van table.

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