Rest

Day 10: Rest day in Prince George
Since we had finished all chores yesterday after our bike ride, we had a free day ahead of us. Prince George is a decently sized town of concrete buildings (barely any high-risers) and two lane streets that are mainly occupied by pick-up trucks. Like many other places in North America, everything is done by car. There are quite a few homeless people walking around, and they sleep in parks or in the bush next to the street. In other words, this is not a town for sight-seeing but probably great for fishing, hiking, and other outdoor activities besides shopping.
Dad choose for the first, and I reserved a tee time for him at the golf course. He and Robert, one of the riders, would play golf in the afternoon. I initially wanted to go for a hike, until I discovered that all nice hikes started at least 25k out of town and I didn't really feel like biking 50k on a rest day. Hence, I started a city hike in the morning with dad. We hiked to a park up on a hill near our hotel and looked over town. This is where the above description of Prince George is mainly based on. I then realized there was not really a point in continuing my city hike in this ugly place. Plan B was to go shopping, which I did successfully by buying warm camping clothes and an insulated jacket. The rest of the day I will use to plan my next trip (a long weekend hiking), to repack my bags and to finish my second book on this trip. I actually already look forward to the next few biking days. They will be much less intense than the 6 consecutive bike days we started with. And we are getting closer to the Jasper and Banff area, for which I really came. In four days (of which only 1 very tough day) we will arrive in Jasper!