Mar 21 - leaving Costa Rica today. We had the choice of driving in a cab for 2 hrs over the road we had biked, or flying for 8 minutes. Of course the cost was different, but decided to spend the extra & fly, instead of getting hot and dusty before getting on 2 more flights. The flight was in a Cessna 206, 4 seats, arrived in Puerto Jimenez, then found out that our Nature Air flight was gone, too late to wait for the next one, so had to charter the same plane to San Jose to connect up with our Air Canada flight leaving for Toronto in the pm. Just a little mis-communication by our tour planner....
Anyway, the resulting flight over the country gave us a great view of the landscape that we had biked, from the air, lovely sunny day. Couldn't upgrade to 1st class on the next flight, but it was fine, with several movies and lots of food and drink. Arrived late in Toronto, straight to Novotel hotel near the airport.
On reflection of our gruelling, hot bike tour, it was a wonderful way to see parts of the country we would not have seen otherwise, and forced us to have lots of exercise, maybe even motivating us to do more in the future..!..At any rate, we will be looking for this TYPE of adventure on future vacations, maybe not quite so ambitious... :c)

Mar 22 - stayed in hotel room until 2 pm, pouring rain outside, caught up on reading the news, etc. Off to the airport at 2, great afternoon in the Maple Leaf Lounge, internet access, so caught up there, called our kids, everyone is fine, TJ auditioned for a TV comedy show (didn't get on but has lots of original material ready for open mike nights), Dean & Anne heading to Toronto for a weekend "One of a Kind" craft show for Anne's work. It was a long day waiting for an 8 pm flight to Victoria, then taxi to our motorhome (stored at Carls office/house in Langford, thanks again, Carl!), at 2 am body time....zzzzz

Mar 23 - after sleeping in, getting groceries & the permit for the RV, that will allow us to drive it for another 15 days, off to Dan & Joanne's for dinner and a visit. Barbecued steaks, and delicious fixins, great change after the beans & rice of CR! Great to see everyone again and start planning a future trip together!!

Mar 24 - off down the road, the start of our trip east, caught the ferry from Swartz Bay to Tsawassen, then drove to Carl & Kim & Justin's in Surrey. Monique, Danielle & Michaela came over later and John was also there. Great dinner of Yellowtail tuna steaks, wild rice, greek salad and several yummy appy's, with wonderful company, catching up on all the news. Stayed overnight, parked in driveway.

Mar 25 - Sunday morning, after a big breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage & toast, burp, on the road again. Drove to Harrison Hot Springs, found an RV site, several parks not open yet... Got in a short hike around the town and on some trails. It's a great little tourist town, beautiful lake and lagoon with a beach. Carl, John & Justin joined us later and we took a soak in the hot springs public pool, ahhh, very soothing! Carl drove us all up the mountain road for some awesome views, then back to the RV to cook chicken & potatoes on the barby. Added a veggie stir fry and we had a great meal for 5 in the RV, our first dinner guests!