In no particular order, here are some things we've learned...

1. Our car is awesome. 

Not only does it fit THREE bikes, it fits two tents, three sleeping bags/pads, food for an army, and entertainment for hours in the car. It also has a seat in the middle that turns around and it has its' own library. Try and top that.

2. Silan likes cookies. 

Turns out we all like cookies. But Silan likes them the most. When we have a bit more time, we'll upload a brief video giving insight in to Silan's....we'll call it 'problem.' Also to come, a picture of the rather unpleasant not she left by her cookie.

3. Pictures on the beach are NEVER boring. 

The beach to ourselves, with the sun peaking through the clouds, we decided a photo shoot was in need. Our barefeet in the cold Pacific water was not even a problem! This was following a brief bath in the ocean...enough said. 

4. Pack extra clean clothes.

Let me explain: These socks are standing horizontal on their own. This is not a magic trick. Or illusion. On our last night, she brought them in on our last night to dry by the fire. To our delight, her socks dried hard...like preserved halibut as she puts it.

If you want to entertain yourself with similar socks, do the following:

a) Wear for 6 days. Does not have to be consecutive.

b) Bike 120km in said socks.

c) Bathe in the ocean with them.

d) Leave in the rain for three full days.

5. Starting a fire is neither an art, nor a science.

After our first successful fire (pictured here), we all thought we had it down. Starting a fire was easy! Scrunch up some paper, throw some little sticks on, then some big sticks, then some logs and voila!!! Fire. 

If only it were that easy. I'm not even sure now how any of the fires were started. But we had FOUR fires. And we each took turns. Practice does not make perfect.

Hopefully you've now learned something as well.

Just a brief update: We are now in Prince Rupert, back from a week in the Charlottes (the Queen Charlottes). Our biking adventure was amazing and we are now all experts at using gears. We spent four nights at a rustic cabin along the road to Tow Hill, east of Masset. We did some hiking, beach combing, general relaxing, silly picture taking, and fire stoking. Tomorrow, we are off to Alaska on the Alaska Marine Highway. I'm sure there'll be even more beautiful pictures to follow!

Here are a few more silly ones :)