Fort Langley

This is the first riding day of the tour. For the record I'm part of a Canadian tour riding 7500km from Vancouver to St Johns in Newfoundland.

The day started early with a cooked breakfast - French toast etc. then down to the Pacific to dip our wheels in. 

A good pace out of town where the strong riders showed themselves early on. 

Arrived at our first campsite at Fort Langley before the truck at 1.30. A good first day with no incidents. The day is warm and partly cloudy. Crossed the Fraser River and saw logs being floated downriver to a large chopping operation. A wonderful sawn timber smell in the air. 

Otherwise the day largely taken up getting out of Vancouver. The camp at Fort Langley is beautiful with good grass and big hedges to protect the tents from wind.

Two of our number are somewhat slower and have yet to arrive.

Some have gone in to town to have lunch but I'll wait for the truck and then do some washing. The showers cost $1 a time which is apparently a fairly uniform charge at campsites.

74km.