We put together a grocery shopping list, put on our bicycle helmets and pedaled our tandem to our favourite green grocer - The Root Cellar. It was the first time we'd ridden the tandem to grocery shop and had to be fairly careful not to purchase too many things just in case they wouldn't fit in the 2 saddle bags we carry. I think we did pretty well, balancing the weight evenly between the 2 bags.
On the way home we decided to drop by the Moss Street Market to see if we could find some fish, pea sprouts and local eggs. Well, this became a little adventure on its own! Downtown was busy, busy with cars, pedestrians and lots and lots of bicycles! We are still a little new navigating the city on a bicycle, so we managed to find a rather roundabout route to the Market. By the time we got there, no one had any eggs left, and there was no fish. But we did get fresh pea sprouts. Yay!
After some lunch at home, we got out the mountain bikes and thought we'd check out the festivities at the waterfront as this weekend is Jump Ship - dirt jumps on a barge in the harbour at
Ship's Point. There were literally tons of people there! Standing, sitting, riding, watching, sunning, music blaring, crowd cheering, more people sitting, sleeping, dancing, eating, wandering, etc., etc. And a lot of bicycles, of all kinds. We stood off to the edge for a while to soak it all up. Wow.
Too bad I don't have a panoramic photo-taking-iPhone cuz you don't really get full impact of all the people at this event. As we rode around the harbour to the left in the above photo, we discovered there was also a Bike Polo Event taking place on Superior Street. It really is quite amazing what these riders can do on bikes, holding on with one hand (for steering, braking), the other hand is for the 'polo stick.' This photo doesn't adequately capture the skills these players have. There are 3 people per team, a net at each end, which is sometimes guarded by a 'goalie' when someone slips back to cover it, but they are by no means stuck there. There is a distinct culture to the whole thing.From there, we rode on to explore more of the harbour and a quick visit to the Fish Store (no one seems to sell fish from the dock, although you can get live crab). It was amazingly quiet in comparison to the bike culture on the waterfront. Finally!
From there we stopped at Thrifty's Food to fill up the pannier, and back home. We had 2 lovely rides today and used 3 of the 5 bicycles we own. All good. Wonder what tomorrow will bring?
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Those are some big-ass DJ's!
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