Okay Freedom and I have been talking and this is our new tentative plan.

The core route is as follows: We're going to take Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th to get to Mount Vernon, across the Cascades. Freedom has a friend in Mount Vernon so we'll be staying near there for a couple days.

Monday the 14th is up in the air, but it looks like I could be on my own that day. I could meet some of you for grub somewhere or go play tourist in Seattle. Haven't been there in a few decades - I think I was about 4YO (hey, I remember the space needle).

Tuesday the 15th we're going to do the Vancouver Island loop. Where we end up on that loop depends on where and when we meet up with everyone for the ride to Nelson. We're thinking of leaving Wednesday morning from Surrey.

One possible route from Surrey to Nelson is shown in the core route map, above, and is 470mi. The more direct route (as if there really is a "direct" route) is 388 miles. We're open to suggestions on that, but we tend to prefer meandering, non-direct routes, but will understand if y'all are in more of a hurry. We could also push it back to Thursday and burn it in a day. We have a room in Nelson at the Mountain Hound for Wed-Sat, but I could cancel Wednesday.

What say you? We'll completely understand if any or all of you want to do your own thing, but as always we're flexible and open to suggestions. The biggest question in my mind is when were each of you planning on leaving?

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