We finally went on the hike that we were planning to go on last weekend but didn't because of the rain. Lots of pictures uploaded here - or use the little slideshow widget to go straight to the album. Here's the forest on google maps, we started by the highway and walked about a 5km loop into the forest as far as the suspension bridge and back, as you can probably tell from the photos.
We cycled down to the trail on our new bikes (pictures soon), both of which we've picked up second hand. One is silver and enormous with worn brake pads, but we picked it up for free - some guy who was staying here before we arrived just left it in the house... the other is red and probably a touch small for either of us, but in much better condition overall and cost $125 (around 65 pounds). Unfortunately, the red one picked up a puncture on the way home from the walk so now we have to fix that, but all things considered, we're very happy with the bikes.
Not really much more general news, we're still working away in the hostel and the diner, and should be getting paid for the first time this week, which will be nice... especially since the Turkey Sale (big Thanksgiving-time second hand sale of ski and snowboard gear) is coming up pretty fast.
Jon
