Yesterday was our rest day in Nelson. At first I thought it would be too early in the ride but we were all happy to spend two nights at the Best Western. Washing our clothes and bikes were the first thing on the agenda.
No group dinners in Nelson which allowed us the opportunity to explore restaurants. Dion and I went to Max and Irmas the first night and enjoyed our salad and thin crust pizza made in a wood fired oven. Sampled the local beers as well and finished off the meal with a wonderful carrot cake. You know cyclists live to eat?
Wednesday is market day and we enjoyed our stroll down Baker Street seeing all that the locals had to offer. Baked goods, fresh produce and potions. I kid you not - potions. Men and women with dread locks were part of the scene and it definitely reminded me of the 60's in the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco. I think of Nelson as a college town that misplaced the university.
We went to the historical museum to catch up on how Nelson formed and grew to 9,000 residents all of whom eat Spelt, Kamut, and all those health grains.Hard to find non-healthy items on the menu even the local beer is organic. We did also eat at a fabulous Thai restaurant the second night so happy we were.
Unfortunately, one of our group detached a retina and had to go back to Spokane to fly home to San Diego for surgery.
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