So yesterday, after being shown round downtown Seattle by my wonderful WS host, she went even further and got on her bike to show me to the airport where we met up with my mother and brother.

The plan is for the three of us (my mother, borother and I) to cycle to Calgary together. They will head home again while I carry on to Boston.

Once the bikes were put together again we headed north to our hostel ready to start the trip properly the next day.

But life had other plans. See, while we were sleeping, someone stole our bikes. All of them. Luckily, we still have all of our gear. But the bikes were kinda essential... :'(