Day #2 of Island Craziness, Victoria BC!
Day 2 in Victoria saw our great friends, “The Knuckleheads” return to the Run For One Planet road team! Jeanette, Andy and Rick, rode all the way from Powell River and up to our 2nd school presentation of the day at Strawberry Vale Elementary, just as we were about to get our butts kicked (again) from our new friends, all intent on beating Matt and Steph! Our posse’ of pals all hail from Powell River and “rode escorted” us from Vancouver to Penticton on that first week of the journey last May, which felt like only a week had treaded under foot, when we saw them again!
That’s the trip at this point, all these loops being completed in familiar territory as we run these miles towards May 8th up Vancouver Island. We got to present to 2 more amazing groups of kids, the fist of the day at St. Margaret’s Junior School and grow our army of “pint-sized eco warriors”, all taking Action for the health of our Planet!
The kid at both Strawberry Vale and St. Margaret’s Junior did not disappoint, as they jumped right in taking the Action Challenge and giving answers deeper than you’d think an 8 year old would have on his or her vocabulary table. Between songs being sung in our honor and enthusiasm so pure, our mini peeps and peep-ets continue to teach us and show how ready and enthusiastic they are, to learn more sustainable daily habits.
I love how each kid wants a worm named after him or her, or a parent or family member. It shows how much they care and want their aptly named “R41P wormmie” to compost as much waste as possible and make a difference.
We feel glad to be where we are and want to sit in it for a while to relish the accomplishment under feet, as well, not run (not that it’s possible to run faster at this point), too far ahead and miss the magic right where we are. I write as a reminder to myself, as it’s all too easy to jump ahead in your speaking, planning and doing and miss the NOW. Luckily, like I said, it’s not possible to actually run any faster at this point on the highway of the tour, as we have remained a speedy 5-6 miles an hour (most of the time).