Sep 24 2011
Distance: 340 kilometers Time: 11:30am – 5:45 pm Temp.: 28 celcius (It’s like frickin’ summer out there) Took advantage of the great weather and went on a blast north on the forestry trunk road. Surprisingly with such great weather there wasn’t a sole around. I pretty much had the road to myself the whole afternoon. [...]
Sep 05 2011
Distance: 414 Kilometers Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm Lovely weather today for fall in Calgary. Perfect weather for a ride. I’ve recently picked up the southern Alberta copies of the Backroads Mapbooks and decided to go out exploring on some of the less traveled side roads. Today I headed out through Bragg Creek to Longview. Over [...]
Jun 25 2011
Finally had decent weather and some time off again. I wanted to get some more practise on backroads and gravel. Not a bad day. Much of the route I’ve been on before in the truck or car. A bit cooler in Kananaskis and it even, gasp, started to snow at higher altitudes. I’ve gained some [...]
Jun 05 2011
Great weather. Finally! Got out on some of the gravel roads for a decent ride today. Pretty uneventful ride (except one thing) but absolutely lovely sunny and relaxing. A quick jaunt through Kananaskis on the Mclean Creek side. Went up the Gorge Creek Trail but unfortunately it is closed at one end. Not sure how [...]
May 22 2011
Had a chance again today to zip out to Kananaskis. I was planning to head out to the Powderface Trail but when I got there the rain/snow had socked into the area and I had to come back. It began raining in epic biblical proportions. Flash rains and clay/mud roads don’t mix. Just before I [...]