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 [...]
Jul 28 2011
Details of the trip: Distance Traveled: 9347 Kilometres (5808 miles) Approximate Cost of Fuel: $450-500 dollars (fuel is very expensive up North) Lodging Costs (Camping and Hotels): approx. $1,100-1,300 Number of Days on the Road: 17 (15 on the bike) Lowest Temperature: 0 Celcius (Destruction Bay, YT – sleet and snow-like conditions) Warmest Temperature: 24 [...]
Jul 27 2011
Distance: 493 kilometers Time on bike: 8:30-3:30 pm Temp: High teens / Near freezing at Athabasca Glacier in Icefields Parkway The last day is one of the best because you get to go home but it’s always bittersweet since it’s the end of another good long ride. I slept in again since it wasn’t a [...]
Jul 25 2011
Distance: 459 kilometers Time on bike: 8:30-4:00pm Temps: Very nice mid-20s all day (sunny) Today has probably been the least eventful day of the trip. Which I guess is a good thing since everything went according to plan. No rush today as it’s a short riding day at least in comparison with the past couple [...]