Jul 22 2009
Distance: 185 miles / 298 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (Cape Meares) / High 16 (Sandlake) Riding Time: 8:45am – 2:00 pm After chatting with Tim last night about routes and pouring over a map I still wasn’t able to make up my mind as to where to go. I decided to move back towards the [...]
Jul 21 2009
Distance: 350.9 miles / 564.71 kilometres Temperature: Low 12 (Longview) / High 38 (The Dalles) Riding Time: Approx. 6.5 hours Got up at reasonable hour at the hotel. Had a pretty good sleep – can’t seem to tune out air conditioners – can’t they make them quieter? Called my mate Tim and his wife Cassie [...]
Jul 15 2009
Distance: 173 kilometres Temperature: Low 16 / High 25 Mike: We decided to take the second ferry this morning from Horseshoe Bay. We felt like there would be enough time to explore, briefly, some of the sights along route 101 north of the Sunshine Coast. I remembered that traffic in Vancouver could be a nightmare [...]
Jul 14 2009
A nice day off from riding. We spent the day at Granville Island then walking along the beaches of Kitsilano and the Spanish Banks towards UBC. What a great day for food and exploring. The weather was good, around 15 degrees, and a bit of a breeze. We’re still getting used to the humidity which [...]
Jul 13 2009
Distance: 413 kilometres Temp: Low 12 / High 24 Riding Time: 7:45am-4:30pm Mike: This looked like it would be a relatively short day but ended up being a long, but still enjoyable, one. We had contemplated cutting off the northern route altogether which would have saved time, but, we certainly would have missed some beautiful [...]