The wild north island
2024年7月18日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Leave busy Campbell River behind and head into the forested land in the north. Pass the site where they blew up “ridge rocks” as they were causing many shipwrecks. Biggest non-nuclear explosion ofもっと詳しく
Elk Falls
2024年7月17日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Wake up quite late in our shadowy campsite. Doesn’t really matter as no where we need to be. After breakfast walk along the river trail to Elk Falls and the suspension bridge. Stroll amongst hugeもっと詳しく
Onto Campbell river
2024年7月16日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Very short day, but great riding on the ‘Seawalk’ coming into Campbell River. Head straight for Elk Falls PP and find many sites open. Opt to stay 2 nights to allow time to explore. Head back toもっと詳しく
Oyster River
2024年7月15日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Say goodbye to the ‘bunkie’ and continue along the island highway north. Very pleasant riding - generally flat and no wind. Enjoy the bike path around Courtenay, stopping for lunch while lookingもっと詳しく
Birthday
2024年7月14日, カナダ ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Wake up very early with the sun streaming in the windows. Enjoy morning coffee while overlooking the water. Short walk down the rocky beach before making the birthday boy his breakfast. Quiet andもっと詳しく
Deep Bay
2024年7月13日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Short day of riding so take our time. Lovely cycle way to cute town of Qualicum. Meander through the farmers market and town. Head to the beach for lunch. Hard to get anywhere as people seemもっと詳しく
Onto Parksville
2024年7月12日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Made our way through Nanaimo, first stopping for Nanaimo bars. Very sweet but tasty and fueled us for quite awhile. Said goodbye to TCT as it crossed over to the mainland. We switched between niceもっと詳しく
A day of ferries
2024年7月11日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Up and out of Montague and back to the ferry dock to await our first ferry. Longer ride as we stopped at two other islands on the way back to Salt Springs. Crossed back over to Vesuvius bay and thenもっと詳しく
Galiano Island
2024年7月10日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Lots of animal noises during the night had us wondering about bears but it turned out to be deer and raccoons. Walked along the bay and Gray Point. Lots of shellfish though warnings against collectingもっと詳しく
Island Hopping
2024年7月9日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Headed up and out of Ruckle and back to Ganges (town). Spent a bit of time in town and then headed to Long Harbour and our ferry to Galiano. Nice ride to much quieter, yet still hilly island. Checkedもっと詳しく
Exploring Salt Springs
2024年7月8日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Manage to catch the start of sunrise over the water. Ride along the south side of the island and make our way to Burgoyne Bay. Hike a bit to Daffodil Point and then sit by the bay and watch the tideもっと詳しく
Onto Salt Springs
2024年7月7日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
With a hot spell forecasted, make our way to Salt Springs Island. Take a quick ferry and then ride up and down to the main town of Ganges. Have lunch in the park followed by gelato. Unfortunately,もっと詳しく
Duncan
2024年7月6日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Nice ride along the Cowichan Valley Trail/TCT to Duncan. Lots of totem poles and cool sculptures throughout the town. Visited farmers market (not much produce yet) and our new favorite store - Bulkもっと詳しく
Lake Cowichan
2024年7月5日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Day spent walking along MTB trails in the forest next to the lake. Quite warm but cooled off with New Zealand style ice cream, a dip in the lake and cold beers!
Onto Lake Cowichan
2024年7月4日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Opt to go a short distance to Lake Cowichan. Continue along TCT until town. Find pastries before finding campground. Hang out by lovely lake.
TCT can be brutal
2024年7月3日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Find out way back to TCT. Beautiful and wide trail through the forest. And then it goes up - steeply. Hard pushing up the gravel. But it is worth it. Go through tribal land and over a number ofもっと詳しく
Up the island
2024年7月2日, カナダ ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Nice sunny morning! Pack up and chat over coffee. Quickly get on the Galloping Goose trail which is also the Trans Canada Trail. After a bit they diverge and we stay on the TCT. Stock up on food andもっと詳しく
Oh Canada
2024年7月1日, カナダ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Short but undulating ride to Port Angeles and the ferry. Many cyclists aboard. Easy border crossing and arrive in Canada in time for Canada Day. Ride along the waterfront and through niceもっと詳しく
I ❤️ PNW
2024年6月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Stayed dry in our nice new tent. Very foggy and misty morning. Delayed a bit too long and wound up packing up in the rain. Made our way to the Olympic Discovery Trail - a great bike route on mostlyもっと詳しく
Chapter 2: Another soggy start
2024年6月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Early start from sunny Portland. Boarded our train rather easily and zoomed up to Seattle. Ride a few blocks to the water taxi to take us to Kingston. Managed about an hour of riding before rainもっと詳しく
And back to Portland
2024年6月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After two flights and some layover time in Atlanta, arrived safely back to Portland. We will resume our travels in a few weeks.
Adios America del Sur
2024年6月12日, ペルー ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After almost 5 months, it is time to return to the northern hemisphere and summer! Enjoyed Lima’s coffee culture one more time and checked out an archeological site that is still being excavated.もっと詳しく
Packing up
2024年6月11日, ペルー ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
After a failure with the prearranged bike boxes, managed to find other ones
relatively quickly. Did find the “cat park” - a rather large green space filled with well cared ore cats. Spend most ofもっと詳しく
A last ride in Lima
2024年6月10日, ペルー ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Enjoy a final ride along the coast. Impressed even more by cycling infrastructure. Work on securing boxes and packing materials. Nice seafood dinner.
