Smithers
2024年7月29日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Sun is shining- allowing us to glimpse the mountains all around us. Short ride to Smithers on newly paved road. Check into municipal campground and then walk to town. Continue our BV ale trail atもっと詳しく
And then it rains
2024年7月28日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
With threatening skies, get an early start to try and get ahead of the rain. Misting ensues but nothing much as we arrive in Hazelton in time for their farmers market. Opt to continue onward evenもっと詳しく
Kitwanga
2024年7月27日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Day clouds up quickly but a smooth road and tail wind keeps us moving quickly. Wide shoulder continues as we gradually gain some elevation as we ride still along the Skeena. Divert north towardsもっと詳しく
Terrace
2024年7月26日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Lovely morning ride to Terrace - first town since Prince Rupert. Once again we are seeking out a bike store for my back rack. Finally replace it. Replenish our food, stop at brewery #2 and make ourもっと詳しく
Along the Skeena
2024年7月25日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Cloudy morning but not too chilly. Continue our journey along hwy 16. First must summit Rainbow Pass @ 525 ft 🤣🤣. Nice long down to Skeena river. Followed along it for the rest of the dayもっと詳しく
Eastbound
2024年7月24日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Manage to sleep in even though our neighbors left early to catch the outbound ferry. Pack up and go explore Prince Rupert. Cappuccino and cake for breakfast! Stop by the brewery (1st on this sectionもっと詳しく
Through the inside passage
2024年7月23日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A very early wake-up in order to get to the ferry terminal by 5:30. Ride the quiet streets and estuary path as the sky begins to brighten. Board the ferry and grab window seats. Spend the next 16もっと詳しく
Port Hardy
2024年7月22日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Get a late start for our short day to Port Hardy. It’s one of those weather days when the jacket is going on and off as the rain starts and stops. Decide to check out the ferry terminal first so weもっと詳しく
Alert Bay
2024年7月21日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Another day spent in Port McNeill as we await the post office (needed bike part) and our ferry. Take a short ferry to Cormorant Island and the tiny town of Alert Bay. Do see a few sea creature on theもっと詳しく
Port McNeill
2024年7月20日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Sunny day but a bit of wind as we ride along Nimpkish Lake. Only get a few glimpses of the lake and no good spots to stop and enjoy it. Do spot numerous peaks with snow. Make our way to Port McNeillもっと詳しく
Woss Lake
2024年7月19日, カナダ ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Another day of rolling hills. Not too many but rather long. Turn out to be pretty gentle. Pretty toasty day and arrive at tiny town of Woss in need of ice cream. Venture down gravel road to anotherもっと詳しく
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!