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- Dag 381
- maandag 15 juli 2024
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
CanadaOyster River49°52’10” N 125°7’11” W
Oyster River
15 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 lookingMeer informatie
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- Dag 380
- zondag 14 juli 2024 om 21:33
- 🌙 20 °C
- Hoogte: 11 m
- CanadaDeep Bay49°27’27” N 124°42’57” W
Birthday
14 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ 🌙 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 andMeer informatie
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- Dag 379
- zaterdag 13 juli 2024
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 11 m
- CanadaDeep Bay49°27’27” N 124°42’57” W
Deep Bay
13 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 seemMeer informatie
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- Dag 378
- vrijdag 12 juli 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Hoogte: 16 m
- CanadaEnglishman River49°18’52” N 124°16’60” W
Onto Parksville
12 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 niceMeer informatie
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- Dag 377
- donderdag 11 juli 2024
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: 15 m
- CanadaChase River49°7’54” N 123°54’52” W
A day of ferries
11 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 thenMeer informatie
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- Dag 376
- woensdag 10 juli 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- CanadaMontague Harbour Marina48°53’32” N 123°23’29” W
Galiano Island
10 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 collectingMeer informatie
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- Dag 375
- dinsdag 9 juli 2024
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- CanadaMontague Harbour Marine Park48°53’52” N 123°24’4” W
Island Hopping
9 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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. CheckedMeer informatie
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- Dag 374
- maandag 8 juli 2024
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- CanadaBeaver Point48°46’4” N 123°22’17” W
Exploring Salt Springs
8 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 tideMeer informatie
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- Dag 373
- zondag 7 juli 2024
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- CanadaBeaver Point48°46’4” N 123°22’17” W
Onto Salt Springs
7 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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,Meer informatie
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- Dag 372
- zaterdag 6 juli 2024
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 126 m
- CanadaArbutus Point48°49’27” N 123°36’7” W
Duncan
6 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 - BulkMeer informatie
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- Dag 371
- vrijdag 5 juli 2024
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Hoogte: 159 m
- CanadaCowichan Lake Indian Reserve48°49’17” N 124°4’3” W
Lake Cowichan
5 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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!
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- Dag 370
- donderdag 4 juli 2024
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Hoogte: 188 m
- CanadaBeaver Lake48°49’8” N 124°4’35” W
Onto Lake Cowichan
4 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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- Dag 369
- woensdag 3 juli 2024
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: 90 m
- CanadaCowichan River Park48°46’23” N 123°53’54” W
TCT can be brutal
3 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofMeer informatie
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- Dag 368
- dinsdag 2 juli 2024 om 21:54
- 🌙 14 °C
- Hoogte: 139 m
- CanadaWolf Hill48°27’47” N 123°34’33” W
Up the island
2 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ 🌙 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 andMeer informatie
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- Dag 367
- maandag 1 juli 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
- CanadaSelkirk Water48°26’15” N 123°23’2” W
Oh Canada
1 juli 2024, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 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 niceMeer informatie
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- Dag 366
- zondag 30 juni 2024
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 102 m
Verenigde StatenCrane48°5’42” N 123°18’20” W
I ❤️ PNW
30 juni 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 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 mostlyMeer informatie
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- Dag 365
- zaterdag 29 juni 2024
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 3 m
- Verenigde StatenOak Bay Park48°1’24” N 122°43’51” W
Chapter 2: Another soggy start
29 juni 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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 rainMeer informatie
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- Dag 349
- donderdag 13 juni 2024
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Hoogte: 20 m
- Verenigde StatenBrooklyn City Park45°30’6” N 122°39’26” W
And back to Portland
13 juni 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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- Dag 348
- woensdag 12 juni 2024 om 19:46
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 74 m
PeruMalecón Cisneros12°7’16” S 77°2’8” W
Adios America del Sur
12 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 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.Meer informatie
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- Dag 347
- dinsdag 11 juni 2024
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 74 m
- PeruMalecón Cisneros12°7’16” S 77°2’8” W
Packing up
11 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofMeer informatie
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- Dag 346
- maandag 10 juni 2024
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Hoogte: 82 m
- PeruMalecón Cisneros12°7’17” S 77°2’8” W
A last ride in Lima
10 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 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.
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- Dag 345
- zondag 9 juni 2024
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Hoogte: 85 m
- PeruMalecón Cisneros12°7’16” S 77°2’7” W
Lima
9 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The sun rises as we finally drop down to sea level (after a night of lots of ups and downs and twisting roads). Sadly our furry friend is taken from us. Finally arrive in Lima and after reassembling,Meer informatie
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- Dag 344
- zaterdag 8 juni 2024
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 4.661 m
- PeruHuaraccoyoc14°34’39” S 73°31’39” W
A long bus ride
8 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Last stroll through Cusco and of course more parades and celebrations. Arrive at the terminal with plenty of time to spare, only to be told that the bikes couldn’t go on the bus. Ultimately theyMeer informatie
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- Dag 343
- vrijdag 7 juni 2024
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 3.446 m
- PeruCusco13°31’0” S 71°59’4” W
Wrapping up Cusco
7 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Unable to sleep very late but lay in bed awhile. Highlights of the day include pastries, ceviche, shopping, one last museum and a nice dinner. And of course they are celebrating in the streets andMeer informatie
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- Dag 342
- donderdag 6 juni 2024
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Hoogte: 3.435 m
- PeruCusco13°31’4” S 71°59’2” W
Machu Picchu
6 juni 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our group is down to 6 as we climb up the steep stairs to Machu Picchu. Meet our tour guide and in we go. Lots of people but they can’t spoil the magnificent sights. Beautiful day! Back down andMeer informatie