Today: 27km, 112m To Date: 774km, 8,496m To Go: 7,026km… almost under 7,000! Looking at today’s mileage you can probably guess – I had a bit of a rest day! It was basically a day of very boring (to you,… Read More ›
Across Canada
Day 9: Revelstoke – Camper’s Haven
To Day: 122km, 1,480m To Date: 748km, 8,384m To Go: Oooh maybe 7,052km? The theme of today was: “Dig a little deeper”…. I said it to myself as I was climbing uphill for hours, I said it to myself when… Read More ›
Day 8: Salmon Arm – Revelstoke
To Day: 107km 1,026m of climbing To Date: 625.5km, 6,904m To Go: 7,175km Today an odd thing happened. I kept waiting for the hill to come, and it never came. I had looked at the elevation map last night and… Read More ›
Day 7: Kamloops – Salmon Arm
Today: 111.5km, 722m of climbing To date: 519km, 5878m To go: 7,281km I am sitting in the campground laundry mat – not doing laundry, that would be silly, but relaxing in an easychair, plugged into the wall, using the wifi… Read More ›
Day 6: Steelhead PP – Kamloops
Today: 54km, 567m elevation gain To Date: 409 km, 5156m elevation To Go: 7,591km!! I decided to alter my normal routine of coffee and oatmeal in camp and splurge for bacon & eggs 2km down the road at the Savona… Read More ›
Day 5: Marble Canyon – Steelhead Provincial Park
Today: 75.5 km, 373m elevation gain To Date: 358km, 4491m elevation gain To Go: Oh I don’t know…. 7,650km? Everything yesterday was, today wasn’t. Yesterday was crazy hot with long exhausting climbs – today was light rain and glorious, glorious… Read More ›
Day 4: Cottonwood – Marble Canyon
Today: 75km, 1093m elevation gain To date: 282km, 4,185m elevation gain To go: somewhere abouts 7, 720km Today was both a really good day and a really bad day. Let’s start with the bad: Terrified out of my mind going… Read More ›
Day 3: Nairn Falls – Cottonwood Recreation Site
Today: 78km, 1286m elevation gain To date: 213 km, 3,128m elevation gain To go: about 7,790 km Today was the day I had heard about when I told people I was going to take the route through Squamish/Whistler/Lillooet… people always… Read More ›
Day 2: Brackendale – Nairn Falls
Today: 79km. 920m elevation gain To date: 134km, 1655m To go: 7,866 km …. I was lucky enough to get to ride with my brother today! We set out around 9am after a slight debacle involving a toy left on… Read More ›
Day 1: Horseshoe Bay – Brackendale
55km, 686m gained To date: 55km, 686m To go: somewhere about 7,945 km give or take…. Today didn’t really feel like the start of an epic journey – it was more like a nice ride in the sunshine with my… Read More ›
Just Ambling 