Author: scott and becky
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Northern B.C. attractions: Giant fishing rods and moose
Read more: Northern B.C. attractions: Giant fishing rods and mooseHouston is home to the “World’s Largest Fly Fishing Rod” although, Becky thinks the large fishing rod just outside of Terrace on the Kitimat/Terrace highway is more impressive. It is just in someone’s front yard, and not quite as elaborate as the one in Houston. We don’t have a picture of the Terrace one yet,…
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Rivers and Hills
Read more: Rivers and HillsOn the route from Terrace to Kitwanga (the intersection of the Cassier Highway to the Yukon and the Yellowhead), we crossed paths with our first group of loaded cycling tourists on this leg of our journey. We pulled over and had a brief chat with the group – three girls who had ridden from Inuvik…
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Reunions
Read more: ReunionsOur journey brought us to Kitimat so that we could visit Becky’s parents, and so that we could attend Becky’s twentieth high school reunion. Becky finds it hard to believe that it has been 20 years since she left Kitimat. It seems like yesterday and yet so much has happened since then. Much of our…
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Riding Home
Read more: Riding HomeThe morning dawned grey and cloudy, but fortunately there was little rain – only an occasional misting. It did mean our view lacked mountains with their snow capped peaks; however, the mists still made the views quite picturesque. The ride from Prince Rupert to Terrace was to be our longest single day so far on…
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You know you are on the wet coast of BC when …
Read more: You know you are on the wet coast of BC when …… you ask where the “toilet” is and the reply is “oh, you mean the washroom?” … you are looking for a receptacle to charge the laptop and someone says “are you looking for a plugin?” … restaurants advertise a “smorgasbord” rather than a “buffet” … you understand the announcements on the ferry, and they…
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Riding up-island
Read more: Riding up-island59 km, 3h 30 min – Comox to Thunderbird Campground, Campbell River ($19 plus $1 showers) 99 km, 6h 30 min – Campbell River to Eve River Rest Area (free) 108 km, 6h 30 min – Eve River Rest Area to Broughton Street campground, Port McNeil ($15 plus $2 showers) 50 km, 3 h –…
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Riding up island and visiting friends
Read more: Riding up island and visiting friends69 km, 5 h Ruckle Park, Salt Spring to 4 all seasons RV park, Ladysmith 86 km, 5h 40 min Ladysmith to Qualicum Indian Reservation RV Park, Bowser 53 km, 3 h Bowser to Comox Cycling on Salt Spring and Southern Vancouver Island, we were immediately aware of many other cycling tourists – more than…
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Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa
Read more: Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa48 km, 3 hr Q: Where are you from? A: Ottawa. Q: Where are you going? A: Ottawa. Q: Where did you start? Today on during one of our stops, a cyclist asked us these three questions in turn. After the first two, he said “and don’t say Ottawa!” Unfortunately we had to tell the…