Category: British Columbia

  • Riding up-island

    59 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

    69 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

    48 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…

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  • Friends, visits and preparations

    17 km around town Sorry everyone, we have been pitifully slow at updating the blog over the last week. Our energies have been devoted to visiting, shopping, and sorting through all our stuff. After a week, we are definitely feeling more at home back in Canada and our ready to get back on the road.…

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  • Back in Canada, eh?

    31 km, 2h 10 min Heidi and Scott set a quick pace for the grey and chilly ride from Heidi and Dick’s place in Sequim to the ferries in Port Angeles. We were delighted to have guides for our ride out to the ferry, and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit with Heidi and Dick. They…

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