Tag: beauty
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Icefields Parkway – Take 2
Read more: Icefields Parkway – Take 2The Yellowhead pass proved to be a non-event. Our campsite at Mount Robson Lucerne turned out to be less than 20 m below the top of the pass – not much of a climb. The road was mostly downhill from the pass into Jasper, so we had a nice relaxing morning ride. We arrived in…
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Beautiful British Columbia – The Best Place on Earth
Read more: Beautiful British Columbia – The Best Place on EarthIn B.C. they have recently changed the licence plate motto and other provincial propaganda from “Beautiful British Columbia” to “British Columbia – The Best Place on Earth”. We certainly agree it’s beautiful, but we struggle a bit more with “The Best Place on Earth”. Did that come from one of those “best place to live”…
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Bear highway
Read more: Bear highwayWe have dubbed the section of highway from Prince George to McBride “bear highway” as each day we saw at least one bear as we rode. Fortunately, none of them jumped out on the road too close to us – although, at one point a small black bear jumped out and ran cross the road…
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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…