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The rest stop where we stayed the night was more populated with campers and vehicles in the morning. This was proof that we aren’t the only ones that appreciate free camping! Fueled by oatmeal, we set off to chase the rays that appeared to descend from heaven through the clouds. It wasn’t long before weContinue reading “The day when the rain came”

We left our campsite in Bow Island just before 8am Tuesday morning and paid our respects to the town mascot as we departed. The morning was uneventful expect for some uprooted flowers. Just 5km from Dunmore Gerald got another flat. While Amelia learned how to patch a tube, Gerald discovered his tire was still tooContinue reading “The day the bikers called a taxi”

The sprinkling of water was inconsistent as the sun rose over our polyester dwelling. The rain that had put us to bed was now waking us up. Although now it was coming in waves, and from the ground?! No, it was the sprinkler system that we thought we’d avoided by pitching our tent on theContinue reading “The day where we found out how far CAA could tow our bikes”

The Buffalo, Jump to the Point ride has begun! No cliffs were plummeted, nor buffalo seen, but we successfully pushed off on our loaded bikes from Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump before 11am on August 4th. A bike trip involves a lot of packing and organization. For some reason a lot of the packing andContinue reading “The day where he knows he has it, but is not sure where it is”

This will be the final post for the Vancouver Island bicycle trip. First, have some fun with the before and after of the trip. See how many differences you can see from when we left Winnipeg and when we left BC. This has been the 4th year I have done a fundraiser bike ride forContinue reading “Final word”

We met our goal of cycling Vancouver Island from tip to tip. We now needed to get to our van parked in Royston. First part of the trip had us taking a bus (large van) and our bikes back to Campbell River. Arriving at Campbell River by lunch time we stopped at Tim’s to eat.Continue reading “Bus, bike, drive”

Today is our last day of cycling to reach our goal of Port Hardy on northern Vancouver Island. Day started with breakfast served and made by Duchess. She gave us a complimentary breakfast of 12 bannock, two having eggs inside. She is a very sweet, generous, funny and caring woman. Took the 9:30 AM ferryContinue reading “A Hardy ending at the Port”

Visiting Cormorant island (Aug 6th) where the town of Alert Bay is located, was an ideal place for a day off. They were holding a kayak 360 event around the island. Top finishers do it under an hour. There are around 120 participants. Here are a few pictures. There are also some nice hiking trailsContinue reading “Doing a 360, no cycling day”

Completed another 75 km’s of cycling today. We were just in time to catch the ferry to Cormorant Island, if not we would have needed to wait 3 hours for the next ferry. Arriving on the Island by 3 gave us time to get a camping spot, have supper and get groceries. We plan toContinue reading “A ferry good day”

On Aug. 3rd in the evening as we we’re enjoying supper. We noticed two men talking to a park employee about getting a campsite. This happened right in front of our campsite and knew there were no sites available. We felt the right thing to do was to invite them to share our site asContinue reading “126 km’s in a day”