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When we book places 10 months in advance of a trip taken on a bicycle, it is hard to know what weather conditions we will be dealing with in making it to our planned destinations. Today was a planned day off and it rained half the day. Tomorrow will be a gruelling 100 km rideContinue reading “Day off at the Falls”

Two night stay at Beckers Chalet was like a dream. Chantel’s friend is the manager of the Beckers Chalet restaurant. This morning we enjoyed their breakfast buffet, complements of our daughter’s friend, before heading on the road again. Will be staying here for two nights, taking another day off tomorrow. Before attempting to do 100Continue reading “On the road again”

A day off (August 5th) from cycling, here are some day off pictures.

Today Amelia joined us for the 86 km ride. Chantel was the cheerful supporter who carried all our gear. She drove into Jasper to get lunch and brought it back for us. This made the day go smoothly. We had to deal with scattered rain showers all day. Tomorrow we look forward to a dayContinue reading “Getting support”

Being prepared when there are no services is important when cycling. 70 km’s is not a very long distance for cycling but it proved a challenge when our food and water was running low. Cell phone and other devices were also all running low on charges. We arrived in Hinton before totally running out ofContinue reading “Running out of gas”

WARNING: content of this post stinks, read at your own risk! Sometimes things stink when riding a bicycle. Last night we had a wonderful camping spot, but no running water. No showers to help clean our sweaty bodies, same thing for tonight. Hinton is our destination for Sunday, a warm shower will just have toContinue reading “A stinky and smelly post”

Weary traveler Beat down the storms you have weathered. Feels like this road might go on forever. Carry on. Although these lyrics weren’t written with a cyclist in mind. It sure seems fitting to have this song sung by Jordan St. Cyr as our theme song. Morning started with a debate to cycle back 6Continue reading “Weary traveler”

My years of cycling experience have taught me not to enjoy the wind too much. Wind can change direction at any time, and quickly become something you hate. Today the wind was a big help to the 123 km’s of cycling. With a stop at A and W and to Coop for groceries we leftContinue reading “Embracing the wind”

A and W serves the best breakfast. Look at that mug full of orange juice. It’s also where all the locals hang out in the morning. That sums up the day with all its different speeds. Not as many hills today. In total we traveled 94.6 km’s today. Rocky Mountain House is our resting placeContinue reading “Rocky Mountain House”

With butterflies in our stomach and bikes attached to our vehicle we headed out to Alberta. Stopped in Moosomin for night where we met the mayor who was pulling weeds in the public gardens. On behalf of town council he welcomed us to town. On Monday we made it to Cochrane where we got welcomedContinue reading “Summer 2025 cycling trip begins”