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September 28, 2010
I’m going to admit it – I’d been looking forward to this day the entire trip. Even before the trip actually. There were a couple of things that were really exciting to me. Firstly we were going to travel by ferry from Balfour to Kootenay Bay and secondly we were going to ride the 3a from Kootenay Bay to Creston […]
September 23, 2010
I was fast asleep when I heard Nita at the entrance of the tent. “We’ve got less than an hour before it starts raining” she said with a smile. The idea of packing up the campsite in the rain was enough to rouse me from the comfort and warmth of my sleeping bag. We packed […]
September 22, 2010
Since we were heading out of Vancouver with a plan for the south route skimming the US border along HWY 3, riding along the Transcanada until Hope was inevitable. We headed back out through East Hastings but weren’t met by any pirates wielding swords of pizza, and instead were briefly questioned by a seriously rough […]
September 20, 2010
I was still half asleep when the sound of the first siren went hastily by in the streets below our hotel on Burrard Street. The voice of an lively city is so familiar to me and I knew instantly I was going to love it here. It seemed to possess some of the elements and […]
September 19, 2010
Day 3 was a day I’d been looking forward to – heading North into Whistler then descending down into Vancouver through Stanley Park via the Sea to Sun highway. Not everything always works to plan though – especially on two wheels. It turns out that Environment Canada released a rainfall warning for that particular route […]
September 18, 2010
The morning in Jasper was crisp and clear. And while the frost covered everything, it didn’t feel overly cold. After having our coffee and breakfast in the cabin while looking out over the lake, we finished watching our movie then packed up the bikes for the day. We started west along HWY 16 into Mt. […]
September 17, 2010
We woke to a morning of frost and near freezing temperatures – the sky was white and sunless. In previous years this may have been enough to stop us in our tracks though this season we seemed to turn a corner with riding. On our Transamerican we dealt with the heatwave and, to be honest, […]
August 16, 2010
At first glance importing a vehicle from the US into Canada seems pretty daunting. But with some organization, a little research, a handful of patience and an open outlook to letting things unfold as they may, importing a vehicle can be pretty easy – if a little stressful the for the first-timer. Of course, it’s […]
August 5, 2010
It’s hard to believe that our Transamerican adventure has ended. It seems like we’d been planning the trip for weeks prior to our departure, with countless nights spent imagining what the trip may entail. The road travelled delivered us twists and turns both literally and figuratively. The story of our trip unfolded in ways we […]
August 1, 2010
It was the first day on the entire trip that was hard to get up for. Perhaps it was the fact that we knew it was our last day on this wonderful adventure. Perhaps it was the realization that soon we’d be back into our normal stride. Or perhaps it was just plain laziness. Whatever […]