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July 19, 2012
I’ll be honest, it feels awkward everytime we’re asked where we were last. “Flin Flon.” It just blurts out rather than actually being said. I’m acutely aware that people unfamiliar with Bobby Clarke’s hometown may think I’m having fun at their expense with an inside joke. That’s probably why I find myself tense when saying […]
July 14, 2012
There’s something about the first day. Perhaps it’s the inevitable poor sleep the night before, perhaps it’s the nerves. In “Long Way Round” Charlie Boorman drops his bike twice before leaving London. When we rode out of NYC in 2010 our friend cuddled up with a deer on Skyline Drive (everyone was fine). On our […]
October 22, 2011
Frost had covered the bikes overnight and we’d moved them into the sun to warm up. The R1200GS wasn’t fond of cold mornings and would complain a couple of times before actually starting, so I was surprised when she started right up without fuss. The plan was to head towards Waterton National Park which lay […]
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, […]