I think this tour should be named after the temperature in BC instead of my age. Every day the thermometer has gotten higher and higher and today it was forecasted to reach 41 degrees…and I was headed to Oliver, right … Continue reading Day 3- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 I feel that I haven’t adequately painted a picture of just how hot it is here, and the effect is has on….well, everything. It has been 37 degrees every day since I got to Oliver. Even … Continue reading Day 7: Canned Heat
Monday, July 14, 2015 Just like Miles and Jack in the film Sideways, my buddy Scott and I met up in the Okanagan Valley to tour wineries and hang out. Scott and I have been friends since Kindergarten, and it … Continue reading Day 5: Lazaretto
Aug 28- Sept 4, 2013 This is totally cheating because it’s not a bike tour at all. It is, however, a significant trip to British Columbia…and so I included it as the final chapter of the Lord of the Roads … Continue reading The Return to the Vines
Monday, July 29, 2013 If I knew I only had a few more hours to live, I’d want to spend those hours riding Silver on the road from Creston to Kootenay Bay. It is the perfect riding road in almost … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 4: Pinch Me
Tuesday, Aug 14, 2012 I slept in big time. With no predetermined agenda, I felt no need to hurry out of bed and start any projects. Instead I simply watched movies in bed until about 10am, at which time I … Continue reading Day 12: Lazy Day
Monday, July 4, 2011 Today I kissed the sky at the Kootenay Pass, the second highest highway in Canada, and like Helios riding his Chariot of Fire down from the heavens, Silver and I descended from these heights into the … Continue reading Day 3: Higher Ground
Wed, 4 July 2007 Today was hot. How hot? Damn hot. I think it reached 36 degrees. I woke up in the morning after a horrible sleep. Not sure if the AC was working in my room, but it was … Continue reading Day 5: Drinkin’ Wine Spoo Dee O Dee
Tuesday, 3 July 2007 Today is the day that Ryan & Silver’s Excellent Adventure 2007 kicked into gear. The day started out with a bad omen: a large wolf spider was crawling on a pile of clothes I had on … Continue reading Day 4: Good Day Sunshine
Saturday, Sept 5, 2009 This year’s Munchy Box Wine Weekend was an eclectic mix of new territory and old standards, filled with pleasant surprises and unexpected let downs. The first let down was the weather, which was overcast, cold, and … Continue reading Day 18: Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
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