Touring wineries in the Okanagan is a common and dominant element of my bike tours, and this year I recruited the ultimate wine tasting partner- my wife Heather. She flew to Penticton where I met her the afternoon after I … Continue reading Days 8, 9, & 10- Two of Us
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
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 If you pushed a rug with your foot on a hardwood floor a bunch of folds would pile up. Those folds are pretty much what happened to create the Columbia Mountain system- the southern portion of which is … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 5: I Get Around
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 I woke up to warnings from Environment Canada about a massive heatwave throughout British Columbia…and I was going to be spending the day riding smack dab in the middle of the heat- from Oliver to Kelowna. … Continue reading Day 14: Heat Wave
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Silver roared out of the Coast Mountains into the Fraser Valley like a wild stallion that had been caged too long. The open skies and wide valley simply encouraged him to take wing with an unbridled … Continue reading Day 8: Live Forever
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Go Time! Now that our entire wine touring group was all together in Penticton it was time to get serious about wine. The weather was perfect- 30 degrees and sunny- and we were all well rested … Continue reading Day 7: Afternoon Delight
Friday, July 16, 2010 Another hot, sunny day in the Okanagan. Another day of wine and fun. Another day on the road. Now this is starting to feel like a vacation. After leaving the motel Scott, Gill, and I headed … Continue reading Day 6: Bright Side of the Road
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Ok It’s damn hot…yada yada yada….38 degrees and so on….you’ve heard this every day now from me….I’m sounding like a broken record. One thing that I haven’t mentioned is that, with the exception of the Shuswaps … Continue reading Day 13: The Heat is On
Monday, Sept 7, 2009 The ride home from my annual tour is never fun, but there are always two or three days of ‘mountain’ riding before bursting out of the Rockies back onto the prairie. This year, however, there would … Continue reading Day 20: Cloudburst
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