Day 1- Ride Like Hell
I’m sitting here in Radium after being on the road for eleven and a half hours, and I feel as if it lasted an hour or two. I have all of the physical effects of riding that long- face is … Continue reading Day 1- Ride Like Hell
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Day 1: Woke Up This Morning
Radium’s location between my home and the Kootenays always made it an ideal crossroads for getting to or from my destination. I never considered it a destination of its own because it was just a *little* too far from home … Continue reading Day 1: Woke Up This Morning
Sideways Tour 2014: Epilogue
The journals ended after the Kootenays because I was on a whirlwind rush home. There are no pictures either for some reason…either they got lost in a routine file shuffle on my laptop or else I simply didn’t stop to … Continue reading Sideways Tour 2014: Epilogue
Day 3: Highway Chile
Saturday, July 12, 2014 Today was a riding day with a single purpose: cross the Rockies and head south into the Okanagan…taking the exact same route I took on my first tour back in 2006. I bade a quick goodbye … Continue reading Day 3: Highway Chile
Day 2: On Top of the World
Friday, July 12, 2014 Today we were straight-up tourists in a National Park. For real. There were the busloads of international visitors with funny hats, the rude old ladies who jibber-jabber loudly and cut in line while waiting to see sights, the … Continue reading Day 2: On Top of the World
The Tall Towers Day 10: Ice Ice Baby
Sunday, Aug 4, 2013 I really dig the Athabasca Hotel in Jasper. It has a real historic charm about it. It’s about 100 years old and it shows. The crown mouldings…the facets…the grand stairs…the dozens of stuffed animal heads on … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 10: Ice Ice Baby
The Tall Towers Day 9: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Saturday, Aug 3, 2013 It was a bittersweet morning. I was not thrilled about leaving the Kootenays…but this is the Tall Towers episode, and with a name like that it could never be complete without a total ride through the … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 9: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The Tall Towers Day 3: Here Comes the Sun
Sunday, July 28, 2013 Montana sure does live up to the American stereotype. I mean, you hear jokes and see things on the news or in movies, but I expected Montana to be fairly similar to what I was used … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 3: Here Comes the Sun
The Tall Towers Day 2: Breathless
Saturday, July 27, 2013 The Rocky National Parks are pretty awe inspiring. I mean, we’re talking about world class parks here- UNESCO sites…which means that the United Nations has deemed them worthy of protection because they provide a benefit to … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 2: Breathless
The Tall Towers Day 1: Obsession
Friday, July 26, 2013 I love the mountains. My bike tours always offered many things that are exotic to me…wineries, oceans, canyons…but what always gave me the most excitement and brought me back were the mountains. On every tour I … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 1: Obsession
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