Month: May 2006

I had a good time at Dad and Betty’s. It was wonderful to see them both but the time had come for me to be moving on. Dad drove me to the far edge of town, I guess he was nervous about the traffic in Kelowna being too much for …

After being woken up by Zuimei’s call (which i didn’t mind at all) I slept for a little while longer justifying it as a reward for the previous days hard work. I was on the road by 7 though not needing to pack up my gear I was able to …

Let me tell you how incredibly crushing those mountains are. They are incredibly crushing. The Hope-Princeton starts with a muscle aching 12km climb up to the Hope Slide. There is no respite from it either. I found that I simply couldn’t keep rding so I would alternate between riding and …

So on wednesday morning I woke nice an early, I was in bed by 9:30 so getting up early was easy to do. I packed up and headed out. I don’t really like to eat first thing in the morning so I figured I would stop in Langley where the …

I made it my Dad and Betty’s place yesterday safe and sound. I decided to forgo camping in Penticton and ride hard to Kelowna. here I will spend a few days recouperating as my muscles are aching. On Tuesday I headed off anyway despite the bike issues figuing I could …

I decided I needed to include a page of thanks. I really am grateful for this amazing opportunity and it isn’t like I’m doing this all on my own. Zuimei needs to be thanked first. He calls me everyday to make sure I am okay and to tell me to …

So the plan was to start at Mile 0 and ride to my sister’s place. About 10 km. The idea was then tomorrow I could just head out from here and not have to back track to the start. Actually it was a good idea because it also gave me …

So it is raining. Not real rain, but that grey West Coast drizzle. This does not bode well for the start of this trip. Maybe it means I will get all the bad wether out of the way early. I will put my bike together today and see if I …

I have arrived in Victoria. My bike and bags made it without incident but carrying the bags really made me realize the amount of stuff I am taking. I will attempt to do create an equipment list, as I repack today and tomorrow. I have pushed the launch day to …