Morning. Some of the pictures in this blog post are flipped right to left. I have no idea why but maybe someone who's dyslexic will appreciate them. We were off early again today leaving Thompson Falls, MT at 7:30. We were excited to get the first 20 miles, uphill, out of the way before the … Continue reading Day 4: Thompson Falls, MT to Kellogg, ID
Trying to avoid the heat we jumped up early this morning. It wasn't hard since most of the night we were awake listening to the bed squeak anytime we made the slightest move. We race down Highway 56 in the cool morning air and caught Highway 200 a few miles to Noxon Montana. Then we … Continue reading Day 3: Callows Island to Thompson Falls, MT
The evening of day one we watched the DVD The River Wild. It's a Meryl Streep film in which she's guiding a raft and some murderers down the Kootenai River. It was filmed at Kootenai Falls. So on today's to-do list was stop at Kootenai Falls. After Kootenai Falls it would be on to our … Continue reading Day 2: Jennings to Callows Island, MT
On our Great Divide Adventure 2 years ago, we abused the Reynolds Family by staying with them two nights. They were wonderful hosts and so we came back. We didn't make them put us up this time but we enjoyed church with them yesterday and this morning we left the car at their house and … Continue reading Day 1: Eureka to Jennings, MT
The last day of our trip is the worst day for me because of it ending. Fortunately, it was a very pleasant last day as we continued down the island from Duncan, taking a ferry from Mill Bay to Brentwood and then pedaling North to Swartz Bay to catch the ferry over to Vancouver. Leaving … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 Last Day
With the trip winding down I'm beginning to feel the need for some Prozac. Gloria's bike being on the fritz kept us to a limited mileage and maybe that's also part of my depression. I really enjoy seeing what's over the next hill and the next and the next. Of course, Gloria is waiting for … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 d5
Today started with Dutch pannekoek breakfast in West Vancouver and ended with an Indian dinner in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. Another great thing about Canada: the variety of foods. After breakfast I realized we were almost going to miss the ferry and so we hopped on our bikes and raced along the coast towards Horseshoe … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 d4
Today we swam from Langley tune in West Vancouver. The weather report indicated a 40% chance of rain. We interpreted that positively but erroneously. Apparently 40% in Vancouver means that 40% of the time you were getting wet directly from falling rain and the other 60% you're getting wet from water dripping off of the … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 d3
Today we transitioned from a very rural experience to a very urban experience as we biked from Hope to Langley in the Fraser River Valley. As most of you know there are only about 60 people in all of Canada. So far we've seen two of them in the Thousand Miles we've covered in British … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 d2
Our day started just shortly after sun up and ended just shortly before Sundown. It was about 12 hours of riding as we made our way from Merritt to Hope. We should have realized right at the start the things might become hopeless. If you look at the two pictures below one has the Sun … Continue reading Great Trail wk4 d1
Grumpy Grandpa's Great Bicycling Adventures 