Leaving Kimberley was hard because it was such a wonderful place, but what was even harder is getting to Ainsworth. It was our first Great Divide like day on the Great Trail. It took us over 12 hours to ride across Gray's Creek Pass - about 60 miles of dirt road and then 10 of … Continue reading Great Trail wk2 d2 →

We spent a lovely Sabbath in Cranbrook resting. It seems to be a bit of a Blue Collar town so we felt right at home. Of course the one big difference was that rather than gangs and shootings, Cranbrook was much more dangerous. Everywhere we went there were signs like the one below. It was … Continue reading Great Trail Wk2 D1 →

Our experience in riding from Fairmont to Cranbrook suggests that every single Canadian has an RV. It turns out this is a three-day holiday weekend and it falls in the two weeks they call Summer in Canada. Accordingly, everyone in Canada is out for the weekend in their RV. Now by U.S. standards that's not … Continue reading Great Trail day5 →

Today on our journey from Brisco to Fairmont we learned about eating. I know that our trip to date has been a bit focused on food. This is because last year there were so many long stretches without anything to eat, that this year we started out a bit desperate about food. Additionally, when we … Continue reading Great Trail – day 4 →

Today, Friday and Saturday will take us through a beautiful Valley towards our weekend destination of Cranbrook. The road out of Golden had a good shoulder. We had the Columbia River and wetlands next to us. On either side of the valley were beautiful mountain ranges. The huge Wetlands made for good fishing and we … Continue reading Great Trail – Day 3 →

In reality we are not on the Great Trail. That's the name of our trip but we are making it up as we go until we get to Cranbrook this weekend. The Great Trail follows the Great Divide Trail from Banff, South to Fernie and then works its way over to Canmore. We came North … Continue reading Great Trail – day 2 →

Getting to Canada was only the beginning of the beginning. In fact, my trade for getting my wife to come with me on the ride was to go with her to the Glenwood days. This is a yearly event celebrating the Pioneer arrival both in Salt Lake and in the Glenwood area of Southern Alberta. … Continue reading Starting →

The Great Trail, not the Great Divide is our adventure this year. Rather than bore you with details of the preparation, much of which happened in the past few days, I thought I would start this year's story by telling about getting to the start. The great Trail is in Canada and is probably a … Continue reading Great Trail – To the Start →