Yesterday photo: Day 12: 73 miles. 5219 feet elevation. Weather perfect Gloria and I have been to Princeton University. It was an accident, and I'm not sure if we were actually on the campus. We just knew we were with people that belonged at Princeton. It was when we were touring the Northeast. We went … Continue reading Princeton – NOT The University
On Saturday night before the Sabbath I went to the grocery store. I went home with two grocery bags that probably weighed 20 lbs. Yesterday, I rested and ate and almost finished all of the 20 lbs. I think I might have had a calorie positive day yesterday 🙂 TO BE 10 AGAIN Day 10: … Continue reading Day 9 Sabbath
Day 6: Rockwater Stone Cove Resort to Squamish. 60 miles. 3600 ft vertical. Weather wet. Angry ocean. Hungry rider. Waking up to rain is not the best start to a bicycle day. To make matters worse, the place I was staying did not have breakfast until late in the morning. I started my ride wet … Continue reading Cursed & Blessed
Day 4: Port Alberni to Courtney. 70.6 mi. 3834 FT elevation. Weather perfect. Sketchy Motel Wilson and I were up and ready to Take On The World early today. Of course, we had to stop first at Tim Hortons so that people assumed we were Canadians. We had a wonderful scrambled egg box. It does … Continue reading Tragic Miracle
The inaugural Grand Depart on the GNBR My riding buddy Gumby and me on the southern tip of Vancouver Island Off into oblivion, or Canada Day 1 - Victoria to Lake Cowichan. 64.6 miles. 4334 feet of vertical. Weather perfect! It was a little stressful putting my bike together the night before and then pulling … Continue reading Butter is Better
The red line (the route) wanders across Canada and through three northern states of the USA as it travels from Victoria, BC, to St. John's, Newfoundland. Map projections, which squish the upper part of the round earth into flat paper images, make Canada look bigger than it is. Still, Canada is the second-largest country in … Continue reading GNBR – The Great Northern Bikepacking Trip – Perspectives
Grumpy Grandpa's Great Bicycling Adventures 