The Travel Journal
Field notes from the road and the long way home.
70 entries on cycling, travel, weather and the quiet hours between somewhere and elsewhere.
Read entry →May 7, 2005The first real mountain
Sunshine Valley to Coral’s Cabins & Camping (27km E of Princeton). DAY: 147.61 km. ODO: 368km. AVS: 21.4km/h. MXS: 67.0k…
Read entry →May 6, 2005The real trip begins
Ruskin to Sunshine Valley (past the Hope Slide). DAY: 121.36km. ODO: 220km. AVS: 21.2km/h. MXS: 75.5km/h. Here I am with…
- Read entry →May 5, 2005
My first rest day!
Ruskin to Mission, return. DAY: 33km. ODO: 98 Spent the morning, or what was left of it after I finally woke up at 10:15…
- Read entry →May 4, 2005
Day 1: On the road, finally
Vancouver to Ruskin. DAY: 65km. ODO: 65km. Left Vancouver at 2:30. Arrived at 6pm at Thompson Creek Farm, home of my unc…