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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Saturday, September 18, 2004
OK, so it is hard to start blogging again after so a long absence, but I will try. So, why was I gone so long? Well, I had trouble with my cable modem, and then I was busy, and then I was lazy. But, none the less, I am back. I just got back from a week long bicycle tour of the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. We did 300 miles in one week enjoying the Canadian scenery and people. Both are great! We started just north of the Tswwassan, at a hotel at the intersection of 17 and 99. From there, we rode north through Vancouver to West Van and then North Van to Horseshoe Bay. We used the Ferry to cross to Gibsons and spent the first night in Roberts Bay at the Up the Creek B & B. Martin and Marney took very good care of us. The second day, we peddled north to Saltery Bay and stayed at the Brock Resort and B and B. This was another very nice place. We even were allowed to borrow their car so we could go to dinner! However, they are retiring from the B and B business at the end of this month. Along the way, everyone we met said we really must go to Lund, at the end (beginning) of the highway. So we did! But, no one told us about the 14% hill we had to climb! In Lund, we stayed at the History Lund Hotel. Now, we retraced our way back to Powell River and used the ferry to cross over to Comox. From there, we headed south on 19A, stopping for the night in Qualicum Bay in a log cabin at the Kwalikum Beaver Resort. Next, we headed up and over the "hump" to Port Alberni. Here, we stayed two nights in a cheap, smoky motel. On our rest day, we took the M.V. Frances Barkley to Ucluelet and back. This was a good plan as the rain really came down in the afternoon. It was a good day to take a rest day. Finally, we rode to Duke Point, by way of Namino, and headed back to Tswwassen and back to our car. We had a very good time, and were sad to leave. We were able to see only a small portion of the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island. There was much more to see, but we had to head back home.
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