July 30, 2020 Today 68km. Forestry Camp Sight on Old Hadley Road before the smoke. Ruth: 5:00 PM Gord and I are sitting in our camping chairs watching the orange glow of the sun as small flakes of ash drift down around us. Many are needle...
July 29, 2021 56 kms We had a great ride up to Allison Pass from Sunshine Valley. Our knees were fine and although the climb was hot we both felt strong. We treated ourselves to a room in the Lodge and enjoyed a gluttonous dinner in the restaurant. If Gord...
July 28, 2021 The Hope Slide, the high point on today’s ride. Today’s ride: 25 kms (but 850 metres of climbing) Trip total: 255 kms Ruth: Well, the mystery tour carries on, but the jury is still out on whether or not we will be able to continue. The Garrison Lake fire...
Today’s ride: 86 kms (Mission to Hope) Trip total: 230 kms Gordon: I’ve lived in B.C. for more than 35 years, yet I had never taken the highway to Hope along the north side of the Fraser River. “Pity”, as they said in the Red Rose tea commercial,...
July 25, 2021 Ruth: Gord got up before the crack of dawn to make us fresh bread for our lunch on the road. I’m a pretty lucky woman. We have always wanted to start a tour right from our doorstep. No planes, no airports, no bike boxes or jet lag, just...
July 24, 2021 Victoria B.C. Tomorrow we start out on a Mystery ride. With Covid border closures and forest fires burning in southern B.C. We are not sure how far we will get. We are heading East to see if we can dodge the smoke and make it through B.C.