Bicycle Birthday
I got a couple of smart-alec birthday cards last night, but what would you expect when you're on a 60th birthday bicycle tour of the Pacific Northwest. Getting older... aint't for sissies. It's a modest tour by any standards: easy,…
The Lochside Trail
We were on a schedule; we had to get to the ferry in Sidney in time for a noon departure. If we missed this ferry we had only one other opportunity to get to Orcas Island this day — we'd…
A Coastal Ride
Today was another layover day; a day for each of us to do our own thing. Mark and I did a big loop around Victoria's outer neighborhoods then cruised along the eastern coastal roads. On the Galloping Goose rails to…
Layover Day
It was Victoria's hottest day of the year, but nothing to slow us down — temperatures hit the low 80s. We picked up the bikes in the late morning. Ben at CycleTreks was very helpful. He fitted each of us…
Victoria, at last
The anticipation has been great. I got the idea from my son who suggested a trip to celebrate my 60th birthday. "A bike trip," of course, is how I replied. When I checked in at the Victoria Clipper yesterday the…
John Luton, Cycle Vancouver Island
I first learned of John through his bike rack guide, Bicycles at Rest, but I couldn't remember how I got a copy, after all it was printed in Victoria, British Columbia. It took some while before I realized the connection…