Summer 2013 Starting in Vancouver, and riding towards Vernon, BC - page 2

We were up, eaten and away before the first German tourists and their Winnebago showed up at our campsite. Amanda’s thoughtful planning ahead of making a super batch of pancakes while we were in Whistler continued to pay off. Some solid climbing today, and the…

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Up at the crack of 8 today after an amazing sleep. Well, the parts that. I slept were amazing. There were a lot of parts where anxiety kept me awake every time to wind rustled or someone moved around outside. Always seems to be like…

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I always sleep so well at the Fireside Lodge, so much so that I slept until 9am. The UBC Cross Country team has rented the whole place out and it was quite a challenge cooking in the kitchen while 45 other people were in there….

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The plan was to ride the bike park all day today. Woke up to rain, with 15mm in the forecast. We reorganized our gear, rested, read and relaxed. The Dutch boys showed up with our car, on their way back from Kamloops. We helped them…

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Andrew declared before bed last night that he wanted to leave by 7 a.m. I wasn’t fussed by that declaration as we were heading to bed at 9 p.m. I have no idea what time I initially stirred but the sun wasn’t up yet, so…

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