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British Columbia Countryside
| 8/19/2006 - 8/21/2006: I have decided not to make the loop to the Glacier National Park after learning from the locals that it is just variations of the theme on Jasper/Banff, except that the traffic would be even worse where the route in places was without shoulders (as also indicated in the Adventure Cycling Maps). I am making great speed, but my doubt about the trip has grown even more in the last few days. I am not enjoying the trip as much as I would expect. While I am biking strong (though slow, given the weight I am carrying), I find little wonder. I don't feel special. Everywhere I go I see people and traffic. I thought about going offroad, but Grace would not agree to mail me the Mountain Biking maps, since she and Mom had read a prominent warning labelled on those maps advising sternly against going solo. I enjoy my biking moment to moment. But at the end of the day, I find little sense of accomplishment or excitement.... |
Journals
- 8/19/2006 (Sat) - Vermillion Crossing Picnic Area to Hootos Mountain Resort, 68.66 miles: the experience of today's ride was quite diverse, from long climbs to exhilerating descents, from traffic-filled highways to quiet country roads, and from the peaceful wilderness to touristy towns. (journal)
- 8/20/2006 (Sun) - Hootos Mountain Resort to Norbury Lake, 64.5 miles (approx - bike computer malfunctioned part of the trip): today's biking was relatively uneventful through relatively flat country, with me seriously contemplating either ending this trip or converting this trip to a mountain biking trip... (journal)
- 8/21/2006 (Mon) - Norbury Lake to Riverside (City) Park, Eureka, 60.97 miles: today's ride takes me back to the good old U.S.A. Canada has treated me very nicely, but the U.S. in home. Toward the latter part of the day, the temperature sored into the 100's...! (journal)
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