Destination: Canada

Helping the herb lady...

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [1175]

I'm not a man and I'm not young, but I am heading west, and feeling younger for it... Dave and I made our first stop in B.C. in Nelson, where Diane came and picked us up at the bus depot, swung by the organic food store, and then brought us over to ... Read more >

Final Day in Canada

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By tpara | Views [455] | Comments [1]

Once again wake to pouring rain and after a quick breakfast make for the border. Am escorted to the I5 by Alan, then southwards. There werent any delays crossing one pannier was checked and then once again welcomed into the US. The rain abated and i ... Read more >

Sea to Summit

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By tpara | Views [405]

I wake in Pemberton to pouring rain not looking forward to the ride into Vancouver, onwards and upwards,i then meet someone who really has got a problem as his rear suspension has disintergrated he isnt going anywhere. The mountains were shrouded in ... Read more >

Gallery: Nelson

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 | By francesanddavid | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Westward Bound

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By francesanddavid | Photo Gallery

Say goodbye to Alberta

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By tpara | Views [543] | Comments [1]

I leave Canmore in bright sunshine and head back towards Lake Louise and Banff to travel the Los Glaciers Highway to Revelstoke. Lakes and Glaciers again close to the road talk about sensory overload. Stop in Revelstoke and am going to stay on but being ... Read more >

Worthwhile stopover

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [847]

Thanks to the couchsurfing.com project, Dave and I had a great time during our 4-5 hour layover in Calgary. Sarah and her boyfriend, Mike, picked us up and took us to an organic vegan restaurant called The Coup. It was artsy and neat, the food was wonderful ... Read more >

15 hours later

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By tpara | Views [730]

Tyre strapped to the back i find the local yamaha dealer who will change the tyre straight away. The mechanic gets to and changes the tyre and does an oil and filter change. Finally iget away and head for Jasper a few hours away. The day is warm and ... Read more >

The tyre saga continues

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By tpara | Views [421]

Early start to get to the Greyhound bus terminal for my tyre and guess what it had not arrived. I waited till the next bus then when it still didnt arrive i called the bike shop and was told i had gone to Prince George 400kms or so away. So of i went ... Read more >

Springtime Surprises

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By whiteelephant | Views [512]

As the snow melts away and the quieter shoulder season kicks in, you would think that we might have more time to do things like sit down and write a blog. Not So... We have found ourselves busier than ever, but I thought it best I sit and write this ... Read more >

Gallery: Fishing in Lake of the Woods

Sat, 31 May 2008 | By dan_and_stef | Photo Gallery

Closing the loop

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [554]

We arrived in Winnipeg Wednesday evening (May 14) just before 7 or so. Lori picked us up, we swung by eatit.ca where we had a joyous reunion, and then over to her place in River Heights where we have been ever since. We made a deal, back on the phone ... Read more >

Up in the trees

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [498]

Another big trek today.  Becky and I went our separate ways forst thing then met up at the seabus terminal to go across to the North bank of the river and up to the Capilano suspension bridge. The seabus crossing was fun and on the otherside there was ... Read more >

Stanley Park - Vancouver

Wed, 28 May 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [907]

Becky was feelign poorly this morning so I went off on my own to runa  few chores and bought an equatorial sleeping bacg at a rock bottom price in the hope that it's going to be scorchingly hot in Africa! Took some lunch back to the room and Becky was ... Read more >

Vancouver - what you got to offer?

Tue, 27 May 2008 | By clarrieno1 | Views [517]

So today was one of those days where I'mnot sure either Becky or I really knew what we wanted to do. We went to the Art gallery (cos we happended to be passing) which turned out to be an expensive mistake as they only had two exhibitions on, one was ... Read more >