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amazing weather for our part of the world, spent about 3 hours pedalling about on a day with no wind and above zero temperatures, the not very clear picture below is actually the setting for a "fishing" story, about directly behind my handlebars you will see a couple of young fellows ice...

sunset on the Rocky Mountains, East Kootenays of British Columbia

another ride in the east Kootenays - Windermere (Canadian version) valley - as the roads and trails ice up one can keep a faster pace going up than down but the e-bike is such a motivator to keep riding through the winter months where my regular mtn bike would have been stored for the season by now

Today's ride is back in the East Kootenays of British Columbia where we have our home away from home. Felt kind of silly with the bike and bike rack on the back of vehicle driving out from Alberta in a nasty snow/wind storm - arrived and the wheels were so frozen they would not turn. But...

It is always difficult to follow one of David's inspiring photos although his latest definitely has some spooky Halloween qualities. Today's ride followed literally thousands of Canadian geese cleaning up the stubble fields and making such a racket. Perhaps they were arguing about when to head...

rural Saskatchewan truly has a slower pace of life, drivers slow down sharing the country roads with those of us on bikes and almost always a big wave and smile - speaking of crazy names one of the cities is called Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan -

Finally home from 3 weeks in the province of Saskatchewan where my son and daughter have both established ranches. Equal time was spent with both families doing the fall round-up of cow-calf pairs and sorting but more importantly spending time with our grand-children. Charl and I managed to get...

Today's ride took Charl and I along the "Old Coach Trail" that lies between Invermere and Radium along the Columbia Valley in the East Kootenays. I assumed the old coach trail referred to the horse pulled stage coaches but was surprised to read the trail was built in the 1930's for the "tin...

great info there re biking and camping B.C. (before covid) and border closures we had planned to spend a month in the fall in your area, fingers crossed for next year!

To quote Rab H this weekend provided a pair of awesome rides. The smoke from the U.S. fires lessened (thoughts and prayers to our southern neighbors dealing with these devastating forest fires) and we could once again see the peaks along the surrounding ranges (Purcells and Rocky mountains). On...

our annoying black and white ones are pretty cautious around me, could it be that they notice I enjoy "skeet" shooting clay pigeons with the 12 guage,

early morning pedal up access road to Fairmont Ski resort near Fairmont Hot Springs in British Columbia

picture 1 - bear poop, wheeling the bike out of the garage noticed the bag of garbage had disappeared, Yogi bear must have decided to supplement his berry diet with my crap, picture 2 always great to bring Charl along as we always get a picnic with her, and picture 3 - if you are lost we have...

Fresh rain last night, (our first in weeks) made for an enjoyable ride along one of our favorite routes winding beside Willow Creek and Pine Coulee Reservior

Tough pedalling on game trails around the lake, by the time we reached a wharf Brinley was ready to jump in . . . school starts for Brin and Alberta students next week, like everywhere, fingers crossed on schools reopening

o.k. yesterday I'm making some smart -ss comments about magpies, David, and today you have to show me some bulls, back in my wheel house as our family raises bulls for rodeos, so a picture of my grandson feeding a calf before they become terrors, then a bull named "wish-chip" after Charl's...

For sure, southeast British Columbia took some lightning hits last weekend and fire season is rolling now with the Doctor Creek fire area in the East Kootenays one we are keeping a close eye on as we have a family cabin in the area. I was wondering if some of the smoke on your Salmon Creek...

"Bread basket" - Today's ride with Charl along the wheat fields nestled up to the foothills, certainly about ready for harvesting and looks great - now if only those dark clouds along the west mountains hold off for a few more days . . .

magpies? David - I have been waiting for one of your posts to share some Australian hair raising details of something different ie. kangaroos, creepy-crawlies of various sizes, mind you magpies are the most annoying and persistent at building nests on our property - biking I have had a couple...

certainly not a window has survived but I noticed a variety of birds appreciate their new nesting digs