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As we continue our somewhat working vacation on our family's ranch in the Nechaco Valley of central British Columbia I am exploring lots of forestry trails via the e-bike. With the bear spray dangling from my handlebar one might think I have a bear story to share but no the numerous bear...

I've always wanted to visit Scotland, my step-dad grew up near Aberdeen, (oh yes, years after he passed I still check to see how their football team makes out but really "Celtic" is always in the way) your pictures make that magnet stronger, let's get over this covid obstacle!

funny we were talking about that this morning, the irrigation and mist sprays with the heat seem to be doing their job, now there is a winery in Summerland B.C. (Thornhaven) that plays classical musical at night to encourage their grape crop - oh well to each their own I enjoy happy hour

Steve - the first thing that caught my attention in this picture is lack of forest fire smoke as we have it rolling across here in Southern Alberta. Mind you, that tinder dry grass on roadway . . .

Got the week off on the right foot (or should I say pedal) and made my way up Timber Ridge - fortunately did most of the climb (650 metres in total) in the cool of early morning and was able to do a lot of coasting down in the warm sunshine. Timber Ridge is in the background of the first...

Lee Martin - I was so envious of your ride in the rain, finally I see clouds on our horizon so hopefully we will cool off - the one good thing about the heat spell is you need to get out early to log some miles - today's ride took me across Pine Coulee at two spots - these foothills track for...

nice - fantastic pictures and video - they will go a long way in convincing my better half to take the same trip but maybe skip over the grizzly bear somehow - hmm, I've been meaning to get a new bear spray canister to replace my out of date one . . .

Ah good point Art this is confusing

Dallant - you will sort it out and have a blast with your new emtb - not an expert by any means but I found like Randall mentions drop your seat post and even if you don't still stick your butt way out past where the seat would be and lower your arms and body as close to your handlebars as...

thanks so much, that bucket list just keeps getting bigger

c'mon Steve - a few more details about the "where" in case you BC folks let us Albertans across the line - o.k. I seem to get across the line more than I would admit - but , what an amazing province for outdoor recreation especially biking . . .

thanks Stefan, I had best look after this one as the cost of a new one has gone through the roof, Bill

Like Rab I needed a change of scenery for my bike rides and found it in spades at my daughter's new ranch in central British Columbia, we had helped them with their 2000 km move from Saskatchewan in early April to what seemed to me at the time the end of the world southwest of Prince George. Of...

thanks for the lets go biking reference, definitely going to pursue those books, I have toured the Kettle Valley rail road trails extensively, the Naramata wine tour is even better if you can get dropped off on the mountain at the trail head near Kelowna and pedal to Penticton and work up that...

for some the first sign of spring in our parts is the hearty crocus poking through the brown grass but for me it is when my fair weather better half says she wants to go for a bike ride, of course, I'm more interested in that famous lunch kit latched on the back of her bike but unfortunately...

great Steve - that means those of us on the other side of the Rocky Mountains will look forward to that!!!

whoa, 94 miles 62 on gravel, (and pulling a trailer) you are in David Berry's routine efforts - and I would be happy with a third of this kind of effort - nice!

my namesake - twin valleys - I usually like to get my small fishing boat out as soon as the ice clears as fishing for northern pike is usually lively then but the open water with ice at the shore sure caught me by surprise when two days earlier half of the lake was still covered

scotch on the rocks? our winds have been more in the 40 to 60 mph range which has been effective in clearing the lake of ice and piling it up on shore