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finally back on the bike this week after about 7 weeks off thanks to the perfect storm of helping family move to their new ranch in northern Briitsh Columbia (oh my can't wait to get back in the summer and explore that back country on bike ), waiting for drive train parts for the Levo...

Stefan - so sorry to hear your house is half destroyed by fire and the loss of Tygra - yesterday we had a near miss with a wild grass fire 10 miles wide move just south of our rural property, four neighbors to the south lost everything to the fire fanned by 100 km winds; it gave us pause to...

Bear spray for the pitbull?

So on the way home (southern Alberta) I needed one last "fix" at a favorite spot in the Kootenays near Fort Steele (Cranbrook) which is highlighted in the picture below. I left our vehicle with temps decent around minus 5 degrees C and within the hour the north wind blew in and temp dropped to...

I gave it a go but all I could work out is a hamburger restaurant is a clue to the rainy season, my poor grandma who knew many Eastern European languages would have been so disappointed in my efforts

yep, which is why on our visits to the Cook Islands I'm somewhat better off on a bike than driving a car, mind you some of the locals there choose either side depending on what is most convenient to them

a little unsettling every time you crested a hill on "the wrong side of the road"

I keep thinking my local rides this time of the year are not noteworthy or report worthy, So I thought I would try R2R's strategy of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary - um, no I definitely don't have her eye for observing and interpreting - so the following is just the ordinary -...

Finally, got 2021 underway for biking, close to 40 km around our country residence and didn't see anybody on any of the roads and trails - our countryside continues the mix of brown grass with snow blotches - couldn't help thinking about David's Aussie postings complete with the ice cream...

I noticed David's family has that as well, some kind of page wire with a couple strands of barb wire on top (maybe?) had me thinking of kangaroos or at least some kind of Aussie critter bigger than the bunny

With a winter storm watch for southwestern Alberta with up to 50 cm of snow forecast it was even more incentive to get out for a good pedal during the last day of our warm chinook winds - actually I was going to head out yesterday but after tying skates for the grandkids and "MeeMaw" my bike...

It is always difficult to follow David's entries but the latest with blooming flowers, green grass, and sparkling water makes one wish that a successful vaccine will put an end to this pandemic and we can return to our travels - particularly for those of us from the northern regions who are...

not a ride report per se more why I couldn't go out on an absolutely beautiful, sunny day - after lobbying for a new family partner on our rural property, our latest addition decided to round up "most" of the Christmas decorations that Charl spent a good time on the weekend displaying . . ...

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...