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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    hi Randall - actually we are southeast of Nanton (beside Twin Valley Reservoir) - the rocking horses would be going south of Nanton on Highway 2 about 17km turn east on 529 for another 20km past twin valley campground and up and around the corner staying on 529, the old barn in background is...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    I have seen ball caps attached to fence posts sometimes accumulating a quarter of section of posts but this was a first - at least 40 rocking horses attached to successive posts, must be a story there somewhere, today I had the old giant trance regular mtn bike out for its first ride since...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    Well Steve, my pictures are also from an old Samsung and the camera discussions are another language to me but I enjoy the quality of pictures shared and maybe a project for me down the line. We just got back from Saskatchewan visiting our grandchildren on both my son's and daughter's ranches...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    As Rab H would say a perfect day for biking, followed Scissors Creek to the Qu'appelle Valley and even a couple of spots that I used the "walk" function on the bike, maybe a younger version of me would have tried to keep the front end down while headed straight up in Turbo
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    Well Stefan you can ride a bike and cowboy as my grandson is looking for a critter to rope -
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    That's a specialized levo comp (19) so I have to plan the trips Charl comes on with her giant Liv Amiti carefully the trail is on my daughter's ranch that backs on to a portion of the Qu'appelle Valley in Saskatchewan, today's ride was a good test for the Levo as I pedalled along a challenging...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    Enjoying our 40th anniversary with a relaxing ride along a country road that we had to ourselves
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    our quiet trail into the backcountry became just the opposite today with many families out enjoying "Father's Day" -
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    We rode around Pine Coulee lake on a beautiful warm day with a light breeze, passed by part of the Old MacLeod trail named after Colonel MacLeod leader of the Northwest Mounted Police during the 1870's as they pushed a trail to Fort Calgary from Fort MacLeod - the Old MacLeod trail was a supply...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    We were not so far apart today, my ride took me 30 km along the "Little Bow" south of you, fantastic day for a ride with little wind and moderate temps
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    Today we went to town (Nanton, Alberta) to pedal with our grand-daughter - this small town (pop 1800) houses a Lancaster bomber that still fires up on special occasions among other smaller fighter planes of a bygone era; many local farmers and retired folks have put in countless volunteer hours...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    Today's ride for us followed parts of the Willow Creek basin in the foothills of Southern Alberta - lots of historic ranches in the area - today's water flow was high and dirty with the outlying mountains finally losing their winter layer - come fall the creek will be much calmer and easier to...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    who said, "life is no picnic" - when you bike with Charl she always packs along the lunch kit, (she does like to be prepared a quality I need more of) beautiful morning for a bike ride out before it warmed up too much (forecast for us is 29 degrees today), except for the swarms of mosquitoes...
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    Explore+3 +4 GTS And Sister Amiti - Review • Comments • Q&A

    you sure can't go wrong with either choice, for Charl, as soon as she did a few laps around the store neighborhood she just felt the Amiti was the bike for her, other than she liked the seat better on the Como which we solved quickly with a good suggestion from the bike rep - compared to our hub...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    today's ride to the "headwaters" of the Columbia River as it begins it's 2000 km journey to the Pacific via British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    a bit of a different post from me today, I enjoy the many adventures here always looking forward to David's lessons from Australia, Ready to ride's essays from VA, Steve and gang from the west coast and the awe inspiring photos of our Washington, Oregon and California group and not forgetting...
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    David - the practical can be found in the beautiful, as a retired school principal I can see the makings of several math challenges here and the opportunity for social distancing - Bill
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    2020 : Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    north wind howling for days now so ready for some truly spring like weather to warm up the old body,, looked for coulees to head down out of the wind at every opportunity - no powerlines here but the Canadian snow geese, American white pelicans, blue herons and so many variety of ducks kept me...
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    How E-Bikes Can Help Couples to Cycle Together

    And a bit of a different angle on your theme since retirement we have been renting e-bikes on our many travels, I am all about the workout and keep it in eco mode and she slides it into a more comfortable assist level and enjoys the sights and sounds of the countryside, I bought an e-bike in...
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    Explore+3 +4 GTS And Sister Amiti - Review • Comments • Q&A

    and my better half chose the Liv Amiti over the Como today- no we both couldn't have specialized products, but we are opposite on most things and that seems to work for the past 40 years, the "virus" is good for some - our bike shops are practically sold out in our neck of the woods . . .
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