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The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep except Robert Frost was riding a horse not a bike but the bike would work - and for those of us reaching the end of our 60's that suddenly dawning thing really jumps out...

When famous American poet, Robert Frost, was living in England near the beginning of the 20th century he penned "The Road Not Taken" that my elementary teacher made me memorize some 60 years ago when I was goofing off . . . kind of sounds like your poem less the drones and e-bikes - I shall be...

I thought I should post something new to move from a lurker to a participant - so in the words of our thread's very own Emily Dickenson - "Ready to Ride" I was determined to head out in the never ending wind and flurries and find something "extraordinary in the ordinary" but alas in my neck of...

absolutely gorgeous scenery in your pics, on a snowy day in our neck of the woods not sure they are a welcome sight or torture as to where I should be . . .

Charl and I are camping and biking in the interprovincial park of Cypress Hills on the Saskatchewan side. The colors of the changing poplar and aspen trees signalling our Fall season are truly amazing. After yesterday's invite to farming friends in the area for our Canadian Thanksgiving dinner...

finally, retreated from northern B.C. after a 2 month vacation (well some work at my daughter's ranch but in a relaxed mode) we ended up at a provincial B.C. park near Vernon, temperature highs in high twenties (celcius) and swimming in Lake Kalamaka at the first of October which seemed so...

and an e-bike in camouflage - interesting pics!

Stefan the trumpet 🎺 is an air horn - the bike pump is great for keeping the air volume up in the container - the thing with bears they are usually only dangerous if surprised - the air horn lets them know of your presence - momma's need time to organize the Cubs to vacate the area - in this...

After spending the last few weeks on the West Coast of northern British Columbia often with little or no cell service finally getting a chance to catch up on this biking thread. Our family group would raft down the Kitimat river pulling off at likely sandbars to fish for the Coho Salmon making...

Stopped for my dark chocolate almond concoction snack under the following sign with mount Swansea jumping out at me - I use to hike up with the kids frequently and watch the hang-gliders launch themselves into space then we would hit the huckleberry hotspots on the way down. Apparently, there...

Three days of camping and mountain biking in the Little Elbow Recreation area near the mtn biking hot spot of Bragg Creek (close to Calgary). The first two days we spent exploring the trails of both the Little Elbow and the Big Elbow that my better half was able to handle with the narrower tires...

a picture perfect (well, in my mind) to end an 8 day vacation into the mountains, a bit of everything biking on this trip - the grandkids on their non e-bikes where this picture was taken and they loved swimming in Columbia Lake just before dark when the water was calm; their mom (my daughter)...

in defense of the lowly dandelion they are the first bloom of the year and keep those valuable bees busy until food crops are ready for pollinating (at least that's my story for anybody who might glare at my sea of yellow in the yard come spring)

Finally, made it back to our family cabin near Fairmont Hot Springs in the Kootenay area of British Columbia. The "family" had other ideas for me today instead of biking but I pleaded my case (health, humour etc. etc.) and away I went promising to be back in an hour. After climbing close to 400...

Another ride close to home today (to earn happy hour) with a long weekend as part of our Canada Day (Friday) combined with our American neighbor's July 4th weekend (Monday) best to stay away from major highways. Snapped a picture of the prickly wild rose bushes which is a hardy perennial shrub...

A Prairie Creek beach - with school holidays starting in 2 days the local kids will cover this sandy spot for the next two months - @Diggyguns note the lunch kit we can also have picnics across the pond in the colonies but unfortunately it contained only healthy items which I blame on a recent...

Actually Stefan I believe the oxalic acid is only in the leaves rhubarb has lots of good health qualities like vitamin K and the good kind of cholesterol and it is the first one we can harvest in spring in our climate although I guess adding sugar for rhubarb cake or rhubarb/strawberry jam...

While on the bear theme while biking near my daughter's ranch I noticed (from a distance) a grizzly so son-in-law put up a game camera by a favorite bear scratching tree and we caught this pic later in the day from it - probably the guy I saw as they are fairly territorial and not happy to see...

Like many of you I keep hoping to see David Berry's thumbs up on our postings. This week we are wrapping up a 3 week visit to Northern B.C. and I just love it out here. Very isolated and a healthy bear population to keep your neck on a swivel when riding (saw a good size grizzly today and...

What a difference a year makes visiting my daughter's new ranch in Northern British Columbia - last year we processed 200 calves ourselves but as new neighbors came to know the family we had more than enough help this year and lots of time for biking and just hanging out with the grandkids...