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Enjoying our 40th anniversary with a relaxing ride along a country road that we had to ourselves

our quiet trail into the backcountry became just the opposite today with many families out enjoying "Father's Day" -

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 . . .

great pictures and history lessons, Stefan, if we can't travel these days one can still get a feel from these stories, you are pedalling some long miles these days

managed to get out all 7 days for 75 miles - week started by teasing with some spring like weather but changed back to snow and cold winds for the end - so ready for some warm weather here in western Canada

the Queenslander immediately put me in mind of the Tamarind House on Rarotonga except they enclosed the wrap around porch to make a restaurant, apparently was built by a steam shipper and became the British Counsel for most of the twentieth century before becoming our favorite go to for lunch

A ride down to the lake behind our place, I don't think we'll be getting the old canoe in the water anytime soon with still a couple feet of ice that need some warm weather to dissolve - spring is slow this year and no sign of green in the grass or buds in the bushes yet, but still so much fun...

never have cake and beer looked so good, Stefan, and you "earned" it - today we are at minus 13 with windchill of minus 23, ok for winter but April 1st?