Month: June 2012

Bicycling

Invermere to Fort Steele

June 30, 2012

On Thursday, June 28 I rode from McLeod Meadows campground to Invermere. I got a room at the Best Western and did some laundry, walked around the downtown area and did some relaxing later in […]

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Columbia Icefield to Lake Louise

June 26, 2012

It was mostly sunny and 10c when I left the Columbia Icefield for Lake Louise. After the Sunwapta Pass, elevation 6,676 and Parker Ridge there was several kilometers of descending. With my heavily loaded touring […]

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Ride to Columbia Icefield

June 26, 2012

It was mostly clear and sunny when I left Sunwapta Falls on June 24th and headed south just after 8am. It was good riding with beautiful scenery along the way and mostly uphill. The traffic […]

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First day on the road

June 23, 2012

The train arrived in Jasper at 1pm. It took about 30 minutes for them to unload my bike and gear and another 20 minutes to put my bike in running order and pack my panniers. […]

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Bicycle Touring

Lots of flat, open space

June 22, 2012

We arrived in Winnipeg before 8am on Thursday and had a 3 hour stop so I was able to get off the train and walk around. I walked drown to the ‘Forks’. The Forks Is […]

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Travelling West

June 21, 2012

I woke up at 3 am on Wednesday morning and had a quick bite to eat before heading off to the Sudbury Junction train station. We arrived at the train station just before 4 am […]