Bicycle Touring
Quartzsite to Harcuvar AZ
I got on the road just after 7:15 this morning. After about 2 miles I had to get on the busy I-10 for a while. The shoulders are wide and smooth so cycling on […]
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Palo Verde CA to Quarzsite AZ
Breakfast of champions. Instant oatmeal and coffee. I got on the road just after 8am this morning. For the first 14 miles I travelled on flat terrain through farmland. The traffic was light and the […]
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Brawley to Palo Verde CA
I got on the road at 7:15 on March 31. As I headed eastward, I rode through farmland for the first 14 miles or so. Irrigation ditches followed the road for miles. The elevation increased […]
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Jacumba Hot Springs to Brawley CA
Today’s ride was 62 miles. I left Jacumba Hot Springs just after 8am this morning. It rained earlier in the morning and I wanted to wait until the pavement was dry before I started descending […]
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Short ride to Jacumba Hot Springs
It was a short 13 mile ride to Jacumba Hot Springs. The weather forecast was calling for a return of the dangerous winds that hit the area yesterday and all last night. I didn’t want […]
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Alpine to Boulevard, CA
Today’s ride was 36 miles and involved a fair bit of climbing. After setting up my tent at the RV park, the manager kindly moved me to a small cabin because of a high wind warning and […]
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Back on the road
I spent the last 3 days in Alpine recovering from my unfortunate fall on Thursday. My leg is feeling pretty good and I plan to pack up and do a short 6 mile (10km) ride […]
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Change of plans
I had a mishap yesterday which resulted in a trip to an ER today. I had a hard fall on my hip but managed to ride 12 more miles to Alpine. The X-rays didn’t show […]
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San Diego to Alpine CA
The ride today was a short 32 miles. I left San Diego at 7:15 and arrived in Alpine before noon. It felt good to ride in the sunshine. As I approached Alpine I […]
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Arrived in San Diego
After a long flight, I arrived at the San Diego airport at 10 pm (1am Ontario time) last night. By the time I picked up my bags and took a taxi to my hotel it […]
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Pulatka to St. Augustine FL – May 11
Today’s ride was about 48 miles. I got on the road around 07:30 this morning. Most of the ride was along quiet country roads. As we approached St. Augustine the volume of traffic increased. Our […]
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Gainesville to Pulatka FL – May 10
Today’s 54 mile ride to Pulatka was mostly on a network of paved bike trails. The ride east from Gainesville followed the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail. With a temperature that reached 90 degrees, the shade from […]
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Itchetucknee State Park to Gainesville FL – May 9
Another easy day of riding. We cycled 54 miles today. We stopped briefly in High Springs for coffee after 20 miles and carried on towards Gainsville. The temperature reached 88 degrees by the early afternoon. […]
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Suwannee River State Park to Ichetucknee State Park – May 8
It was another sunny and hot day in Florida. Today’s ride was a short 54 mile ride from Suwannee River State Park to Ichetucknee Family Canoe and Cabins. In Wellborn, we stopped at Bob’s Butts […]