Report by Dan McGuire There was some concern as we headed east from the Seattle area, up and over Snoqualmie pass in the Cascade Range with its heavy overcast sky and snow, piled high where the plows had moved it off the highway, gave a chill to the air. Was it perhaps too early in … Continue reading 2008 Cascades Wander →

Report by Garfield Clack Another great tour organized and led by Robin and Dan. The weather cooperated. The routes were gorgeous, and the company stimulating. There were some 100k plus days. We cycled along the banks of three major rivers in the area: the Columbia, the Yakima, and the Wenatchee. There were tour-hosted meals at … Continue reading 2008 Cascades Wander →

Report by Dan McGuire The Fraser Valley Group inaugurated their first overnight ride in April, a ride from a traditional start place in Langley to the Skagit Valley in Washington, during the spring tulip festival. A total of 18 of us enjoyed the cycling routes and the flowers. It was a very windy Tuesday as thirteen of us … Continue reading 2008 Skagit Tulip Ride →

Report by Hans Klein Once all participants had arrived in Missoula, the tour officially started. During what would be daily briefings we introduced ourselves with a little blurb whether we had visited Montana before. I vaguely remembered I had as a child coming back from Yellowstone National Park. We lived in Alberta then, so Montana was the natural way … Continue reading 2007 Big Sky Blast →

Report by DanMcGuire Towns with names like Almira, Cheney, Davenport, Odessa, Ritzville and Wilbur are not on most people’s vacation destination list, but Robin Howe and Dan Carey led us to these places, and more, in the area west of Spokane and south of the Columbia River. For nine days we had a wonderful time cycling through this picturesque … Continue reading 2007 Washington Wheat Country →

Report by Marj Murphy and Garfield Clack Jaaaa….Marj and I are now back a day or two from the ten-day cycle tour of the Eastern Washington State wheatlands. And an excellent tour it was. Some attachments for fun. There were twenty two of us, with women in the majority. The planning, organization, leadership, and just plain attention paid to our comfort, … Continue reading 2007 Washington Wheat Country →

compiled by James Reid Trip 1 – Submitted by Renaud Prefontaine. Before my accident, we were starting to plan a trip along the cycling route that is being completed going from Niagara on the Lake to Brockville. Maybe next year. Trip 2 – Submitted by John Mynott WHERE YOU WENT: Ottawa via Air Delayed [Transat] to Marseilles. … Continue reading 2005 Ottawa trip summaries →

Report by Sally Svensson It’s always exciting starting off on a new tour, with high-spirited companions, twenty in all. It was Sept. 1, Airport Inn, Halifax, our destination Grand Pre, some 100 K “down the road” as native son Les Hudgins would say. Surviving the gusty, rainy day, an initiation rite, made us very thankful … Continue reading 2005 Evangeline & Lighthouse Tour Nova Scotia →