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Though I had expected a whole day off in Banff yesterday, I took off yesterday and made it to Canmore, just down the highway.  From here I’ll be taking a gravel road along Spray Lake (the Smith-Dorrien Trail), then down Alberta Hwy 40 and other rural roads to Pincher Creek.  I will be a nice [...]

A quick note for those of you that probably will be at a computer in only a few hours (you probably have an office job or something), as I may not update again until later tomorrow, Tuesday. I arrived in Banff just as it was getting dark.  Cold after a few days of rain and [...]

Just rolled into Jasper after having crossed into Alberta a few miles ago (also crossing the continental divide for the 4th time this trip). Two days ago an English cyclist, Cass, caught up with me, and we ended up staying at an organic gardner’s place that night (more on that later…).  We cycled together yesterday, [...]

I’m almost all packed up after 4 nights here in Prince George.  I spent a while working on uploading 2 months worth of pictures, they are all organized by the highways I was on, and also by a few other themes.  Head on over to my flickr account. I still need to work on some [...]

I’ve been uploading plenty of pictures on my flickr account, trying to catch up with almost 2 months of stuff. As tens of thousands of people gathered on the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the Fourth, I was by myself in the middle of Alaska, with nary a patriotic display to be seen.  During [...]

After being on rather desolate highways for weeks, approaching a city of 70,000+ is quite overwhelming!  Especially around here, there is a lot of logging and farming, so there are trucks loaded high with lumber and bales of hay whizzing by.  Unlike the Cassiar, or even the Yellowhead Hwy a few days ago, the traffic [...]