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After reading this page I am ready to schedule a trip to this area. It would be a pleasant change from this area.
Ed and I are still active.
Thanks for all your efforts in producing the posts. I enjoy traveling with you.
Marilyn
I remember this hill. I wonder why?
4 years agoHi Steve and Dodie
Looks like you had a good trip. I hope you made it to Barb’s Buns -great food and soup and baking! I sent you a message a few days ago but I just saw that it was returned. Sorry.
You are indeed travelling “in our backyard”. A lovely way to think of our travels as I often think the same. Barry lived briefly at the Wisteria in a cabin while we were waiting for our Galiano home to sell, you stayed a short walk from where we live, and you did one of our favourite rides: “The Sunset Loop” of the north end. Barry taught at Fernwood School for many years so we do a lot of riding at the north end. Also, my sister lives at Cowichan Bay and we know that #%!& hill up from Cow Bay to her house.
It was fun to read your impressions and experiences of familiar haunts. And by the way, we love the Montreal beef cafe in Gasoline Alley....always good. I so wished that I had noticed that our earlier email didn’t go through -it somehow ended up in my spam file.
Anyway, here we are in Dresden and I am sick with a chest cold. We fly home in a bit over a week. Yikes!
Great to see you back on the road and looking forward to your next trip! See you on the flip side!
4 years agoRemind me sometime to tell you my funny story about this ferry terminal!
4 years agoWelcome home, I wonder if we can find time for a quick trip together somewhere before you take off for Europe? Like maybe San Juan/Lopez/Quadra or Cowichan Loop? We will get together and discuss.
4 years agoMy sailboat is somewhere in that picture :)
4 years agoGreat to see you back on the road!
4 years agoNice!
4 years agoRIGHT ON!
4 years agoSounds like there is cycling fun outside of Europe, eh?
I have had that kind of minimalist breakfast at boutique hotels in Germany, too. As they say, klein aber fein. I prefer jammers.
Great to see you two back on the road. We have SS Island as one of our “to do” rides this summer. We have done the same loop you are doing except for your excursion to the north part of the island. Its a great ride. Enjoy that hill climbing out of Ganges on your way home. There is an alternate route to the Fulford ferry from Ganges which was recommended to us by tourist information to avoid the traffic. What the person didn’t tell us was that it involved much more climbing. So we now take the main road when we are over there. Have fun!
4 years agoOur son and his wife knew 😂. They are up there mountain biking regularly and love it. I have loved reading this post. You have captured everything so well.
4 years agoGreat to see this is working for you. We considered biking through Saltspring in our way to the mainland, but decided on Nanaimo and Tsawwassen because the logistics just seemed easier. It certainly looks like we should come this way some year though.
4 years ago
Good idea! As long as we are not away cycling (or maybe even if we are) there is always our place to stay at. It would make a good home base!
4 years ago