The reason for not blogging in the past few weeks was because Karl and I, along with our dog Ruby, took a road-trip to Kelowna, B.C.! I wasn't able to blog about our plans prior to leaving because it was all a surprise for my Mother who lives there. She celebrated her 70th birthday on July 19th! We had been making plans for the road-trip since January, and trust me, it was difficult to keep our trip out there a secret all those months. My Mom is a pretty savvy lady - she's on Facebook, knows how to Skype, and follows this blog - so I really had to watch what I said and where I said it!
We departed on the evening of July 8th and returned home on July 25th. It's taken me the better part of this past week to get caught up on life (and emails) that took place over the time we were away. It's amazing how much stuff happens! But, this is all stuff many people know about anyway - that is if you are fortunate enough to have a job you are able to leave in order to enjoy some vacation time. I know how lucky I am... but I ought to be chatting more about bicycling... or rather, how much I missed it while I was away!
As sad as I was to have to leave the Q4 at home, it is something I agreed to as a participant of Ziggy's FreeWheels Project (ie. not take the bike out of the province.) We did take Karl's bike with us, mostly as a means to get Ruby out of the car for short runs at rest-stops along the way. Those long days of driving were hard on us, but probably moreso on the Rubester who is always full of energy! She's not one for playing fetch (which would have probably been more ideal energy-burner in this situation), but she is ALWAYS up for running with the bike! It paid off.
While traveling along Highway #1 through all the provinces between Ontario to British Columbia, Karl and I were both amazed at seeing how many cyclists there were. All the folks we saw appeared to be doing a cross-Canada ride with all the saddle bags and amount of items strapped to their two-wheeled horses. I'm kicking myself now for not taking one single picture of all the cyclists we saw... but, WOW, there were probably 40 or more! I can't imagine myself having the amount of energy or guts to do a ride like that. I certainly applaud them for doing it - for the myriad of reasons they are doing it for. Simply, INCREDIBLE!
5 days of travel (through Canada) to B.C.; 6.5 days spent in Kelowna; 5 days of travel (through USA) back to Ontario = 9,242 kilometers round-trip! Here's some photos of fun stuff we saw along the way - enjoy!
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