Posts under ‘Canada’

Highlights from Canada

By Bike49
Introduction by Matt Schiff
It’s been a while since we’ve given a good update, but you can’t blame us, we’ve been outdoors having fun (the story of our golden year – 2010). We spent the last two weeks passing through three National Parks and countless provincial parks in Canada but before that we were hammering [...]

Cassiar Highway, BC

By Alyssum Cohen
So far this trip every day has been a celebration. We’re seeing many new places, meeting new people and finding surprises around each new corner. We joke and entertain ourselves with games like waving in unison to trucks and RV’s that pass us along the way or by writing [...]

Summer Solstice (a day in our life)

by Matt Schiff
Somewhere between Haines and Teslin we experienced the longest day of the  year – the summer solstice. Here are the happenings of that day.
12 am, the “War on Terror,” world domination game ends (surprisingly with world peace) and a new day begins. For some it’s bedtime but not for us yet.

It’s nice not [...]

Biking, more biking, and a bit of fishing

by Sara Dykman
I’ll start this story on a climb.  This climb was somewhere between Haines, AK and here.  A 290 mile (467 Kilometers for the Canadians) stretch of road.  Here, by the way, is a picnic area in the Yukon.  We didn’t make it far today as the rain halted us and this picnic area [...]

Until Next Time…

by sara dykman
Did we tell you we finished?
We did!
It has been two weeks since we arrived in Arcata, CA and completed the bike49 loop.  But it hasn’t felt like the end until today, with the five of us spread out across the country.  Before, when people asked us how it felt to be done I [...]

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