The SpeedyBikeGirls got together after work for a quick jaunt up to Squamish for dinner at a pub (it’s funny how this becomes a normal idea on a bike). Despite getting, um, misdirected a couple times in the search for gas, it was a great ride. The construction area was a little rough, but it didn’t slow up traffic too badly. It was the first time that several of the girls had been up to Squamish. It was a little…
The SpeedyBikeGirls took advantage of the good weather on Good Friday for a group excursion down to WA. We rode down through Sumas, got stuck in the Easter long weekend border traffic, and then hit the relatively open and winding roads from the border down to Sedro Wooley. These roads wend gently through valleys, and along rivers and railroads, skirting farms and pastures, with the forest never far away. The ladies lunched in Burlington, in a Mexican restaurant (a first…
I’m so loving riding. Of course, sometimes it takes me a lot longer to get home, especially when I decide to circumnavigate Richmond (municipality where I work – it neighbours Vancouver) on my way home. I can’t help it – River Road keeps calling me – it’s so tranquil and soul calming. Last night I hade to run an errand out that way, and I came home west along it as the sun was setting, turning the water pink and…
Took a slow and gentle ride out to see my parents today. It’s nice to be able to go and see them – they live too far away to get to by transit, and it didn’t seem fair to always make them come in. Couldn’t stay long because after dark is still cold, but it was nice to drop in. My stepdad showed me his latest paintings and I think I’ve put dibs on a couple. And I’m working on…