The Americas
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Part Seven – Oregon
“Hey hey Woody Guthrie….. The very last thing that I’d like to do,. is to sa’ayy I’ve been hittin’ some hard travelin’ too” (Dylan) Hard travelin’ indeed, I thought you “knowed”. Woody and Bob never pedaled it! I’ve been taking some time to get lost on some quiet back-roads headin’ south parallel to the Interstate…
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Part Six: Washington State
11th October Vancouver – Bellingham (49 miles) Sad really to be crossing the border out of Canada. Difficult also to convert distances back to miles as it just seems like you are not getting the same return in units for your pedaling exertion. The border crossing was trouble free yet a few of the questions…
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Part Five Vancouver – In Defense of The Pant
Whistler – Vancouver (125km) An easy roll down to Horseshoe Bay (more horses) and then a wind around the coast and I’m over the Lion Gate bridge and into Vancouver within the day. Newspapers here are devoted cover-to-cover to an odd type of hockey game that is (believe it or not), played on ice! Local…
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Cycling Theology (Cariboo Hwy – Sea to Sky Hwy)
24th Sept Day 60 (Price George – Quesnell) (121km) 25th Sept Day 61 (Quesnell – McLeese Lake) (75km) 26th September Day 62 (McLeese Lake – 150 Mile House) (60km): “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! ….Strike flat the thick rotundity o’ the world! Crack nature’s moulds, ….” [King Lear Act 3, Scene 2].…
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The Cassiar Highway, Canada
The Cassiar Highway is a lovely piece of road The entry below notes the lead up run down the AlCan from Whitehorse which was uneventful and not such a lovely piece of road. Day 35 (110km) (Whitehorse – Gov Campsite) Day 36 (75km) (Campsite – Teslin Motel) Day 37 (124 km) (Teslin – Continental Divide…
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‘Top Of The World’ Alaska/Yukon Canada
Day 13 (Fairbanks): Two days to rest and check out Fairbanks. Visited the local fair which exhibited a plethora of confused pasty faced, saggy-panted youths and shit-house hippy folk music. A band called ‘Celtic Confusion’ reminded me of a Billy Connolly joke, “I’m not a S’elt ya S’unt”. Day 14 (Fairbanks): Fairbanks has great food…
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The Dalton Highway, Alaska (Deadhorse to Fairbanks)
Part One: The Dalton Highway (Deadhorse to Fairbanks) The Dalton highway gets a day-by-day description given that it is the first challenge of the trip (and I am full of the zeal of a new blogger) and secondly because it was an event of a highway. Deadhorse on the Arctic Sea coast is where this…