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Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The museum is mostly about people moving onto the island in the 1960s and 1970s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087318275-38NMYL3FBF23YMCLI0WZ/20250503_124504.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Roughing it with their vintage kitchen and just being hippies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087337543-2Q6G0SXR1XCUPS2BTO1F/20250503_125856.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Guy on the ferry assured me the horses were gorgeous btw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087339060-8VLY9D0UYGQFIDQ5V6CW/20250503_130500.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Thought this antique ( still working ) till was pretty awesome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087848797-0VEHRMDAW3XNWJEMDLGM/20250501_150005.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - It's a good sized museum that'll take you a couple hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087889685-76ZPQSCKOKEKKSQOY20Q/20250501_152608.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - A volunteer will bring you onto the boat so you can check out the fully restored interior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087836608-YUMRLMI8YBQOH3YGT930/20250501_150449.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Yep that's the boat. Literally never seen this bill in my life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087894267-J5SDPCDFSTMMCZX881D1/20250501_153834.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Best part of the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087850248-H5BG031QPY0AMJP3E38Q/20250501_151859.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Another interesting artifact: This sailboat built by a one-armed blind guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087858509-KGLDJ68YKI8ATD7426NE/20250501_151918.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - He was featured in magazines as a result of this quite impressive feat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087873933-JJ47YAKR5NC1T3QFDCLM/20250501_152427.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Lots and lots of ship models of all kinds here as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087881543-PWLQD9N5ID3GKR9GROVJ/20250501_152509.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Entire collection of ships in bottles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087918856-LWR0THBG3ZYDFQ2SDMJK/20250501_155020.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - There's 2 levels of boat-related stuff. Engines, anchors, instruments etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087898112-3FBI8G7GX63HYFEV9IN4/20250501_152619.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - All about the shipping/fishing history of the region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087910581-65I6DSKKFOR3QYSU8NPJ/20250501_154453.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Giant lobster claw believed to belong to a 50+ year old lobster. One day I'll eat you. One day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750087924394-RVB1UIKLM5T2Z5LGAC4Z/20250501_155034.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Various navy officer swords from different militaries, including a Japanese officer katana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117669375-SCMODPJJ7FRCSC1PJFXL/20250501_141036.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Outside the museum sits this "Steam Donkey" logging raft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117707257-CZJJARIJVR6DMBV40P1V/20250501_145336.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - It's interesting the forgotten creative machines people used in the past https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117674685-NL153STEMY7LO8AQ8Q0T/20250501_143405.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Section on logging. It was quite something to cut down trees as wide as a house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117674760-0PKGE0VGEBCVJPL1E4DF/20250501_143324.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The "Hitler" chainsaw, because it was made in Germany before WW2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117679498-H0KK59TFYEGSXVY1JQHY/20250501_143701.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Nicely restored logging truck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117680036-TRS2VVYCFBP113DA23VE/20250501_143607.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - People were built different back then. This guy's probably like 20 years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117683405-DNUIX71NP8ZWBBDPH03K/20250501_143917.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Next is a section on colonial housing/hotels/markets. Similar to many museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117688623-SFCTSWCT6H3E95XB9VSB/20250501_143950.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Hundreds of artifacts like these for you to see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117695317-9MV1450R5T8QPEPDLZ8W/20250501_144154.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - If you catch a big enough fish with just a rod you get to be part of this club! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117699997-MVPO1QEU2LKC9RBMWAKL/20250501_144631.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Section about salmon fishing. Is this interesting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117702863-O3V0H0YYG2PXEOOWRJBW/20250501_144644.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Did I pay money multiple times to see these same cans? Maybe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750117704235-ANQFBU731M9Z8JB4GQVF/20250501_144849.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - They were hosting the "Dinosaurs of BC" small exhibit that was in Victoria last year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092266972-7C4VC4RDDM82FT9WMA5X/20250501_120506.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - This plesiosaur skeleton was found in the area and is one of the most complete in the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092288240-IQ23NWCF3RNLUSPLD9NJ/20250501_121600.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Mosasaur. There's dozens of species, some growing as long as a bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092273250-7LO9ACSD1EQT0SBZRBTH/20250501_120704.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Kind of just chucked a bunch of skeletons in a corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092277512-AZIKH4GAKQKS7FUXXVCY/20250501_120727.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - All kinds of skulls. What can I say, I love dinosaurs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092281728-V990G8PRN5F7QFBN2EUF/20250501_121407.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - If you put dinosaurs in a building, I will pay money to see them. I don't care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092283780-J0APQ0KNQXOF23I84576/20250501_121437.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Edmontosaur skull. Notice the rows of flat teeth for grinding plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092285742-W7ON5UHU8SENJWSMUMEL/20250501_121527.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - There's a big section with lots of ancient sea life fossils and shells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092294641-ENOBIFHMKRTTIM6YA2KV/20250501_122148.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - A lot of these specimens were found by locals and donated to the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092294295-ZRB2PM01CI97RN4PCRU6/20250501_122814.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Never seen this anywhere, have you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092272953-1HUE0SFEI7L44H4ZTCFR/20250501_120624.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - There's a small native american section here where pictures aren't allowed. Some museums don't care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092300736-2KAI67PWKMIMM3XVW5WL/20250501_123259.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The second level is dedicated to the colonial era. They have one of those cool tree slabs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092306778-CXPSCSGQ6H78CFOMZ99S/20250501_123344.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - It's always crazy to read these and some of these trees are still around if you know where to find them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092306329-2SUPHSNU4V2GEBPB53HH/20250501_124024.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Some of these products have barely changed in 100 years. Still not dinosaurs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092311140-SE0D4KVLPSGEXSS7H02H/20250501_124310.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Old wagon used around town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092310686-5GY3WZQBOEC8MCWHVP96/20250501_124135.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - They even stuffed the stairwell with a bunch of rusted old tools. You're pushing it guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092845393-5G35R5AMTJABIHL1NMEW/20250501_125623.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Literally located inside a mall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092856200-MOGZD788BALS7RFEQU79/20250501_130406.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - It's about 2 rooms but it's very packed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092845759-T9SKSUGX30VBA0LDYGIK/20250501_125939.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Reconstruction of the ship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092854927-QFZ267TVULSOLZRCM266/20250501_130400.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092864185-JQCSK6C4BZZALP8G0ACL/20250501_131031.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The name of all crewmembers on both vessels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750092867618-MPH4TDHRP7GZHY0FTOIQ/20250501_132043.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Lots of donated items from the families https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093150292-GO3Q1NRHQK8CH36BZRGE/20250501_095956.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Actual plane set up across the street from the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093149436-9X68NIKWQJEVL6VL3HZV/20250501_100027.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The building used to be one of the barracks before being converted into this museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093155045-1GQ81A8HFLWCP1YK8Q1L/20250501_100240.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Starts with a section detailing the entire history of the Canadian Air Force https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093155138-NU4USMHO6DTAKUOE128B/20250501_101051.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Lots of info about the Voodoo airplane which was widely used post-war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093160125-4TZAANLPXO3C9H4ZEN64/20250501_101551.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Lots and lots of information about all the people from the region who served during WW1 and WW2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093161203-WLJTBNIFMUITRCJM1BDT/20250501_101721.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - This caught my eye. A nurse had her patients draw something in her notebook before they left her care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093166905-KC8VQBL4MGLOX3N4TENY/20250501_101734.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - There's maybe 50 pages of these amazing sketches and notes made by the airmen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093166577-VGPB392YMRJR8MKVWXLK/20250501_101902.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Many of these were pretty well drawn too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093171712-X1DQNA3K834IEETYGFCB/20250501_101930.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Some of these guys must have been actual newspaper cartoonists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093172512-PKNCGKWIIRB1RLNMVORB/20250501_102243.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Tons and tons of WW2 artifacts and memorabilia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093176617-XS3JV3RCF8IYBOJREHA2/20250501_102833.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Looks pretty illegal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093184716-X4XF9E3UZQ5GH5I96HQ2/20250501_104031.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Another interesting thing: A Japanese balloon bomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093184364-I5KTWALUW50WMON9YVW2/20250501_104043.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - They launched them from Japan and some floated all the way to the west coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093189235-I6VC8QAXLYXN6OB4YU9F/20250501_104927.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - There's a few big pieces of hardware like engines, guns and bombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093193803-XUKOQPS91UF6CF1S4O8Y/20250501_105056.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - And whatever this is https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093948635-M043GQ2YXF5FZ1Q09GBJ/20250501_111819.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - The familiar pile of old random stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093957268-2UYOJZA881QRMMNZKQNI/20250501_112027.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Someone made this fun custom Monopoly board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093958457-BRKKQVUV80WIUO1S2VJO/20250501_112048.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Menu from the old comox hotel. Try and guess the year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093968461-FWGDR2S5KA2GW5J4LCL4/20250501_112650.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Now this thing is cool. It's an old catalogue where people in the region could pool a huge order of stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093964584-DVU2LOOSB8MNDK2DXRPN/20250501_113039.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - It has thousands of pages all with this incredibly detailed artwork of everything they sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093976248-MR19J4QZVOB0R3AJTECQ/20250501_113302.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Think of anything smaller than a car and this catalogue has it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093971977-QV1QL4O2SGST132QHD3N/20250501_113119.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - You definitely need some of that https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1750093977665-2N5LJ7Q3C2EBRBFRJPF4/20250501_113937.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 2 - Stop by, donate 5$, chat with the volunteers. It's something to do! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishcanadaattractions1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/da4328ef-fd6a-400f-8e37-c4aa74a5b005/map_part1.PNG Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749984997007-TYRKUO59FCY9JW99MYY5/20250609_120239.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - (plastic) Mamenchisaurus skeleton at the entrance. Awesome already https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749984996632-10D25LRNAK3Q36W87IWQ/20250609_120443.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There are several life-sized plastic skeletons outside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985025432-OC1IY4GAFJF95HPHZB8S/20250609_121641.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Entry is by donation but if you give them something you get these ipads with information! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985003495-PLJI1XQ79TN3DRFCI5HK/20250609_120919.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - As soon as you enter you are just slapped in the face with hoarder-levels of decoration density https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985018153-UFY1KHQB8LFOGBQK4EXZ/20250609_121235.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's hundreds of these fish along with all sorts of hunting/fishing gear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985010869-ZTK4QPN5N5Y620XY8DNA/20250609_121102.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's random artwork/clothing scattered about as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985015083-RZ9FKXRBSS7XGO1AUFEW/20250609_121110.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Not everything of the highest quality perhaps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985022321-EE86YT8E2H9SI66EGEOS/20250609_121400.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's a gallery where most things are for sale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985034278-WTZ6PO4GXD4W17OIGYJW/20250609_122323.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - I was kind of tempted. These fish were the size of a bus and that was in their actual mouth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985031648-8ARN0P03SBVL4FYZOAH1/20250609_122039.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - As you can tell, unlike most museums, it's not the most organized. He's just going for density. Love it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985048093-KXZZ92WV0Q71Q1R83AZK/20250609_122908.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's thousands of native artifacts from all around the world as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985042727-VKROMHCGFT8BPRGC8XJJ/20250609_122623.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Oh no please someone cancel the native americans oh no how dare they https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985125489-V78TWANL5LGKKH7B1M1S/20250609_130718.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Boundless awesomely offensive 19th century stuff in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985136440-GBKHA1X5XWDT45X69NUN/20250609_131214.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - The old school teather has a huge Gigantonosaur skeleton and endless other things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985057944-DOEH9PQ0OVW47PZOWOX5/20250609_123706.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Jim has "found" a lot of things as well. What does it mean? No idea. But this is cool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985057633-LJVTII3X9G8KW67OK7X9/20250609_123722.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - You can spend the entire day learning about each surprising thing he put in here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985124458-MXJ162LTQFT9ZXUQCD1G/20250609_131155.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - This room has a huge collection of mammoth tusks and a full skeleton as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985064108-UH61PHJDLYFDMD5SRVBN/20250609_123749.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Yes that's random vintage furniture in the back. Why? Why not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985075032-47D64IO7E2GHU5MW0RX5/20250609_124445.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's a room of taxidermied birds of Canada. Just about every single one is there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985076199-AEOMT3EL4TLRZ2WVZYW7/20250609_124602.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - It's hard to explain just how many things Jim has collected over 50 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985082668-PVQ8KYSCWPAF1J9AO5NZ/20250609_125739.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Room full of skulls and antlers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985098900-FTD8UM3Q89S0RLQS8J9B/20250609_125918.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - He's also shot every type of game and animal in Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985090307-YV2VTWTJRVQYXFSAJEIK/20250609_125838.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Sometimes multiple ones! Redditors really really hate him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985102375-NSL45MZJUDDT2H568OMR/20250609_130037.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - This is quite amazing, a Narwhal skeleton. You just don't see those very often https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985112352-IYE1NWIM1VKN50HXVV5H/20250609_130403.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's endless books and artwork about exploration and travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749985116583-WH6SM5IIDOI16ZDP8TCA/20250609_130408.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Really love those 17th-19th century plates with goofy animals on them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987125738-8EJ1SYB2JC9VQ4BGPPAQ/20241017_120307.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Chemainus is the "city of murals" with hundreds of them painted on various buildings around town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987129355-SWIZ4ZEILLSNZW5SDOZU/20241017_120342.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Water wheel outside the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987101701-QTO86ME25YR1PEPI0TLD/20241017_113729.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - So yeah, "knick-knacks". Various period clothes and household products https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987101316-K4OD0WRM2INXRV3O8RW0/20241017_113737.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Very often military/service uniforms donated by people in the community upon their death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987116933-RDVUDJ99QU0EYVDHSHCS/20241017_114159.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - This place has a secret cool item though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987118767-PHZR0WYR7V2908XV4PPK/20241017_114226.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - World's largest whistle? Could it really be? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987118497-NHYPR521T45FC0EHVG8W/20241017_114209.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - It is the world's largest factory/steam whistle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987107446-XDKG3FB2RVQUC144OJ7U/20241017_114105.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Used to be at the old sawmill to mark the start/end of work! There is a recording of it as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987085364-1R6OG6US2T4BNSZM1GGO/20241017_112509.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Just tons of typical period artifacts specific to the town and its residents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987090484-31FO4IW4HMN1LJOZ7EMS/20241017_112849.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Lived to 102 smoking every day and drinking whiskey for breakfast ( probably ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987091614-NCVAOJ583R99RZWT50FX/20241017_113307.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Exhibit about the women working as phone operators before automatic switchboards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987095445-1ZTETOQWTH1CWR6DMKCR/20241017_113314.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Reminder for them to call their down syndrome supervisor in case of confusion. At least he's a man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987107306-AEUX3ZI5BJ3YZB017FFJ/20241017_113806.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Many of these little museums have some of these early 20th century "cars" and wagons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987096157-8CHO0221VUNN0K3CP1VC/20241017_113604.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Do they mean the shape or what it's for? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987945901-SIMJ9Q0YWQ2JX5OHNY7E/20240710_125243.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - It's quite small of course, I believe about 3 rooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987942899-57QJCQ8QWBL9RQ3DMZLD/20240710_133248.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Nice display showing the progression of the sea level over geological time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987947051-ZO6VN652J1V61VS1CC48/20240710_133354.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - There's several stuffed animals like this bald eagle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987964238-4FQHUSFDOEL7ZANKZCH8/20240710_134411.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Corner with a few more animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987953229-RZZN5EUHXYQN39TJ4XTP/20240710_134221.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Woah what is this? My wife? Am I right folks? Please clap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749987962733-HDX1SF7KSG8ZXDRWH8X8/20240710_134402.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Display of shore/sea creatures of the area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988597326-F6WRO413K2QU0QBNV4DF/20240826_102028.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - The fort is arranged into an easy to visit rectangle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988586347-PEEWIT6QYHHS11BG1V5O/20240826_101855.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988620625-IRZ0WNW4NYV3NYC2WVEH/20240826_102224.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Blacksmith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988627583-UZ4TSQ1GE1DMQMB1IUYF/20240826_102600.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Storage room. The fort was used mainly for the fur trade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988662978-RUTWP27VUI1341HWNSB4/20240826_102918.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Fun fact: Bear fur was used as packaging for the more desirable beaver furs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988644150-R3MBLINHP4P1YIIGSSYJ/20240826_102633.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - The furs were shipped to England and they used the crappy bear fur to make the iconic royal guard hats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988664949-0FRHQWERO5GOW56PYD9I/20240826_103855.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - The forts were set up as trading posts with temporary workers, not settlements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988698159-1KOANIQSWXJCP7V5QZGD/20240826_104240.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Reconstruction of one of the officer's homes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988681796-K8T6SBGNLNA3KS4HYTPB/20240826_104206.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Bedroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988706628-CE6IQC8I3RFWQIW3PH8V/20240826_104845.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Baker's bread oven sitting outdoors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988708554-I4FX3QT9FLFE01EKJAYC/20240826_104958.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Gotta have some fresh eggs as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988750879-YLTIIK4PAYLP5OGMAT3P/20240826_105458.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Canoe made by a local artisan with period tools/material and donated to the fort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988749166-8C54C9SUYB44H0IU6IUH/20240826_111934.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Not a bad place to spend a half day chilling and relaxing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749988754709-MGF60LA6KG6VJQIJDHTY/20240826_112030.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - God damned inflation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f2e60e1c-de65-47bf-8eac-2a0bae4c9bb5/20250502_085434.jpg Posts - Canada Attractions - Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishcanada22 monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4c4de22d-c44c-4206-9582-b1be28d769b6/islandmappart2.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1a204aa1-2e62-42ff-b5dd-5554f7368043/13_malcolm.png Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748311713039-C463LRRB62UGOA4LTXV7/20250502_133613.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748311682036-MX59OA0KBEW5USB7V7VC/20250502_085434.jpg Posts - 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It’s a slog if you don’t have the gearing. There’s not a whole lot else to do here but there is a small town in the center with some shops and cafes. This is big for an island to have because you often have to sit and wait for a ferry for up to 2 hours. 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This island has lots to see and do for being so small since it was historically a hub for travel and commerce between Vancouver and the Gulf Islands. Drop by the Japanese Memorial Garden in memory of the displaced Japanese people who were relocated elsewhere in Canada during WW2. 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Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fd19ab47-ffcd-4601-a9c0-9ad1a67c8cad/20250507_115957.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b2ee3191-a882-4f88-b19f-15f02637c698/20250507_105629.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282989247-9AEK398S4AMQVDNM0E4R/20250507_090126.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Just a tiny ferry operated exclusively by Native American dudes (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282991985-2XI17L0YRL3DQ4BTPKN6/20250507_092112.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - The view around the entire island is basically this (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282997811-KSD9Z4HLUR0R5UK9SNDM/20250507_093157.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283006593-ZU15SCMF07H87JAF17RK/20250507_101258.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - There's some more precarious "secret" trails along the cliffs if you're feeling it (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283014205-89NNTHY6FB3QZTPI6HPI/20250507_102720.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Cruise ships docked in Nanaimo (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283022848-LBC2YDDQC9L4SIYF9VSL/20250507_120040.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - You can camp overnight and rent kayaks from the harbor. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283023517-S3EW5UXN32J40XZS1KQB/20250507_123013.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Ferry back was packed with dogs. Why is everyone obsessed with dogs here? (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b95fe0e5-8ed0-4fce-83d0-7b4b48831070/21_keats.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283983836-UC7CB6E54186I8NF48Z4/20250505_153749.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Small privately operated ferry, the Stormchaser VII (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283927759-6GBD80O3FUMY8SZXH164/20250505_103235.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Notice that greets visitors. GOOD. I like this island already (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283934481-GPUX3KWIL44UVDBAXSDQ/20250505_110504.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Wood carving on someone's house (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283944926-UZFBC43KXE6OPY0RW54V/20250505_113403.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Scottie bay in the north. Interestingly textured pebble beach (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283938603-88PAWX5D5KVM61JZU7PG/20250505_111957.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Common merganser (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283940612-0S8J1NPCKWVXVKZPNVQA/20250505_112315.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Harlequin ducks. Moderately rare duck found in the northern seas (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283950390-DR2APHYJLW9LPS8KAPHB/20250505_122649.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - This island has a vast network of unmaintained gravel/mountain bike trails as well (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283956335-VH4J4PLSYYNOMEWF3J7C/20250505_124510.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Some of these roadside "honor system" baked good stands. Love the high trust society life. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283956980-IYB9BT3LFKBYMURMWMHS/20250505_125113.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - I needed these that day. Now was the blueberry bar entirely cooked? Possibly not. Possibly not. Was it good? Yes. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283973841-UUXM2XPFZ1RI58K9ZAOM/20250505_125858.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - As you make your way east you start to come across the road sheep (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283963515-Q8OG17EUVG01UZSTTJIL/20250505_125918.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - There's a ton of them across a few pastures, it's pretty cool to see! (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283972926-NV7PWOHMK8FSHI2K0P08/20250505_132152.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - All the way to the east in Squitty bay, up the dirt climb to this pretty damn off-grid looking setup (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283979629-9OUEEN94TGFS2GLVPCSW/20250505_132622.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Few boats in Squitty bay. Mostly just peace and quiet on this Island (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283980890-ABGHHALHNXTSVIHVLVXL/20250505_142535.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - No thanks. There's a conveniance store/cafe near the harbor so you can wait for the ferry though. 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It's gorgeous up here (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285894898-W222MXTD8ICZFRCZXQLU/20250506_093017.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Not even going to ask (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285899932-PEWVUMP0ZS45K74GTAET/20250506_134856.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Again with the purple martins at the ferry terminal. Mosquito control? (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285904243-BCE1377DVLRSNG24MX7Q/20250506_135047.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - At this latitude up island is when you start to see the serious mountains and peaks that Vancouver Island has to offer (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285907998-T9DF6H7NK4W122IETU8X/20250506_135422.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - BC has so many huge flowering bushes thanks to its mild climate. This was in May! (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1f4c6571-2e03-4bbb-a2a1-020f4428c68b/23_sea.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749746761117-X0XHTKW40E78P85KZ7W9/20240825_135513.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - There's a bike path along the sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749746761138-U6HFI1IOTA615MGA19K3/20240825_135535.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Looking back at the mountains in North Vancouver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749746783316-HAMU5PGBBG8UM7F64K28/20240825_135738.png Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749746772631-8OV7IZF5GC6LB7IIXRSQ/20240825_140159.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - The best picture of a Cooper's Hawk I'll ever take https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/60f2e7fb-2bbe-434b-ad7b-776aec863452/24_mitchel.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c4a0243d-be81-4c54-b20b-42cee5904d5c/20240825_150546.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/15f11622-c015-4082-9785-0b3c7b505573/25_annacis.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748609358-ER8UWN5OHXV66W0TU4HW/20240825_083649.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Up close with a couple of pileated woodpeckers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748612199-39N2SWMNRR6AJQSBR8DF/20240825_115100.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - A cool cafe in Vancouver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748617751-4D4999SAFBKHHIE6DEAR/20240825_133101.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Amusement park that is off limits near the chinese Casino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748618692-WJX7AZREXBBY14ETTP97/20240825_133121.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - They're close, run https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748621196-DGR2UY8LGV9PWTLHPP7R/20240825_144647.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Neat rotating rail bridge on the fraser. Interesting way to let boats through https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749748625107-W2ZJMU3M4U5FBGCX9S66/20240825_150654.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Foot of the huge highway bridge connecting Annacis to mainland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f8389ffb-fadb-4a61-81eb-b5d90368e80a/26_tillbury.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749749538781-E0CUAGRIM4306G1X84C6/20240827_101022.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - I think this creek is about all that separates this from the mainland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749749538499-VCNLYS4VDU4RMBL07GTR/20240827_101744.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - People use this place mainly as a little harbor for their recreational boats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ec74efb1-45a0-467a-b556-d0c8a512f91b/27_deas.PNG Posts - 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Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - 100 year old rotating bridge to the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749750301171-3KA4FQ5FTDCZ42HIX4RV/20240827_103344.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Making me feel like I'm in the USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749750301023-V5RJ6WQMK9WPBR34HOW5/20240827_103447.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - Most of the island is farmland and ranches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749750314462-R3YWED8ETDQR16S99BTN/20240827_104846.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - During high season this is what is promised at the bird sanctuary... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749750307173-C07OSJLG9B0MEV1QXN3P/20240827_104636.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 2 - vs the reality of when I was there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1749750314751-RDZ697CL0FV5F19LG2VD/20240827_105511.jpg Posts - 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Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Breakfast buffet. Brought cookies on rides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793366320-9D1R1HXDP606XUA6DRJU/20250714_190109.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - salad buffet, I will miss you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793371064-VHNKIA7G88CIFJVC0TA0/20250714_191644.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Sometimes free entertainment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793372366-IJWNT6O1J9ASCPIP9AYC/20250716_192128.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Example of delicious local food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793376535-B21JL2HDJ6CJJ6ML0KBR/20250716_201033.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Canerdeli with Tyrolean goulash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793376740-DHM5CSODEBOJAEM7E99S/20250716_203518.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - They always had amazing desserts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793878963-IHWYPDFHU62N4C25TXBU/20250628_090858.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793878226-4DCH4N53N7CPLXQR2XXG/20250628_090910.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755793893569-SDZJG1GIESAYBKQN5DH6/20250803_091638.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794523559-DBGWNVZ7PSQ4ZI9A283Y/20250721_152322.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Bread and pizza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794533757-CAHOVSB6OTXS4CX0CGM4/20250730_190700.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - huge grocery store haul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794548015-KRZE87IKTVXV8XAUE0J7/20250730_204105.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - pizza and calzone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794555138-4C7RHA0UVNAE4ADCMI8J/20250730_204123.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - This was like 5 euro, perfect when reheated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794554238-NKIJQISG9VQ7NTO194MA/toogoodtogo_mestre.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - bakery stuff. Tons of those https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794656870-C1O836BN4D2PWFTBG7O9/20250730_191053.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Seafood salad from grocery store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794649548-KLSSHPLFVBV3WTF9IPUM/toogoodtogo_bassano.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Tons of bread and pastries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755794655063-7EEU4V3OC7MDQ4AIVOPV/toogoodtogo_trento.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Meat pile from rotisserie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755795064779-QHPLNKODMFXUV6510RB2/20250804_123949.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/194b94c7-b967-496e-bb3e-9a66e1fa597b/20250803_121711.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b1bdfcc-039a-411b-b344-8b38bccb4d5f/20250709_152040.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7236cd3c-7504-4fe6-bff0-b9e4c57d83ae/20250805_124424.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2e0f5dfe-35f9-45ff-b7b2-5b9654465c84/allgood.PNG Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758545597835-0WJR77IZO7YE0347W6N4/20250714_093120.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758545613766-F08S0B04WDBEC8C4AJND/20250715_093058.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758545620406-LO06SGXP4H2YFVJIQ8F9/20250715_123753.jpg Posts - 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Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758546600469-H70JC3TH0H6IWJ1S0CNG/20250803_120802.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758546786986-V5WV1RKXWQK6RLOFLLBE/20250727_105207.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758546788043-G24HC1XXHUKV0EAJUHK3/20250727_122452.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1758546791812-9OMB7KRNK237AEIGEXYJ/20250727_122502.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 Report and Guide https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy13 monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/074ca20d-f3e5-4f1a-a219-926b1c80910f/20250801_131913.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114622458-TK0FGZ5FW21Q58Q181AZ/20250730_161823.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - The bottom gate where you start the ascent on foot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114622630-QWB58S48KXYSC51EO7E6/20250801_124643.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Funicular station with fat dude who was breathing real hard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114626298-J2ZHBD8PFEGRI6AXJTZJ/20250801_124712.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Basically a giant elevator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114628495-355IT1M1R1TJQN66FDDZ/20250801_130749.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - The main church in the town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114625198-T4FGK56DUSJRW2WDBB95/20250801_130201.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - You're not supposed to take pictures so I took this awful one... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114627196-NC8CK6RBIT3TLXLM2ATY/20250801_130320.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - There's really great views of the region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114629076-5N1DWE26D1EUFV50806R/20250801_130839.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - On clear days you can see some of the naked peaks of the alps in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114630750-YLV4PTVZ6WE70G055HJ9/20250801_131404.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Lots of cafes/ restaurants on top here of course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114633840-EP2Z8V6TMNQPCYWJRT14/20250801_131913.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Nearing the town on the grassy cobbles. It's about a 30 minute walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114631767-S4V0WG45YLGWDR2IKFCW/20250801_131812.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Italy is also infested with these wall lizards that come out when you stop moving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114634256-J3RXYA94W5GH4MGIIPRG/20250801_133221.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - One of the cavalries along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d360e918-b678-4c9f-bdaa-6cd29bf7a1da/20250801_112229.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114815242-2HKX61596Z503RV14UG0/20250801_103639.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Main sections about all the Italian explorers and their finds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114815606-8DA43EP2JGALTC934A83/20250801_104111.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Lot of travel logs/ instruments / publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114816905-WE63350S798675HPAI3V/20250801_104154.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Some looted ( er donated ) artifacts from 19th-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114817768-F6M3I3MT6AO7JW5TFNCV/20250801_104252.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Just turning an elephant foot into a trash can, why not https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114818887-06S6HSADQYNPMD4M9E2Q/20250801_104454.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - They have many African artifacts from the last 500 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114819724-IJIGPLVFWP9S8OT7LS2L/20250801_104557.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Yes they are all ugly lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114821948-OGSQC75X2X41VUE9Y969/20250801_104739.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - You think these are ancient but they're all from the 1900s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114824235-43GT0B6F79K4AYXMR3AZ/20250801_105256.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Small section on the Italian war of independance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114824283-C5D2Q1GJ3E86BIA8QCNJ/20250801_105424.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Few roman scraps ( columns and headstones ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114826729-Q5AICDPYXQYWF4YW6AVQ/20250801_105609.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Temporary exhibit about various primitive housing around the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114826238-5UV6IQ0E63JR5989O4AK/20250801_105832.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - For some reason there's a mummy in here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114828634-KWJYY9N1JZF79CQEIAOG/20250801_110006.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Italy has a bunch of mummies not looted from Egypt in fact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114829070-3UOJJ3PWZ86F6W3VPRFS/20250801_110229.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Typical fare of neolithic artifacts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114831049-CWT9AR5VHLYS7T1CNZYM/20250801_110421.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Some more centered around lake living given the region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114831959-CQBTO97I8KQE0EWBSS8F/20250801_110620.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Reconstruction of a possible neolithic dwelling on wooden piles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114834100-C2MS3ERKK6CS631GL2CV/20250801_111602.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - For some reason a big ( badly lit ) display case of hummingbirds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114834955-6CSZZLHXWSI4S3MCD1YU/20250801_111659.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - They kind of just stuck it in a corner and forgot about it lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2873df34-0d2d-4b42-94aa-eaa6d0b40961/20250801_141622.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114992678-QOD1LA1H4BKEQTUT1YG2/20250801_142752.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Human for scale haha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114994515-4CPHGENV0XOZSSOJU8BZ/20250801_151029.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Reproductions of neolithic carvings found in caves/random rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114995383-FCQ0LHNHDSC7Z9N98R0R/20250801_151052.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - They depict a trap system that a tribe was still using in the 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114992344-W7RGY3VLMBXPE9XF1RNJ/20250801_145826.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Small weird exhibit on the Tuareg people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7adbd6ef-015a-430b-a6cb-659f9a420f2a/20250731_150205.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115162973-H5E89BXEWL8XQGCSOF48/20250731_150250.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Inside of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115162548-XJPZKPUC7XGJ62UFZRUK/20250731_150321.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Vintage bikes and who rode them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115164954-G4Q3L1VF1W6WXYWZHG3Y/20250731_150408.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - This is quite a place if you're interested in cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115166817-43ZP6T7F1O6AFNQ35KZO/20250731_150607.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - There's a century of history in here and it overflows into the museum next door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115167558-MKC8TSQZOUEMR6MX0JGM/20250731_150614.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Signed/donated jerseys. The collection must be worth millions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115165870-H9BVVXLWSS7IREJZLZT5/20250731_150456.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - They did sneak a weird little suckling Jesus in there too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/22cb8fde-207f-4d26-b3bf-126507cabd62/20250731_151000.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115238180-TYYQS9VQW9XZRMH5PK3H/20250731_151443.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - I don't know how people wear these, they are garbage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115237969-Y6DAP29MNMU9O67LFA2I/20250731_151620.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - View of the whole museum. They just filled the entire building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115240972-ULKAGSTCH7AXVNJAFYW9/20250731_152026.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - They have dozens of vintage bikes in various conditions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115240956-KWD2V1WIUMRPCXMOVY0K/20250731_152238.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Hundreds of signed jerseys worn by winners of the most prestigious events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115243640-47F3UHB9LH3VOUB6NQP1/20250731_152251.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - I don't watch cycling or care but even I understand how cool this is https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115255344-8M2MZN6LJ9G450I7BMDR/20250731_154804.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115243809-D99XQ2FDX9EMZOMXOLA7/20250731_152346.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Bikes and jerseys of Pogacar, the current best rider in the world ( by a lot ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115248358-RA8W8ZHF8OMKA76YHMF9/20250731_153633.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - A signed bike that won the Tour de France. Can't get better than this as an artifact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115249309-UAFSS2X1HK1H4B0VNGMO/20250731_153910.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Like a worn Gretzky jersey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115245431-QEDQA5M43IJLV8Z5SYBN/20250731_152530.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Temporary Eddy Mercx exhibit, the man who dominated the 60s and 70s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115245898-BKIDM3ED1761805JBOJW/20250731_152617.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - All on loan from private collection. Who has this stuff? It's insane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115247602-1OERM6PRVP4RKZ42M0G4/20250731_153140.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Many jerseys with dirt/sweat marks still. Are they worth more unwashed? Probably https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115250054-IU2QQAC7UAR21VH1RS4L/20250731_154221.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Bikes haven't changed... that much in 120 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115254682-HO54Y407M8342YW9E8Z9/20250731_154740.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Biggest bike in Italy. I assume vaguely functional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115260716-OJQBNEARZSY8G4IMMY0U/20250731_155059.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - One of the best part are all the proto-bikes reconstructions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115259554-2FVP3XPAIGPZ0BBJ4PKS/20250731_155045.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Weeeeeeeeeeeeee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115263572-IJLN4MEJXVBKC90LGI2U/20250731_155135.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - 18th century "bike" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115262773-4UUU64BMBWS84GYA8SLZ/20250731_155129.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - I want to see a tour on this thing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754115261393-STFLRGO0GBEITXAGFP0U/20250731_155117.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Davinci bike recreated from one of his drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755789392379-9OVA21SKZED78GWJW483/20250806_080546.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - You only put this up when you're chronically incompetent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755789394571-W3IFOP2KF2VJTR9UF1QW/20250806_101330.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Flying over nuclear plant on the way to landing in Paris! Don't see that every day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755789398913-1GOBFDF424TSPT87K7P1/20250806_102425.jpg Posts - Varese Tourism and Travel - Landing in Paris. You can sort of make out the Eiffel Tower and other tourist hotspots https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy12 monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8cecf9ef-4d72-411b-a754-aac911897bae/stats.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8ca8ffa8-00b0-407b-be18-47ce9447ee16/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114083593-J0E8DCJVGH99I7VT336T/20250730_164930.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Like okay, fine, this time I will give you a pass and admit the construction block is legit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114082017-6S4UBZLZ4BYMU1Y1WQXQ/20250730_165637.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Pretty decent views near the top if you can take a peek between trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114085416-IATGKOC9EMH37JS5GYDK/20250730_170135.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Sacro Monte, small city halfway up the mountain and main tourist draw of Varese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8a48623e-b6c2-4785-9fdb-dd310b1c3df7/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114358742-PTZUFFO9EKDKYO39JL2I/20250731_092938.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Cool sculpture park near Como! There is a lot to see here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114358953-DEJHJ62OIF6141BVPM3L/20250731_093114.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - If you take your time you will see so many tourist attractions in this city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114361623-O97M4X39RKRMDY6G3Z2B/20250731_101943.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The lake is beautiful but seems the same as Lake Iseo to me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114361415-NQUIA136OSOWOBA7CE2N/20250731_101928.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Like Garda, Iseo and Maggiore it's flanked with huge mountains and dotted with scenic towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114363220-4CH5NB40U4K8VLQU5RDH/20250731_104314.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - It's popular for cycling because you are always next to the water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114364023-7S4X400PUICI6E1OZBUD/20250731_105337.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - There's many little castles as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114364736-C3VF1OENFY8DKUCLY6CQ/20250731_105828.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The road rolls up and down as you go from scenic town to town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114366364-QEGGIU5KETM1DRXF45Y1/20250731_132108.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Definitely do at least one major lake ride if you are in Lombardy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114367518-62P3I20QMAQ92VH70AGZ/20250731_132510.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - There's an extensive ferry service that links 3 cities in the middle of the lake. All the tourists are here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114369906-FSHTM2T9THPZHB100444/20250731_132645.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Bike repair station. I saw hundreds of cyclists that day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114370048-J0D1E485DH3M9O0EUVF9/20250731_133042.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Lots of war monuments in this region. Varese has air raid shelters you can visit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114372530-LMMD5SK01DQWS8Z8YOLD/20250731_133232.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Taking the family for some epic views on a perfect weather day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114372325-VT00SGAKWPNC1K57II1C/20250731_150058.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Top of the mountain where the cycling museum/church are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114375253-G0LEGS9TK8M48EQ305KC/20250731_150203.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The cycling church. Will document in the tourism post. That you will read. YOU BETTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114375165-SEYZNYO5XNYIFQYIA4FI/20250731_161236.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The road descends back into the touristy town of Bellagio and you get the best views https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114377764-9KEKUIC15YS4FJHZZO65/20250731_161352.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - More war memorials. This area is not crowded because it's too hard to reach for most cyclists/tourists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114377749-VRKDSB3SNLGI0RV2SGL7/20250731_161418.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - hello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114380241-OTSHAY91KRHNL6YZQXEY/20250731_161623.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Most cyclists don't see this as they just bike around the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754114380032-IPLT2T1OT09BTFL6PNQ1/20250731_161736.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - It does add 20km and 600m of climbing to a ride that's already big for many https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/914d8b64-6a9f-472f-9e32-3bbc01496c46/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320374421-X4LZJIETHVR2G0SY5DJH/20250802_122516.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Looks exactly the same as every other lake though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320373988-VEOKQXLXFCEK83MGGF4M/20250802_124216.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - First crossing of the trip. No guards or stops, just go through. Nobody checked anything https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320376289-Z5D5E14ENBUJUVE28SYR/20250802_130302.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Right across the Swiss border the roads are already better paved and houses more modern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320378425-RBTVN95HUQ49DGQHZVA7/20250802_133548.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Look at the shape/size of these buildings on the Swiss side towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320376392-QIY9NELJ12MJ79IACQL6/20250802_132931.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The whole lake is nice and scenic like this and there's virtually no traffic anywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320379429-VOB5OV9RKY2NRUWIGEG0/20250802_134343.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320380812-P9GB1D57N9NOXR8VGWOO/20250802_152235.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - One of the better churches/castles on the shores. There are many https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320382360-93VHXDQKCFVF6WIU3EYC/20250802_155644.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b7f102a3-f04d-4596-922f-f65acc69c6b6/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320475978-KSS7FKSPL8CEKE0OCMUL/20250803_091638.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - This is how you do water fountains, guys. Only one that was easy to find of the entire trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320475570-UGK56VB309ZXXDQWLBVB/20250803_095410.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Military museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320477952-OB6P68U0XDK4BIAOYGFK/20250803_100714.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Lots of life and events around many of the numerous towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320477859-J24A85B4RFPVBBCJ9V08/20250803_101321.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Huge castle on one of the islands on the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320481065-YPFBVARO1WAOWPY1MGXH/20250803_105017.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The Swiss side has a lot of fancy hotels and casinos like this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320482715-386HQGD9RF8S5UZF9IEM/20250803_105140.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Palazzo Borromeo, taking up an entire island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320481206-YTBC9JLTGJG4IQ2NEPF7/20250803_105134.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320483192-9PAG1DAOZBBOWDTDMA5G/20250803_110701.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Green alpine river flowing into the lake from the northern alps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320484408-A4G2QL0ICI16RVXXHYQP/20250803_112225.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320485002-SWKEIRKYJ2AB39JA3231/20250803_112312.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320485958-8R61ECDOKNSD4SJ7NA90/20250803_113604.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Centro Eventi Il Maggiore. Just a really interesting building on the Italian side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320487044-X0UCFM4I04PND98W0AO8/20250803_120252.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320487433-ERXFYI28BPDVA0KUDIA7/20250803_120802.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Castelli di Cannero just floating out by itself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320489956-7MJCOAWYM9OJYNLIMTFF/20250803_121711.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Why traffic sucks around the lakes. 50% of people leave no space on the right, 50% leave none to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320489894-NO485UXPRQEWK9LHBEI9/20250803_124454.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Cute city of Locarno on the Swiss side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320491719-9W4UJQ7CRFSBNIPYQ6JU/20250803_150629.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Cyclist monument in the hills on the way back to Varese ( same mountain as Sacro Monte ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/08d46b3f-55d7-4032-a4a7-ae7fd3509874/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320536315-EFEUY7B2T15AJ20KMWAW/20250804_122838.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Tigros isn't a town btw it's some chain store like Wal-Mart. So strange https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320540490-5BXG4RCOWMNR6NBGN8WO/20250804_135302.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Lake Varese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320538362-VKK1EUPBZGLYLQNVRMBV/20250804_130822.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320538014-X4BU1X6VJV7RFP3JVKLJ/20250804_123949.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Typical road surface in Italy. Really rumbles your gooch after 5000 of these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754320540519-4LBPG179BJOUAMQOTC0M/20250804_133535.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - The other sketchy thing is how they build streets that come up literally to people's front doors. So many blind corners everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f52bfa95-1378-48ed-be48-36c702e739ea/_route.png Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787841108-PTCA0JUOIWD8R2TIUPIJ/20250805_093214.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787841680-OGSSZ9MB6R0BOWYQH3A9/20250805_104939.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Swis gas station snacks way better than Italian ones. Sorry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787845385-6KUXYGYYN6EDWNA7Q82E/20250805_111911.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Town of Vira, at the start of the climb on Lake Maggiore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787845421-XHVNKBLGIVE3QWQIHJL0/20250805_114229.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Maggia river emptying into the lake. There's a huge damn above it as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787851571-SM3K7JBCI1WKK8O8VSNT/20250805_115354.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - There's so many good views of the lake from the first half of this climb, really worth doing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787853087-F5H2GCAQ1EO2LDSLOZY4/20250805_123146.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Tons of people on top at the cafe and food trucks, as always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787860519-ZXDXP0G7WAAY5B4IEGMJ/20250805_123239.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - You can see the dam in the distance here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787861878-N3M4JHGMRK57O5T9GTM2/20250805_123818.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Weaving down the backside of the climb all the way back to the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787873699-NSJIBG17D0H23836TIPQ/20250805_133212.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Got to do the last 20km bit of the lake Maggiore loop from Maccagno do Laveno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787872308-7DOHM6IU3S1PA07DNWCQ/20250805_132406.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy". Granted to some overlooked heritage towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787876888-MIOJUER8RUEVX96O73MY/20250805_141233.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Laveno is indeed quite scenic and a bit of a tourist hub as it has a train station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787877328-9ONA286EN3RUF9SG7EW0/20250805_141239.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Ferries can take you right across the lake, saves you 45-50km https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1755787881139-QTMMDNYSYJXFZDLF9DE9/20250805_153345.jpg Posts - Cycling in Varese, Lombardy - Last little views up the Passo del Cuvignone ( garbage ) then back into town https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy11 monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769213245-VZNP4593H279RDNUZ5AX/20250724_093259.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - The train station is absolutely worth checking out. It is insane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769211114-Q0I027BBA751NFKT6MNQ/20250724_093055.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - It's like an airport that was actually designed to be beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769436296-7XBEK4EHBHNC08LEQ9CL/20250724_135800.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - The other impressive free place to go is the "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II", home to all the expensive shopping brands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769522908-AT3Z4TJYJWAJIZKPETFC/20250724_140333.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - You can check out all the shops full of things you should definitely not buy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769515593-3QJ41I3EYFAL9SACO021/20250724_140525.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Place is also very crowded, as expected. Walking over each other https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753769271635-DNGEQ02FTRIX6A4LRUYD/20250724_133455.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Honestly a pretty good deal considered the cost of most tourist stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4e7457c5-fdab-4171-801e-084f3992601f/20250724_095338.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753848967541-OCOQ1WJN7OF37LQ2PQ0P/20250724_100337.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Statue of Napoleon depicted as a God. Amazing craftsmanship but this is sort of perverse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753848972261-KX7J5PHVDRUZU8T332KG/20250724_100856.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Some more interesting pieces showcasing the daily lives of the common folk. I love this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753848996309-23DMA79CFVPUOT8D515F/20250724_100910.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - These are so much more interesting from a historical point of view and unfortunately only 5-10% of the artwork on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849023747-CVNW4L1DLPE9OU6FSOHG/20250724_101359.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Lots of fancy portraits from the 18th-19th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849062709-GR2H1PRW4TKN36AXGDG8/20250724_101533.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - 16th century portrait by Moroni, very technically proficient compared to this era. Like 200 years ahead of the curve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849070074-DZZIMCDTN2C0EHSG28EJ/20250724_101623.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Don't know what's up with this guy's pants though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849128396-X4W2W5PS0F7MZN4Y9UWM/20250724_102027.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - A fun thing is guessing the age of the portraits by the type of hats and haircuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849123976-2IQVPXVE8R5M9Q74H6NY/20250724_102624.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - They have a section on art restoration and this weird storage space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849192596-W5E59ITBZV35VHUK78KK/20250724_103321.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Kept finding Chef Boyardee in various paintings and medals. Not sure what the deal is with this hat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849182693-ZJO6ZT5UEUKLN8WRKTO7/20250724_103516.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - 18th century "Hunger Games" looking scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849235036-CA649R7E5NKFA7EUCMKJ/20250724_103617.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - This guy is really good, lots of paintings of Venice by him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849241617-SVQU6XCAB3KIZU2KIQ41/20250724_103652.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - He was a master as painting buildings. The perfectly straight lines and sharp but simplified forms convey the feel of the cities perfectly. I'd buy this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849312471-B6SZF6Q1S41PLGPWCLES/20250724_104003.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - In the 18th century there was definitely a shift in culture where people became true masters of their crafts like painting and music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849280735-7LHQJQXOH6GAJU4CQO8H/20250724_103946.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Also I think this is for blind people? There's a few of these 3D displays in here. I don't know why a blind person would go to an art gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849373776-C94VM7898EBJTP97YU3B/20250724_104321.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - A few 19th century marbles. These are just too perfect. Hard to compare to the Roman ones since those are so weathered by time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849321288-3SUDDASNDDZSEY8VDRBX/20250724_104307.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - The fine details all the way to the nails... There's people today who are better still but nobody cares anymore sadly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849425433-KHAHQS9LQVQUG3S5XK6Y/20250724_105114.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Girl reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849469555-1WNNWTVBVKHUWN928ZJG/20250724_105209.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849384578-IZMZ3G0F6NLOPAJ5S69A/20250724_104404.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - That was a striking portrait. Turns out it is indeed exactly what it looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849389086-DBI1TNM6LGCM0FLZSHAR/20250724_104432.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849443869-L4TV29QZYAX5GNPOC9R2/20250724_104658.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - These museums made me discover that I love 18th-19th century art the most https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849480129-EKPCZE3US2MBPMKSFKCY/20250724_105430.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - The technical proficiency of 19th century painters got so good I guess people got bored with it and that explains the 20th century shitshow that basically murdered art as an elevated thing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/19fccd41-cd72-4f5d-bd56-91bdd71767ef/20250724_142557.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849722374-TT747R4A8WL617QIIILZ/20250724_143456.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Interesting curation choice of spotlight directly on paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849705311-GM8D26LTDGOK5G1BC1XG/20250724_143347.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Original art used to make prints for this book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849767465-0JRFRN46CWIOBRCLSFF6/20250724_143635.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Preliminary sketch/drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849800465-QIP59HWPJRSMIT6RMYLL/20250724_143822.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - These are more interesting to me than the paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849820914-H2VE6PMCOPFBKGWDQQXT/20250724_144022.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Huge drawing by Raphaelo. Centerpiece of the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753849807522-RJTI2JBFO2WQJ2HU7OKB/20250724_144013.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Photo of the finished work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850649048-4Z926Q313SA2EUQ0DGGJ/20250724_144406.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Little section on landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850622043-EFZ1FXAMCB6EMELCDEMY/20250724_144544.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850706769-WTMMGQR3H65RJFXREL6P/20250724_144719.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Japanese vases for some reason https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850706970-ODX8Y7UQDN2L7RYZVIR3/20250724_145032.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850768374-OMHA2AAW3V4VYA26OZQI/20250724_145414.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Big section on church treasures and various relics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850779512-CO8SL7TVGNQL9WPX7OFO/20250724_145437.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850796972-MBQFOXYIZWIEPD84CWVX/20250724_145948.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850814810-P7F7DH56DVBHUVP7Q60P/20250724_150228.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850837754-Y6XPIZQNAF7BGPCBNJHZ/20250724_150536.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850851984-SFQRVTA3MZJ170RDFHJA/20250724_150727.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850899668-4QN5WADRQ11Y7XG6MF48/20250724_151420.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850904830-P8SUU7HK71TCUE7LSIF6/20250724_151629.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - 19th century they eventually learned to paint babies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850939701-RMLTFUOOX0O2PUE5RYRZ/20250724_151844.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850966478-TXWWHAVW3B8ZPSTWD1PS/20250724_151951.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753851004231-14ZP5Z4OYIOD3XKAPXBN/20250724_152731.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - The second main draw are these DaVinci drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753850997942-5YET7QFYBKS30R3G1X65/20250724_153055.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - They are mostly math / physics scribbles. Not the most interesting... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/edc467dc-ab7a-4082-80ab-f2cf5e8020cd/20250724_111512.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753852427034-XDMORRYBEHIK3FOJBP2Z/20250724_112501.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753852437485-5IXG9H3S8AGSUI6Z72AQ/20250724_112758.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753852505573-NILE1V056GZHAW6SVS15/20250724_112839.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753852466509-AY8F3WDNXZPFK2VU4LMG/20250724_113456.jpg Posts - Milan Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753852553168-06TW1DCW5CKRD10U21B4/20250724_113754.jpg Posts - 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Milan Tourism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy10 monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/98076f4e-a15b-406d-a5ef-cd500bfe7b41/20250723_104830.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753693284250-LX2BMUBBIA9OGKIMZX75/20250721_135345.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - new bathroom but then gross kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753693402970-7RCJ7VCPBJ47QUPJHZ4W/20250721_135402.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - loft construction with sketchy stairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753693925479-0HHW8RP607L36RDV63DH/20250723_093253.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - One of the plazas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753693924971-DTQ574JQ9E2DJMNMLJ0R/20250723_092525.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - One of the main roman gates to the old city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753693992884-1208AXTAAWJZTC5ADVXH/20250723_171203.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Another ancient city gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694015906-66NB40EPR36G9H38515Y/20250723_171420.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Abandoned monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694146035-UDM2KOP2KLH05O2X162R/20250723_172154.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - There's a funicular to get you up to the old city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694138900-QYZ2EZLYV2K99ZJRUOIU/20250723_173116.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - It was completely packed but I was lazy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6ec16e8c-b6cb-427d-83e0-33e0c5646142/20250723_154507.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753695540093-ICHSTY5Z6QG0LDNLL4J5/20250723_155109.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - 19th century marbles always impressive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753696684699-D38A1EI1LKA2GA2NZ6X3/20250723_160050.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Chef boyardee on medal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753696681684-VJY7P9BSMYFIDJAJ9KIV/20250723_160059.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - There's a lot about medals in this museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697026448-S5KM22A2F5H92NQLCAYO/20250723_160342.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Interesting 3D relief on this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697024957-PDGO36P6N7K2VX4XJ1GA/20250723_160409.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697233799-LEIWXZM5WPSW2AFTE8Q2/20250723_161620.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Religious trinkets ( I call these ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697087484-7G5UX8LPQHC3G3KC9MS5/20250723_160841.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Looks like a 1970s album cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697257843-3A46S9ACR0WVX932ZFM0/20250723_162004.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - 13th century Jesus from a church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697352953-GEKRQGYNJ5BUT3TBF2ZB/20250723_162036.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - You can see the progression of the quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697345237-I11WQ35U56H3O4S27YHW/20250723_162231.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Great marble with interesting expression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753697401904-78411MKXRO3MEYXL1IWW/20250723_162458.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - This is one of their famous works they put on postcards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753719822453-6RXUGC9V0CPCP4QE40MC/20250723_163758.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - An interesting moment in fashion history here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753719957535-TLK2LKT15MKR2HFC721E/20250723_164648.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - 19th century painting vs bust of same guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753720004768-8LZPCHTBQ74SH7C5AJTR/20250723_164838.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Then we get to the good era again, the 1800s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753719996452-E2YWEY259KMQY802KIW6/20250723_165022.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Interesting and diverse subjects all masterfully painted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753720098168-GB1PRSJAM64WS5QTOH1E/20250723_165141.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Expressionism from a distance mimics the focal blur of cameras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753721244649-ULO53000MR14UJHNJRQ1/20250723_165416.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - In the basement, some trash modern art exhibit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753721239972-3AFFOR1IZ6PLARTMQDBU/20250723_165458.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Inkjet prints of photos that a guy took. Awful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722001466-FEXK562P9MO89SNVQCKJ/20250723_115822.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Some of the roman constructions under the tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753721972036-PZ59P42YXB5JAXH6C7MY/20250723_120345.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Isn't this awful? Just a bunch of panels with videos playing on it in chaotic ways? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722001277-L65BFQ0PRJHUBWIOK6PN/20250723_120755.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Definitely not a fan of any of these interactive/video type displays in museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722041895-M0NWDJ80FJ9F5RB5NSTS/20250723_121456.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - What you actually pay for: View of the entire city. It looks very Roman to this day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722075349-HLO8ZGS6SOH5XICNSEAJ/20250723_121619.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - The Basilica right next door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722087548-NFHHUHG0SX91507YRTTP/20250723_121658.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - It's interesting to see all the red roofs extend for miles around with seemingly now new constructions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722104137-AH1MRAXGTB55VC23SOQM/20250723_121704.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - A lot of these Italian cities look about the same today as on the 16th-17th century paintings in the museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722378376-2WFWH74Y16DURCAYMSJ4/20250723_112236.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - It's really unassuming from the outside and somewhat jammed between other buildings in the plazza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722409454-9WXMPFILN1M5HORT26YF/20250723_112755.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - But then you get inside and the layout somehow makes it looks twice as large https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722432642-E87CFYZFP3XOVEHWYR3U/20250723_112846.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Painted in Baroque style, not one square inch left undecorated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722525886-EUP6J53T6HGOSVJLKRRJ/20250723_113548.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Everything is meticulously crafted / embellished https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722482202-5WWXU03V13BZMEYOM843/20250723_113011.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - These cathedrals are definitely worth visiting, no Museum holds a candle to them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722490525-9539G6KVMIIVJKDYH69G/20250723_113347.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Everywhere you look you will see goofy little angels and demons and whatever random beasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722567363-R20VXMMFIPTCGXJSDDXA/20250723_113619.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - What is going on here for instance? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722606417-SYAGN8F8N2UUXF7ITL7A/20250723_113819.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - You just have to go in person because pictures and photos can't do these things justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722620840-4YD31AX6IP7V7JNYGD7J/20250723_113929.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - The church organ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722682884-HW94PKBEPFWH9A0VTYXJ/20250723_114138.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - The main Christ effigy at the center of the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753722657102-6FSTM4ZMDDH50CWF4O3P/20250723_114358.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - I can't imagine the cost of building something like this and how much better people's lives could have been... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753723936485-T3RMOBR15GY7J39F0K2J/20250723_103549.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Starts with neolithic. Spearheads, stone tools, arrowheads, fish hooks etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753723936282-UPCIZ9IZANMOIOCN1CFV/20250723_103652.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Scythe with imbedded silex. Interesting that ancient blades were just a bunch of stone teeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753723972654-P089CLKZ0Z736T47QNBK/20250723_103802.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Then you move to the bronze and copper age... Tons and tons of these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753723970434-ILXBQ7IXCY03OP8K46IL/20250723_103812.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Nice that they have reconstruction of how the axe heads would be fit onto wooden handles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753723991041-JI3TQRQ8H8L1QP3UNJBJ/20250723_104211.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Then coins... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724040275-F2P3THM3K5569AFVVNST/20250723_104346.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Then your roman era stuff. They have a good amount in Bergamo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724018858-16XHK9RVNZP27VSOMCPY/20250723_104738.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Lots of headstones have survived the ages, maybe people didn't tend to destroy these as much? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724040382-RPFUPJJYZN9MTTUV84RH/20250723_104747.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - The lettering was on point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724080137-WIXMDG338OQRT50BVHXA/20250723_105607.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They have a few well preserved statues which seems rare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724265994-OI8EFP49VBNZ0THLWYZQ/20250723_111249.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Damn those Roman really had it made eh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724119504-XB4UW5SSED51JVEL5FIF/20250723_110111.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Section more specific to Lombardy and the post-roman history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724121693-71Z7VBWOS1ERNCN9GD9S/20250723_110103.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - These are the people who'd harass the Romans and eventually established kingdoms in Lombardia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724142849-EOI88BYB177409Q6CA2R/20250723_110224.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Lot of 7-8th century stuff here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724204815-KMIK8EGTTU0NDV9W4D6U/20250723_110714.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They have a small egypt section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724202657-6MQQ4JXZXLPO0U3CS1DK/20250723_110812.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - With an actual mummy that was donated to them from one of the 19th century looters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724245714-3RDJI38WDO5QJCVFOLT1/20250723_110826.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Er wait not looters, I mean "explorers" yes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/13202453-e36a-43c0-84f9-7ad50831f514/20250723_103253.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724571209-PXBD4N8ART6HT8U6YHFN/20250723_094059.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Crazy this is 250 years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724610224-773RSS13A8577P3WRUC3/20250723_094340.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Main striking display at the entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724585278-MXTZQTXUAMMRJZ0PEUA0/20250723_094311.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They really made him look goofy though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724612856-ZSPPRVTHOY6BHS7JQMGD/20250723_094432.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Dodo bird reconstruction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724662601-R3I6PIQB615XQFBD177X/20250723_094735.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Voyager pigeon, now extinct after people ate tens of millions of them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724645098-XLJ35DO62UYA9ARF55T6/20250723_094531.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Prehistoric.... things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724644915-Z8D2Y88KLYRCB9NT74H4/20250723_094633.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They have a large sealife section to, half the models are just plastic though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724663109-1DEOB4P9TKWHCVJLTOS6/20250723_094917.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Reptiles all there as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724682161-9WQU7YTXOHS8RGUBN2G3/20250723_095002.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Vast collection of all the birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724730387-S9Q9HW5S7H7VI23VVH47/20250723_095248.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Some not found here, just flexing that they have them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724745769-OZ7O5PBDQHAALD8B7PC3/20250723_095611.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Large flightless birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724780977-FWNHMJ642N6LIPIUY03Z/20250723_095658.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They've got most mammals and a huge section of antelopes. Even apes/monkeys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724800632-TVIH5DGF14FIRL5L2CL8/20250723_095819.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Plus this guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724814724-64GIW9OG66OLF3HA1I2Z/20250723_095849.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Their collection is truly impressive but I can't tell which are just fake/plastic with hair put on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724852129-L2PRRJ7IRS9CYRETU5CH/20250723_100111.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - They have ONE dinosaur and lots of smaller fossils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724888344-RXR5Z2EE2XDV5YCN0IJQ/20250723_100532.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Reproduction of the first dinosaur fossil found in Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724864901-KS8OX817485ENZFBI2OZ/20250723_100435.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Sperm whale skeleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724905951-Z46Y6XL5SKIHNP5AG4LU/20250723_102244.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - There's an awkward Africa section where you have to look through holes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724920842-7ADV3U4V0WFNBKXZOKY5/20250723_102254.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - It's some kind of post-modern curating idea about "respecting the artifacts" or whatever nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724934597-EKDD4QMPRJBDY7EIE6ZN/20250723_102358.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Basically they just warn you that this stuff looks goofy but "it's not their fault these are out of context". Whatever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724954730-CZJ2TMXSX5VVKYRMFGCG/20250723_102715.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Italian guy who explored North America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753724977227-0K7TD37BLGNIL2XZW3UK/20250723_103120.jpg Posts - Bergamo Tourism and Travel - Size comparison with the largest ape known to man! Sweet https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy9 monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/353d8552-8ef2-4f0c-b325-7dda80105b98/stats.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/948bc544-7774-4633-a9cb-07fd99d4444d/_route.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691421527-KACYAF1BYT44P1F8GM8B/20250722_084521.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Just a cyclist chilling near a huge church. Would they let me inside in my kit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691432667-OKP2BJG651L3LQPKW6NJ/20250722_084818.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Lots of cyclists here too! Any time you go away from the flat land/cities here it's swarming with roadies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691486445-3AJX3NVYUVEET86VW3IO/20250722_090053.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - One last cool church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691499650-3645RPB6EZXCHD43M1C6/20250722_092401.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Nice castle near lake Iseo atop the second hill of the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691532965-XZWULTJSB15VNBU7BWV4/20250722_092941.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Lake Iseo from the top of the hill, before descending back inland to bike the pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691531367-6Y11IRSC4W0A3BV6BUGP/20250722_104054.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Charging station at a bakery. Yes you biked so hard, you deserve all the cookies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691553471-QZ49N2LE88B7GUQXWLSN/20250722_104550.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Love this trend of decorated cookies I'm seeing here. Don't even care what they taste like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691583708-UR7CUBM668LKXBSIF7MO/20250722_115430.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Descending into some village from the top of Zembla. So cool to see the cloud's shadow engulf the entire town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691586822-QTVC8Z2KDP2KMZIKZIJO/20250722_120118.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Same landscape as the Alpine passes but the architecture is still Italian instead of German https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691633333-RWT1TD7OS1X20HPJFL7Q/20250722_125214.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Super green river near San Pellegrino Terme, yes the very place where they make the carbonated drinks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691634295-XK7MECR9L1K84VLYD8RR/20250722_130735.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - From here it's just a hot slog in the valley back to Bergamo. Front and back brakes were shot at this point, constant rubbing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691679118-JXHEB7CFR97F0N7E5TE1/20250722_141621.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Little climb up the city walls back in Bergamo. The ancient Roman city was settled 200m up on a hill and huge walls were constructed all around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691717254-RBACIHCX7JDDGWYCI0IF/20250722_141825.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Southern Italy landscape with the needle-like Cypress trees and vineyards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753691739377-FSHM1BE0AY8S4A0KRC3N/20250722_142622.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Wider city of Bergamo from atop the "high city" walls. Really cool architecture/layout for the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1015ddf1-ce24-4456-863c-a5657092777d/_route.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692543549-2UP1TIUC2S1CGIOK3FE5/20250725_092307.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692594065-670AS0P7S1JKAPW1BZH6/20250725_102503.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Guy putting the cows back in the garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692672536-48KH2DCB6JWV7PHUKRFT/20250725_104320.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692628056-YC8M1TVLQRQE7KIEEP8C/20250725_104253.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692694871-R5U0DLM0JCTK8TDFZZLM/20250725_104755.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - If the weather was good https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692704111-6LS50OW2FSD4JG9QERK9/20250725_104945.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692723090-W8LZQNAD7YARVP9X0D9W/20250725_130404.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753692734014-1UO1RNAL271Q4YBDMVN1/20250725_135701.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a2423831-cc46-42ad-a00d-e7585ded07dc/_route.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694755641-C4GAEUZ7FPWGFT7BIQQI/20250727_102237.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - These lakes do look very similar, same with the towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694785172-AZTS8IGOM5H8H1ZM4UW9/20250727_105207.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Monte Iseo island seen from the climb on the lakeside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694786195-W8EKLUZTLRV9MAVV3W9D/20250727_104501.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694835520-JQO33Z0COHBGRSKUGHJJ/20250727_105350.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Sometimes there's an actual good reason to close the road to cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694806210-8ZEIXIKMSRZ8ROB12P6L/20250727_110917.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Monte Isola peaks at 600m and is one of the tallest lake islands in Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694830393-ENV84GN7QQ8VL7GDOYBB/20250727_115917.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Love these decorated cookies in various bakeries. So un-Italian but I want to buy them every time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694862503-S0BTA0IQZ1PT189OZNBW/20250727_122452.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Just stunning on a clear sunny day. Lot of people out boating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694877567-5ZT0L6RZM3S1RLGP5PE9/20250727_122502.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - As with Garda, this lake has a series of inevitable tunnels with various light quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694894883-H51RLDFWY332UFTW7JN3/20250727_124403.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Female common mergansers. We have these at home. Impressive how many birds can be found almost worldwide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694902745-JARQG5RXSTWGXW8IFJGQ/20250727_125256.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Ferry to Monteisola. Bikes not allowed on weekends. Saved me a 600 climb I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694909404-L942U3OX91BZ7VJIRI6R/20250727_130138.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Peschiera Maraglio, the town at the southern tip of Monteisola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753694926362-IPWD8OAQJXL47J99DS75/20250727_130242.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Great Cormoran. We also have these at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/922ef755-275b-4bb1-b5ed-4d34f0c7ef2d/_route.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111733323-26N8ZPEXOESCZUYYG0SU/20250728_154400.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - The top of the pass, where you can see both sides of the valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111735592-EAU0BHNTGR1RVL5N52YL/20250728_154618.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Donkey/horse ranch right on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111735180-ZS3WXI81QWPLNKH8ALB2/20250728_154805.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - The view was amazing, especially with these rolling fog clouds dotting the horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111736614-XGDDUJWYERJRR6JPA7R3/20250728_155409.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Look at all the small towns clustered on the mountain's edge. It's so EURO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111737434-4XGZFZW3CVVHRIY2RF7Z/20250728_155926.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Some surprising modern constructions. 95% of buildings in Italy look like they were built no more recently than 1850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111738045-UPA1MNTTVY5FWZO7J1YW/20250728_164955.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Mostly back down near Bergamo, looking back at the rain I probably dodged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/84d2e563-fcac-4d4a-bd22-0cf6ed3f4ec1/_route.png Posts - Bergamo Cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111884418-UBNXVFBLGB934I3CX0Y0/20250729_110318.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Trains were really on point this whole trip, very bike friendly ( aka nobody monitors anything or cares ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111884130-WVPMHDTNIZSMR4UHFPVO/20250729_115623.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Starting the climb. Look at how fantastically flat this land is outside of Brescia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111885982-1WC5Q4UKE25C773YOG4Q/20250729_120451.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - The climb is kind of bad as you can't see anything from the peak. This is starting down the backside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111886477-LQZUZ19IVSNC9AK9D5EK/20250729_120838.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - The back road is completely demolished and horribly steep. Worst descent of the trip. Has sheep though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111887374-JLR7AHHIRASQX4F7C6AH/20250729_130448.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Closed strip club on top of the 2nd hill of the day. Why https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111888571-IUXUIGY7N988KTNKVAJJ/20250729_133900.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - The cities around Brescia are pretty small and ghetto/industrial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111889323-5CDCBIDB6MOF2K8H2ZJL/20250729_141751.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Up the last climb of the day, checking out the lush green valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111890943-8DMHG90TYAO7JL8MUEYM/20250729_152721.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Then back down to Brescia. You can see how huge and flat the city is. There's virtually no skyscrapper or condo towers anywhere in Italy, it's nuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111892160-DXIHVR8OAAUNI981LVIF/20250729_153046.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - "Castello Di Brescia" with its ancient Roman doorway. A familiar city layout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111893131-W4LB79HDFONJK9W3JOP0/20250729_153300.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Another good view of the city with the mountains in the north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111894868-247P3O6UUWFFB8EVTOC2/20250729_153642.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - You can visit inside the castle walls and I assume it has a museum like all the others https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111895908-57JK4QFJOCBSZPZ049YA/20250729_154129.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Very nice wizard statue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111896786-SMQWXF340ZXI14ULYEKE/20250729_154603.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Tempio Capitolino, remains of a Roman Temple built in 73AD. One of the coolest things in Brescia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111897602-W63BI4ELOAIR7XF0OVNW/20250729_154725.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - Not many Roman structures are left standing in such good condition and its dual color scheme makes it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111898597-GQOYT92M0NUE1V4V6GE9/20250729_155107.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - "Commune di Brescia" building in Piazza de la Loggia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1754111899645-XP6IARMG6UHCEX892QTE/20250729_155130.jpg Posts - Bergamo Cycling - One of the best clocks I've seen. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy8 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640252144-CP9EZSVQZNO0VAFDP3US/20250713_114859.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Dar at the train station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640295807-J3WZBEI2ZECRN7F3YI40/20250713_142928.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The hotel. Big destination for cycling and run by a family and a guy who used to be on the national mountain bike team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640295341-BDIG558NKC2UABND2RLN/20250713_180244.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Room was pretty small. Just good for sleeping and shower but that's all you need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640368043-L7DXPFE3ZJTCX9IBUV8O/20250713_200130.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Me at diner table. Lots of people most evenings, took 2 hours to eat. That's a little much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640786455-BZJP3GW5E9RSMBK4ASN2/20250714_190109.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - My sweet sweet salad bar, how I miss you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640966884-9EAVJSKFGU2EJL39GJCF/20250716_192128.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Each day we'd get 2 starters, a main and a dessert. All high quality home cooked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640985848-EY0JI1FB43PZ1ZC6GT7S/20250716_201033.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Typically South Tyrol cuisine ( like these Canederli ) but it was different every night we were there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753641010422-1XX3XACXBT9G3EK4V6FO/20250716_203518.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Desserts were also on point. Tiramisu was the best thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640372361-49INQEH11U8E3JXSAS0M/20250714_065840.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Morning was the breakfast buffet with the awesome coffee machine that made me about 15 cappuccinos. We'd take cookies and pastries as ride food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640856002-3ZP26TFM047HL01BUYDI/20250714_191432.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - One night this band just showed up in the street and did a lap before playing a couple songs before diner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640887165-MDSCE6W11OIA5SMID5FJ/20250714_191644.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Diner and a show, can't beat that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753640798445-33DJPVKQB6CBW019ZW1P/20250714_185945.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Karsten and Dar. I will miss this place, it was fun! Met a few bike ppl while there as well. Highlight of the trip for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/81ada2cd-5e35-44d5-bae0-06ae4614d1a2/20250716_143051.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677887168-3J44NWOFVWMSMBDCAFHT/20250716_143939.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Section about the earliest known settlement in the Dolomites. Tiny village up on a defensive hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677875066-KC8UA1BQC96R3UT27AZP/20250716_145713.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The museum is weird and sort of dated. Rooms have animated displays/videos that just run on a loop so you're never at the start of their presentations and have no idea what they're talking about https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677915663-47AZBUES9XBLMMA4WSC1/20250716_150122.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Big section about the "Devil's Hooves" clam fossils that people collected and/or thought were evidence of the devil. People are very religious in Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677927772-2K98PM67T9URG5GTIAKT/20250716_150752.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The traditional attire/costume of the Ladin people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678038139-E39KTXC82VIKP02SY41Q/20250716_153046.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Intricate Ladin jewerly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677959711-LRA49II6Y2E8Z26IDSAM/20250716_150833.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - There's a section about how their economy in the 19th century was centered around making lots of these creepy wooden dolls and toys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677961211-S6FC0UT6VNK0F0HWNM7J/20250716_150842.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The whole family was put to work sweatshop style to make these and export them across Europe as toys for rich kids while people here struggled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753677994030-7RGSD5MRKEG5XFM2B12G/20250716_150931.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Just lots of different rooms mainly featuring daily living situation for 18th-19th century people, before the tourism and fancy cheese made them rich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678000221-KAF5993BQ2XEHNT6LA8L/20250716_151915.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - You can climb up the top of the castle and get some decent views of the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678034096-TGV4KKS6MQFM5THFNSFG/20250716_154208.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - They somehow managed to sneak in a guilt trip expo in the basement as well. Please stop. Just stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678370336-DLLVMAKQN9S157DVWWK3/20250716_162625.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The castle is quite large and most of it is filled up with artifacts and art from cultures across the globe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678369051-EXBDTO1763CDZ18WBSJE/20250716_163429.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Lots of mountain related paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678426214-8JIDCFZIXNU7CNZ3L519/20250716_163444.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Lots of odd things relating to Tibetan culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678432078-8C9TH3GK8R3JR2NTNCCA/20250716_163811.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - View of Brunico from the top of the castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678489582-JPRR13ICZGJBIPXD5NVV/20250716_163859.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The castle itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678569751-WNZQT9U0L4QEURY9PV1G/20250716_164847.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The basement has a section on tents / camps. You can check out the inside of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678526100-72RVHFT7NT0ZO0LWBM6A/20250716_164748.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Yurt still smelled like yak! Pretty interesting display in general https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678622829-T6JUBCOR097QFACUNDJD/20250716_165234.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - African part with lots of nightmare fuel sculptures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678677843-CNG985UZWYHGSNL92RIU/20250716_165532.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Japanese stuff. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678580018-2DDMLH6SBOYGELAAOJIK/20250716_165149.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Most of the castle is small sections dedicated to one tribe or specific people from a mountainous region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678693506-K34Q0VPJMAHXWSCLBD81/20250716_170613.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Headhunter? Sounds badass. From a tribe near Nepal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678723217-G713DJHA2N8PKGXBVQGC/20250716_170818.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Example of display with clothes, furniture and artifacts giving a glimpse into the traditional lifestyle of the people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678817856-4Y3YUM7IEV81ZEAVJ9TK/20250716_172706.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Not the cleanest/most professional diplays but the sheer volume and uniqueness of the contents make this one of the coolest museums I've visited in Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678726054-14RYFIK8KX8J9S9Q2JOX/20250716_170824.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Each one has some information. I am guessing Messner visited all these tribes/places as he was doing his his mountaineering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678766331-FXQ0UYRHHNXK7EFWIIAS/20250716_171019.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - There's dozens of these displays, the visit will take you several hours. It's a great museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678770317-J88HD4AYKFM1BVBA37GF/20250716_171630.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Antique surgery kit with all the tools still in their place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678805310-4M9RO6221CYS7ZJRTEMD/20250716_171825.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Not sure what went on here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753678856265-8MV7TTVLTJR01LNUNZFB/20250716_173212.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The rooms meant for nobles are always lavishly decorated while the rest of these castles is just bare stone and wood. Weird contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680255463-EWB9RBQ7EJQW0GNWSB0A/20250720_185631.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Pretty cool Egyptian statue at the Verona train station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681518507-8O89Y5JQIJB3RLQJVJCL/20250721_082357.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Best feature of Verona is this ancient roman arena which is better preserved than the one in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680280124-8MQU7LTHSVG76RRIWHL3/20250721_082416.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - It's not as large but not as crowded. Really worth a detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680339171-XUYU56R2PGB7SC201XSS/20250721_082730.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - You can walk all around and go inside the entrails of it to see how complex the Romans built this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680367741-XAWCWUX0BUDXLQBK42YV/20250721_083653.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - They're still using the arena today to put on shows! 2000 years and still in service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680422466-ZN5K8QGDDEEV1I068A7M/20250721_084425.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - View of the inside from the top seats. It's actually huge especially when you first walk into it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680438860-RV9N1H1O1T927SSLNLW4/20250721_085452.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - I am not sure what this thing is near the Arena but isn't it cool? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680462021-BJDXGEN4DE1MRF5QYYTD/20250721_091034.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Verona looks just like every other south Italian city. They really must have stringent laws in place to keep all these cities looking old and run down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680583818-FC77KYT2T65ILMCNSUSW/20250721_091337.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - "Arco dei Gavi" arch they rebuilt/moved and used to be part of the castle wall/fortification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680535809-J2GV9KAJ9VE806YTGQSU/20250721_091138.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Of course lots of graffiti by dipshits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680644388-O0ZQ4N8SI8Q4PXB6CZZO/20250721_092411.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Castelvecchio, huge fortress on the edge of the Adige river. Has a museum inside but we didn't have time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680603318-0J6C6LTZA8DCFHZGHZ8L/20250721_091509.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Castle Vecchio bridge. You can walk across it, well worth the little detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681355532-GIXQ3VACD3GIFJ7DVHH5/20250721_101536.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - "Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore" one of the only things open on a Monday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680686928-E9U9A4YQKBYLTDYUISO6/20250721_094640.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Lots of biblical decorations on the entrance walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753680736306-YDTE4PHNO4GHTZ3G4HGZ/20250721_095417.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - This thing is massive, hard to convey the feel of this place from pictures. These churches and cathedrals are so over the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681137406-86GXEMG7KD9OES5ULLSK/20250721_095547.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Centuries of different art styles adorn the walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681274996-AGU5BR29TPSFE81YIHHJ/20250721_095822.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Everything just meticulously crafted and decorated, like Jesus wanted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681219044-GHRZ68E3YVBCG4TUYDXL/20250721_100403.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - I think that's the body of Saint Zeno in there ( I didn't read anything or listen to the audioguide ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681118413-6F8HYZCSD0VQNAE8HJA3/20250721_095440.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Face for scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681335621-4FABSJ686H4MKGP9WEYQ/20250721_101012.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Now that I've been to Milan I realize this church actually looks like garbage by Italian standards. That's pretty crazy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753681315724-88H90JRN8NJ98IJUCRHY/20250721_100931.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - The two heavily decorated bronze doors this church is known for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753689077103-1Y4AT5AR30HQJAB5X8UA/20250720_191020.jpg Posts - Alta Badia Travel and Tourism - Best thing: 2GoodtoGo order at the train station. 10 euro for what would be 50+ at restaurants. Same quality. Sometimes you win. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy7 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/da8e4c1b-7ce4-4349-8f9c-f1a29b0b1c26/itinerary.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d955a88c-7669-4a4e-a733-c7fa9a50d7f1/_route.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532385045-9E98OROKKUHLHX7LWK3Z/20250714_083639.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Quite annoying welcome to the Dolomites with 3 of these construction lights on the way up the very first climb on day1.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532422788-L9CKHXNSKAN3Z3MAT53E/20250714_090123.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - This first climb is called Passo Valparolla. Already the view was amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532419188-2OCPVTDCZFEB38J5ELLO/20250714_090023.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Clouds already forming around the mountain. They predicted rain almost every day but every time it would just be much later or at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532496931-F90DF5AY84HJT9NK7TCS/20250714_090552.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Starting to see tons of cyclists already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532485283-M5H7TZX8TQTSRIJ1E4AJ/20250714_092304.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Most of the passes have ranches in the upper portions. Starting to think elevation makes really good cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532564302-N7Y5D10KUI4XUGWUI7HL/20250714_093120.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top of Valparolla. I mean. This is just World Class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532575655-LI67LJ9XDJ2N1OHBBN3E/20250714_093123.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Every climb in the Dolomites has a restaurant or "Refuggio" on top ready to fleece tourists with overpriced food and kitchy souvenirs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532619978-08S7OAFKZC2JD675T702/20250714_093257.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Going up Fedaia. It's a less scenic climb/pass than most of the others but that isn't saying much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532619539-NR41I8TH1EVMM6S0W8TQ/20250714_103152.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Lots of wood carvings and sculptures of random stuff in all the towns scattered through the climbs. What is going on here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532651557-JFDPGVLI28D68QOBLDH8/20250714_110409.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Look at the last switchbacks at the top of Fedaia. They are fun to climb but awful to descend because you will get stuck behind slow-moving cars and trucks, always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532688805-Y4Z0QUIXHXFGW1LX5KQL/20250714_112336.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top has a huge alpine lake and snowcapped mountains. Did not stay long because the weather was starting to look grim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532653251-VSPQ5B9ZU9MO57JLW9TN/20250714_111918.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The damn on the lake. Very thankful all week to never get stuck in a storm at the peak of any pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532675595-RRXGXN8FEK6J1NQFUF9P/20250714_131456.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - One last cloudy valley before making it to the Hotel to watch the evening rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fef63494-a64a-43b3-8cbf-0b4b5846e20c/_route.PNG Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532841723-EN64LDWQYBVKSED1CKCM/20250715_092855.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Started the ride with Dar and Karsten, this German guy who Dar met in France on a bike trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532882433-C8EKNFIGUZ0CKETPQFS7/20250715_093058.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Dar just invited him as well and he was one of the few people who accepted to come! Traveling with people is actually not that easy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532916316-TTENGG1K22WPN2YLVI88/20250715_093559.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Lake on top of Valparolla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532937834-MX0ZOTAZB5K434A00Y3Q/20250715_101621.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Then we descended to Cortina D'Ampezzo which seems to be the tourist hub of the Dolomite. Absolutely stunning city located in a massive valley. No pictures haha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532937982-67AR5AWC79VFLBZNKVMP/20250715_102612.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - What it looks like near/around Cortina. Just insane honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532974809-3ZBKVS3T2CEGXQVJFLVR/20250715_103418.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - A lake so clear I could see every fish swimming in it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532964709-XVTKQTH4REL028W9DYHL/20250715_105441.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - From Cortina you climb back up towards the iconic Tres Cime area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753532997404-BCSGD7B2BXQB8TQBX9HX/20250715_110613.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The views are literally never bad any road you happen to take. It's like this everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533018324-E36ERNEP336VHF34VB5P/20250715_111128.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Some random spanish guy tagging along as we get to the tourist shop atop the climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533039869-6H835PJKMCIWZYPWW8UK/20250715_114603.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - There's this huge lake near where the Tres Cime climb starts. It's gorgeous. There's a cable car, lots of trailheads and of course zero parking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533078655-9B73G9FEQAVVDYJFBD40/20250715_112549.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The theme of the Dolomites is Bavarian crap. Beer mugs, goofy hats, clocks, strudel... Milk them tourists. Milk them good and hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533140771-27V6NFN6LGXPF5MMJQBQ/20250715_121508.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The climb up to the Tres Cime trailhead is super brutal and about 500m elevation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533189562-TYMGKWV7DXUZNDE68U9D/20250715_122645.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - View from the very top parking lot. No words really https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533323349-VTN47VT8VB4QJ717UEBR/20250715_123753.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533231377-JH6HI2BIK2B3HHO7S9OP/20250715_122745.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533291710-NGA3HYVYIAJ272V7MRPA/20250715_123618.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Apparently there's a Dinosaur museum of some sort in a nearby city. Lots of fossils in these mountains as we'll learn later on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533343348-WZT0W5WG6V1T0ZY4WJBW/20250715_124048.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Tourist took this terrible pic of us with a wide angle setting. For some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/127f8d38-43a3-44af-930b-4affa25f0df9/_route.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533737341-PD671FCLUL75A1ISK9YF/20250716_085443.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Bavarian town on the way out of Badia. Well "Ladin" is what the people here are called in "South Tyrol" region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533719058-CR58GCC8G5R5SWB89PPA/20250716_090044.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - That describes the Dolomites well. Imagine renting a car for thousands of dollars and just taking a bus everywhere anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753533973523-ELC7Z255DU53SGK6S8DY/20250716_093849.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Final destination. The road ends in the middle of the mountains and from here you can start a bunch of hikes or dirt bike trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534090191-KM15SXP8QEB8ZTPQDZMI/20250716_094031.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The mountains but made better by my face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534262695-3C3EZIO0VW5O4M6670H3/20250716_104129.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Dark clouds gathering. We made the right call. Whole region is charming with all the grassy hills and alpine architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c74bacc9-3506-4429-bc65-1ee902891bca/_route.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534184321-GMD908V5QLAUNPHVN7WZ/20250717_091944.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top of Passo Erbe which I had to get over just to descend to the actual start of the other climb. If you come here you're going to climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534259327-Y82FMXOUE09D94KR222A/20250717_100925.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - More at the top of Erbe. It's a bit out of the way from the other passes but still amazing and also crowded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534265486-14F0O4FZ0O6WRTYG4QUX/20250717_113347.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Many of the passes in the Dolomites have more or less sketchy tunnels. Bring a back light on every ride basically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534291028-8X7XOZ0D3SBUCE9LIIUE/20250717_121557.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Climbing up Suisi and waving at the lazy people in the cable car. You guys suck. Boooooo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534345479-ZTUNKVUWNV0XLYIZY1H3/20250717_123919.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Peak of the climb, about 1200m of gain. It's a super vast grassy plateau with little shacks scattered all over https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753534359562-57S0J4QUBNSGDP9QQ3AV/20250717_125251.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Majestic horses on one of the ranches up there. Who lives here? What is this mystical place? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753546631360-1QS00HM2P6E90F4LYFFC/20250717_125954.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The official climb ends at this ski resort but you can keep going a few kms on a 20% one-way garbage pedestrian path to the REAL top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753546614813-615DMZY3G45374PYQO34/20250717_131244.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The Giro D'Italia used this climb in 2009 apparently! But not the "all the way" dumb segment, just ending at the ski station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753546806775-22I5KTK3ZZ7WG0IG4CCU/20250717_131302.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - This whole climb is just epic, do it if you think you have the fitness, it's a hard ride even for the Dolomites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753546808487-PDXP7X4PLQWP73LHMNR4/20250717_152312.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top of Gardina Pass, the last one I had to do that day to get back to the hotel... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753547139683-E0Q1WXSOI3NJGCXVFTKS/20250717_153654.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Gardina might be the most beautiful one. It's part of the popular Sella Ronda loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753547269509-ZFSJPJY49AB4DM4JDHM1/20250717_153911.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Stunning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753547340324-XLR5AMJAPN9TCQLOGRGH/20250717_160050.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - They put this sculpture in a little town called Corvana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d7d5fefa-2118-4279-b32a-ce3aab4cd9df/_route.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548034781-I9LGLC4NJB4B9HOLH6GZ/20250718_095844.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top of Gardina again. There's cows everywhere here btw. Between the towns is very wild and rugged and then you cross these kitchy tourist oasis every so often https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753547981876-CBBJXEG6DR8UCA1AKKT0/20250718_100047.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - I mean it's all postcard worthy when the skies are clear. Crazy place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548031988-OYYT2RU1FCV9CGY5W857/20250718_101213.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Have to go through this huge valley to pass from Sella Ronda to the bottom of Giau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548071326-OUDCMMEZAJGU9QU4NRD2/20250718_111440.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Stopped at the least tourist trap looking cafe and the most Italian grandpa of all time looked at me the entire time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548077291-XYPNZUVO7A5FPPRNCQJ4/20250718_114101.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - More of the valley. The whole place is stupidly amazing, I'm glad I did other parts of Italy just to make sure the Dolomites were actually a special place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548108381-OXRINVRDPXR97VDW4T9Z/20250718_131951.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Top of Giau. Not pictured: the 2+km of cars parked on the side of the road all the way to the Refugio at the peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548123498-1U3685PQPOEXG7U2LPE5/20250718_133000.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Stopped for maybe a pee and water but it was too packed and also get bent with your 2 euro toilet lol. I'll shit myself first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548163330-CWZG51DGY6E3HR4818WH/20250718_133520.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - More from the peak of passo Giau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548158163-3SXS7VD5CY459XG87G4I/20250718_143007.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Just some cool rocks at the bottom of Valparolla pass, last one I had to climb back up. I was so dehydrated. Damn you 2 euro toilet BS place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cb30dddf-6586-495c-a226-5245d4b93869/erbe.png Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548259138-88ZQJF9IPL3PUM337T2L/20250719_120310.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Town of Brixen, where you start the harder side of Passo Erbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548251434-E9TR2VWDD8U17NLJKYWR/20250719_123610.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Starting the ascent of Erbe with Brixen in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548293191-OMOZDXK6481GWKYIKM08/20250719_130706.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Nearing the peak of Erbe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548324884-RMVQQ6BZWQ5SK0CGH5OO/20250719_133256.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Was feeling good so I put 15 minutes into Dar like the ass that I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548300484-P07NRC1UHU20XZJU0FO2/20250719_131551.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548399700-SG1ZXAHKOQX73JW8CXF5/20250719_133434.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The worst picture in the universe ( according to Dar ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548452743-1EF6YJN49MHGTLB6VXWF/20250719_140535.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - The best pictures in the universe ( according to me ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1753548447597-H038YOSKL6PV8VB1PAUR/20250719_144222.jpg Posts - Cycling in the Dolomites - Saw this little guy on the way back down to Badia https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy6 monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/adc96fa7-66c8-4407-85f7-47472886506f/trento.png Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665522807-YO10D1DDMK2X39DJBU3Z/20250705_143015.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Had a huge and modern Airbnb 2 bedrooms with A/C. Loved that place and so cheap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665587294-JKYUP9MHY89OK94DBC4P/20250710_163238.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Piazza Del Duomo. All these cities are organized the same, they all have a huge open plazza in the center of town near the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665594363-PQUB9CD9LAHVR0KPWZZB/20250710_163954.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - "Fontana del Nettuno" in the main plazza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665594828-VRSC1VBO4S8CX6MN3IOA/20250710_164040.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Tridentine Diocesan Museum next to the Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665541756-327L8NONT0HSPIJ5TONH/20250705_184336.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Trento has a few trendy shopping streets ( tourist traps ). Check out this meat store. it's so red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665550506-AQ8GDRGLW5QCA9LO5ZOI/20250706_100734.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - There was a cat cafe. I'd never been to one so I thought I would have a coffee there. 5 euro minimum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665559438-XUUCBJFOEVUFQYRUH7E5/20250706_121223.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Ok it was sort of lame and not really worth going but I appreciate the idea of rescuing cats and taking care of them there... They were chill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665554268-TSQ50PQZW9X3E5OVT419/20250706_101500.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The cemetery is on the way to the science museum and worth a quick look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665570021-UGL1QQBX35SA0IQVHOTO/20250706_125228.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Portoni di Santa Croce. "The doors marked the entrance to the avenue that led to the Palazzo delle Albere, built specifically to host the Council of Trent." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665583816-KJUZ31NWMUKIFHVICOY8/20250710_084715.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Mausoleum of Cesare Battisti, a striking structure located outside of town on a 100m hill. It also has a WW1 museum attached. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665611839-YMVEENOCJ3HJKLDI9VRI/20250710_181844.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - "Mura di Piazza Fiera". Just one remaining wall of an old medieval fortress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665610718-TOY1F7YQ6IBQ6CX99F2X/20250710_164220.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Very typical downtown core of narrow streets and old buildings with lots of shopping and food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665708155-VROLZJOSZ6ZH3U0BDYST/20250706_102205.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Really just sticks out so you understand why they had to build it outside the historic city core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665709769-QT7WKEE5S83JRH4S5SG7/20250706_102917.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - You can climb to the roof of the MUSE and see the Palazzo delle Albere right next to it. This one is an art museum ( did not go ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665727137-172SS9S1XNO6TYYDTPPF/20250706_103648.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The MUSE is laid out around a huge wide open space where all sorts of animals are hanging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665718372-HI2IFL3NCR43IRITL46C/20250706_103543.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Section explaining the adaptations of alpine animals. Interesting! Snakes turn black to retain more heat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665726751-ZEFK73MCS1DLRAKV105J/20250706_103942.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Some actual snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665737359-XAQ5SS17YOZ1BTLYV19W/20250706_104834.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - They have essentially every animal you can find in alpine environments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665734981-FS81I8UOTHJR940CDX27/20250706_105138.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665741086-DY0QFELNFO0O0RIY0WAQ/20250706_105229.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665749695-G293WTSYRI934Y6TKJLC/20250706_111301.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - At the bottom the center piece is a grey whale skeleton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665753852-0UVZRZ4TQUU2DEBVK4N5/20250706_111834.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Helps to put into perspective how big it is and it's also just an interesting layout for a museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665759824-XKV4E8NI6ENI845XNGZZ/20250706_113207.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The bottom floor is all about prehistory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665761686-N1OYGIERE9221BNOSU7R/20250706_113226.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Looking back up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665774999-KJ5KXMFH1GWJF22J04IR/20250706_113456.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - History of humans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665771099-9OP5D3QK31A7ODCXCPLJ/20250706_113438.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Never seen that before, I'll admit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665778912-0YF96CD523VQK0Y0J84M/20250706_113820.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - They also have every weird animal like pangolins, echidnas, aardvark and platypuses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752665796728-4QZ49HEOTUR96YFE0HT6/20250706_114613.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Small botanical / tropical garden section as well with some birds flying around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666009358-5GGHUO4NJ3GLJ4PGW444/20250705_155503.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - It's hard to take good pictures of the castle since it's right in the city center and quite huge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666029171-851VMJGJ65C9FEQEOHOR/20250705_160620.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - There's an exhibit about the history of Trento from the paleolithic to the construction of the castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666012423-W466GHW70Y3Z4V24M3UN/20250705_160450.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Starting to get a good idea of Italian chronology from visiting all these museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666039094-7TZF3QZ6J0711NNXVYKK/20250705_161424.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - They have a nice collection of Bronze/Copper age tools and artifacts here as well. Things 4000-5000 years old https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666044162-E4YVUFXZL4PZMYA2KJFG/20250705_161913.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - These are quite common, they are called "Fibula". Basically the pin they'd use to keep their clothes on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666039028-RI838D8ZPCW8YW4937JQ/20250705_161616.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The craftsmanship of them is so detailed considering these are thousands of years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666049173-47LM5KED503PL10DSC4O/20250705_162006.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - A coin hoard. Sometimes soldiers stashed these away then died and farmers/construction workers rediscover the hoard thousands of years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666055873-YU3SPW471QGCPEJJ3J8E/20250705_162456.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Something I didn't know before coming is that Romans made quite a lot of things with glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666057956-1U6DNWGN07KH31IT0PF6/20250705_162900.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Then you get the Christian period where all the artwork becomes centered around Jesus and Saints and it's very repetitive to an almost oppressive degree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666074207-9PWWU0XZPK97903G9246/20250705_163141.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Still sometimes you get good paintings depicting other things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666076742-B8WMQX0Q9MPFQAJGU5YF/20250705_164039.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The original ( I think ) floors just polished over hundreds of years of footsteps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666084405-AJAP70VDHAFLT0XF3IUK/20250705_164118.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Inner courtyard with garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666099291-ZZ5DSFMM3XIUEKQ1XERJ/20250705_164226.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Lot of the original decorations are still to be seen on the roof. Even in a smaller castle they are impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666098349-P3X8IASIFBGILMTU6UUP/20250705_164338.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The famous painting of the council of Trent ( not the original ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666119298-0KNRFFTJD5AI8PVCP736/20250705_165359.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Temporary exhibition of Giacomo Francesco Cipper depicting Italian life in the 18th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666119750-GU6F4XXXWYU5QGVS83OE/20250705_165609.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Just interesting works featuring the lives of everyday folk and what they did as passtimes or jobs. The 17th -19th century is the best period for art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666108135-RH44PYTRNQDKKQCDCXJA/20250705_165113.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Various self-portraits he did at varying times of his life. If you saw the kinds of mirrors they had you'd be impressed too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666110008-249HSOXLXEU0UVKAW9M3/20250705_165138.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - There's like 10 of these. It's strange that it took until around the late 16th century for painting to be used as photography instead of always religious representations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666140326-M5613NJ0EFF1WB88KNPM/20250705_172848.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - You can pay a little extra ( 2euro) to visit the Torre Aquila where the 14th century Duke had this huge fresco painted depicting life around the castle over all 12 months of the year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666148801-1JL9TOBDWM8NEOYOML1A/20250705_173325.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - It depicts one of the very rare depictions of a snowfight. Mainly it's 12 months of the nobles prancing around/hunting/having fun with peasants doing work in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666209545-GSMMY7EJSYZDZ3GL4874/20250710_170112.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The entrance. Museum was pretty deserted. In Italy everyone flocks to the same things so midsized cities that have really decent things are virtually empty of tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666209071-04GY64FQT9KLZEAT51XE/20250710_170029.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - A fun thing I've seen at no other museum: VR presentation about the history of the settlement and the various buildings as they might have looked during the Roman era. All museums should have this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666216748-YTZWAJWOH6C417LBGSGN/20250710_170328.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Large section on roman cooking/dining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666221079-5VDN9KQIRDW4J5IQVU87/20250710_170509.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - You can walk along sections of the old city walls, see the old streets and even the sewer system. In the middle ages people just destroyed or buried Roman constructions to settle their own towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666231218-4GFKGEBYGT2AKMVJV9J9/20250710_170906.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Remains of a huge fresco that people dug a big well in the middle of during the Middle Ages. They did not care about conserving things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666247767-F9UMUT09NM53C6LA01R6/20250710_170910.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - What the original fresco might have looked like. How do you even know? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666258828-1QHTAPIQ6U1T88EX76DG/20250710_171044.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Despite doing everything by hand people in Antiquity achieved really impressive constructions and products that modern technology can only add some extra polish onto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666259490-9J1IZHTDFJEE4HZUR8P8/20250710_171255.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - The old street, worn by centuries of people walking into town. There's a separate part with grooves dug by cart wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666285315-BS4YAPIECUO4PJ3RG6OF/20250710_173224.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - Second location 10 minutes away. This place is just one Villa but it's huge. I think this served as a spa where people went to take hot baths and relax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752666289782-Y9JCVNRS7YRL9QW5IWTY/20250710_173241.jpg Posts - Trento Tourism and Travel - This is cool: The floor was set on top of these columns so that hot air could be circulated under to have a heated floor in the room with the baths. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy5 monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ad6c63a8-a479-483a-96c9-81d0f42757fd/itinerary.PNG Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3ac5e48b-ec47-41a7-9fa0-971f961cddf4/_route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752393302670-CJD119EPDA7V30E0GAXY/20250706_054057.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Just a peek of Trento on the way out of the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752393305829-FXG9PILAB39J3GFH9H4Y/20250706_061145.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Sort of sunrise over lake Caldonazzo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7ac6d258-115a-45a6-909c-6cd5c2cb192c/route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662978873-N71SXTE1476ODYZLB1CH/20250707_090956.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Mausoleum Ceasar Battisti overlooking Trento, at the base of Monte Bondone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662979423-EH24RUM08SLH9NFGFS07/20250707_090959.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - This is the view for the entire river valley for hundreds of kms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662992599-VHWTN1WJKHSSTNWFVHV9/20250707_094356.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Was starting to see tons and tons of other cyclists on all the roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662987166-2KSXS0O7IPZTCPENFP1D/20250707_100609.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Few houses dug into the mountainside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662998768-W50E55DHPPUQZPUOHE8Z/20250707_104559.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There's a good 20+ castles all part of a tourism circuit and vaguely related to the Castle in Trento https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752662999750-35ZOK0YCKR9ODOE1OBPG/20250707_105652.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Look down into the valley from Mezzolombardo, 1000m up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663005620-ITRHHNEX1BOU6MQ0N9EQ/20250707_110820.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Molveno is an alpine town swarming with tourists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663009080-WMMLFAUXRSLLK2802GLW/20250707_112109.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - The descent around the lake is awesome. We're starting to see deep aqua blue alpine lakes up here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663015283-PPL93EAYN6EBED4VES2A/20250707_122509.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Wall lizards are everywhere in Italy. If you stay still long enough they might come out and let you photograph them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663020150-290TPWHHJKNW9VCJ0FD5/20250707_124222.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Beautiful castle along some lakes going back into Trento https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663023641-4RX21GTKP0Z6MYDH27MM/20250707_134639.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - The entire city of Trento, mix of old and new architecture. Look at all the red roofs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c90e6d63-cf57-4518-a0c7-8ffde2671583/route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663115463-CGP4HQZFA9XZ0A14Q4FX/20250708_094440.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - All over northern Italy you will find medieval fortresses on random hills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663127606-TVMVGLFIEF100DKFMPYS/20250708_110526.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Valley on the way to the pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663138217-0THKSZMJIMBU9RZVKKVE/20250708_120108.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Huge climb that makes its way up isolated ranches and farms on the mountainside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663143897-P2DSMC7351R48ATFOOGL/20250708_122921.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There is of course a "riffugio" at the top so people can grab a bite. Almost every pass and mountain has one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663150082-4RCC0O4SGA3WUIWW1BEA/20250708_125759.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - The other thing you'll find isolated on hilltops are churches and monasteries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663158219-7LZHMZWJWQO9SRVV2ONJ/20250708_135453.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Slowly descending along the river back to Trento. So many terrace farms in this region! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a0076ae2-b035-49ce-ac5b-7a3b1903a916/route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663506891-QTD64HQJU6IZHIOAP6FM/20250709_101117.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There's endless KMs of vineyards and orchards between towns in the Trento river valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663523720-88LQBQVXVGXBEU25BY25/20250709_125322.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Lake Garda has a deep green hue in the south and turns blue in the deeper parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663505693-FCDNCD2YFVUU45E92E7B/20250709_112408.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Massive crowds in line to see some castle. There's people absolutely everywhere in the towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663513562-E8CNJ3GSXIKHCWXCEEHQ/20250709_121932.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There's even a few amusement parks along the lake. The least Italian place I've seen the whole trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663514111-1AQM51H2Y9A4MQNUXU1O/20250709_125026.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Lots of marinas and boats you can take tours with and even ferry systems that take you from one side to the other ( if you wanted to dodge the northern tunnels ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663521897-QBTLXB2D1YIQOM3WW2HU/20250709_125247.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Just amazing and a nice change of pace from farmlands and mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663529944-00XZ3TIFAK2H7KOTPDMO/20250709_135206.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Hey. A castle. Damn. Don't see that every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663534326-R1UEKOCESQ6QIHDLWHNS/20250709_135713.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Came across this ceramic store. I guess they make/sell huge sculptures for commercial use https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663539481-CG7SICOK6WECT0Z3R53M/20250709_135759.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Or to just put in your living room, if that's your thing. These are 6 feet tall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663547765-YAA2AMK5T7RJM53FRQ08/20250709_142410.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Just soaking in the nature on this hot and long day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663552442-TBEF23EH2TB3RQVR7DK2/20250709_145413.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Tons of towns along the lake, all of them seemed like absolute tourist traps to me. They will milk you dry around this lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663559429-L5ZBY1VA0ZL7ZKWSQITK/20250709_150712.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - In the northern part now, you can tell from the deep blue hue of the deeper middle part https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663560852-RQQKGVBBMXXDQPZXSAS0/20250709_152040.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - You can see the steep cliff on the side of this tunnel. There would be no other way to make a road around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663590824-ZBUL8YKT25DC65J8TSFE/20250709_153423.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Italian roads have no shoulder and lots of drivers love to stop to the right and block cyclists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663572814-3JJSLPIY1C2ZOBUDAUQA/20250709_155229.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Scenic town of Riva del Garda at the very northern tip. Swarmed with tourists. There's several such towns all around the lake, they are quite beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663585382-OMB6P704UNB8XBWEJJQC/20250709_155306.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Taking in the views one last time before climbing back up to Trento. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a186c38a-3ec4-4427-816b-5b0f940547a6/_route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663912628-7WKMMAW912EPD47O3XZY/20250710_101428.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - From the top you can start to see the bald peaks of the Dolomites in the distance. Just 100km away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663916255-SEC6ALP7V905VXEK74HD/20250710_103014.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - He was so happy. I think he's addicted to cycling now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663925564-NTJJ6M9MIEAWV4WHITE8/20250710_103037.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Essentially the Dolomites proper in the background, with its flat bald peaks and clouds constantly hovering around each mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663931980-8LFMYTA0K6ONQM70XIBH/20250710_110836.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Hilltop castle on the backside of the mountain. They are just so cool and scenic. All we have in Canada are cell towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752663934022-GQKUYY2LDHSZTRPP57VY/20250710_123206.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Just about as full a view of Trento as you can get while descending back into town. It's actually quite large and has basically no tall buildings. Very strange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5188e6e8-487b-4c41-856a-ba69fa059bc4/_route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664074504-F9W1RFPSLW1IJGIG38J7/20250711_085716.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - To make this ride distance a little more reasonable I decided to take a train to save 20km. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664073622-5H0YN4X9RWWZU8GV2FW8/20250711_090555.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Some regional trains have vertical bike hangers like this and some you just put your bike in some large empty area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664080608-U80AEG4EWQHMXZP889O6/20250711_094316.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Arrival at the tiny station of San Michel. Already really scenic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664082747-0GAARMRU80BV4NUHX1IS/20250711_100648.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There is a long stretch of bike path from Trento to Bolzano that is almost tolerable and almost engineered by someone with a brain cell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664087988-JXMV2FNIWSZBTKI9SONA/20250711_110703.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Almost in Bolzano now. I realize I took no pictures of that city. Well it looks like Trento, but more German. There. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664097604-0XRKCIROYMCV9K0G1MT2/20250711_124759.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Up Passo Mendola. Actually really amazing views of Bolzano from this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664101355-BKUCGOPFV0J9E1X8HN1Y/20250711_125820.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Again a little town at the top where you can refuel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664103154-ALZARQX9Y1KZL7UP9PSI/20250711_133212.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - More agriculture in the river valley going back south to Trento. Just feel so safe and protected in between the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664107407-HJS662C3SJF34KSXWW8O/20250711_140116.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Finally learned that red circle = Not allowed. Just put a diagonal line. You do it for "no smoking" signs. Stop being weird. Also is that an e-bike? Does that mean I'm allowed? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9130f000-4277-4f2a-ad92-3865c234ec6b/_route.png Posts - Cycling around Trento - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664284372-HKFIIZP0HBSQXY89LUHL/20250712_085134.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Finally stopped to see what they grew in all these orchards. Turns out: Apples. Apparently this region is famous for its apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664283651-PPJ7LMMALTB7Z3NUQT7K/20250712_095501.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Arriving at the bike cafe in the town up the climb from Riva Del Garda. Great view already! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664296188-87WLDXO75ZQAT3J38D31/20250712_101648.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - About 400m on the climb now, best view of the lake you'll see! ( probably ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664296295-FLXFYU6YA2MSCXOUO3UC/20250712_110152.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - It just kept getting better and better as trees would randomly part to let me get a glimpse of the lake bellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664310748-TYRVWYPY1R15XFCU102I/20250712_114434.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - But then after climbing 1300m with lots of 20% walls at the end you end up at... a parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664307948-5VNMR11LRPMOJC5J87LK/20250712_114758.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - There's people living up here too. This is a narrow 1.5 lane road that averages 10%. And you live here. Why. Why do people do this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664314056-UVU7LSK86J59XYG8E2X5/20250712_115947.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - I see so many butterflies on all these rides btw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664316924-W8Y6M33NNBN6N81Z7Q4B/20250712_115959.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - This is one of the rare times I stopped to try and get pictures. I need to stop and enjoy nature more instead of just suffering and eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752664319113-3FCFYHVQUMISBNWA2UT2/20250712_121020.jpg Posts - Cycling around Trento - Last awesome view on the way down. You can even see the little tunnel holes along the lake. Now back to Trento! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy4 monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391116882-NWJ1PUA49SUAYHMI611H/20250629_110830%280%29.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - First experience with the train to get from Mestre to Bassano. It's a learning curve for sure. The Italian train system is chaos compared to the buses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391117735-851KQCHI0GLHARZXEMXU/20250629_111242.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - There was nobody working there so I just put my bike bag wherever and no one ever said anything. Weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391139140-6SQRCOKM3VFH2RP0OAGR/20250629_172802.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Ponte Vecchio connecting two side of the city. It's got real character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391139316-Z5BLPOKF1M407K1EO01U/20250629_172127.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - My Airbnb was right through the town gates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391019938-9FLPXJBV43ZJ6UVK14UR/20250701_061351.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Home sweet home for a week. Really big and nice airbnb but... no air conditioning. 35c+ most of the day since it was the 3rd floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391127584-4YT3Q6Y9N13DF5HMATNA/20250629_145726.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - That's how it is with these old european buildings. If they didn't modernize them get ready for some ghettoness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391127724-AA46943Z4SKKRLW9J4WC/20250629_135719.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - The main plaza with its iconic clock tower. They were having some kind of luxury car show that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391028388-S8XWM2EJK48LXVNXP44K/20250701_153708.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Basso bike shop in town. It's a meeting point for cyclists and they have a 7:30pm wednesday ride and free spaghetti after https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391025376-BIKUMWIWUCBHB9VX7SFD/20250701_153527.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Pretty standard shop though. But what's wrong with Italians? You eat from 8 to 11pm? Then sleep 4 hours or something? Awful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391030455-4GTU27TZGUR136OTCSN6/20250703_190521.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Few shots of the city itself. It's very typical, has the cobblestone streets and lots of shops and cafes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391033675-EZM1KXWYJ34QNP2QYW95/20250703_190600.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391035695-2PL5QIAYN3NXPP1DD7FO/20250703_190820.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391037710-P7X16DF2F5B2YJVLCK2T/20250703_191025.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - It's very quiet all day in Bassano, people only came out at night and made a racket until 1am. Nobody works in Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752391145650-9ED490078X9YNNRX8XC6/20250629_181749.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Huge cathedral right outside the city gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392298535-MSP7OLLAOIJ7635AVTC2/20250630_152526.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - The museum is conveniently located right next to the Ponte Vecchio in the heart of all the touristic stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392330709-4UAUK1FJVS24YORTS3HH/20250630_155847.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - One of the founders of this distillery. Probably. They've been in the Grappa game for over a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392295001-OEAHUREMHUZ2QIJV968F/20250630_152554.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - There's a few rooms featuring old stills and various distilling equipment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392309935-D87OWAHWJGW0CS37RU3E/20250630_152933.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Some medieval distiller reproduction ( still can't touch it ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392301370-M12CBKKAW4AFWW0AUKM2/20250630_152710.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Apparently Arabs were ahead in the distilling game before they received the gift of Islam (lol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392320587-L13DJOLTKLZR3OBOQ3UA/20250630_154459.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Huge collection of antique Grappa samplers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392321656-WLL7Z7GYSJH9DJUVX7IW/20250630_154633.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Many of the bottles still had liquid but I guess eventually it'll all be evaporated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392323967-8RMIMBQA2UDC9ZF1ZDC9/20250630_155133.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Really unique thing here. You can smell every Grappa they make to get an idea of whether or not you want to buy some https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392329642-VIP0ZGICQ48ANJBQAY1B/20250630_155152.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - This one was the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392592342-8IDO518O982HEVTXJFMP/20250629_124339.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Here they have a really stunning collection of greek/roman pottery in great condition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392595048-BH6ZN5F4RRAEKNBDT14F/20250629_124141.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Dozens and dozens of very well preserved pieces. I love these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392597037-GGYB4GF20U138EOULPIU/20250629_124720.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Some interesting drinking cups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392601052-6S8ELRB7FFB6STNWOGCP/20250629_125125.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Believe these are oil lamps. The collection spans a few centuries and styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392599643-E0Z9LNRVHBB1GANO7ZJY/20250629_124953.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Non-PC ancient pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392604904-TKRF95GTNGROC9W7K94P/20250629_130800.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Really interesting how thick these coins were. Who wants to carry this around? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392606946-GKGZ5KRA1KSR4Z8SOZYF/20250629_131751.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - A lot of this museum is dedicated to the history of Bassano itself and the architecture of the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392610558-PGVR5VV9X8CHCVRR4SOT/20250629_132107.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Also a section showcasing the region's periods with artifacts going all the way to the Neolithic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392615870-AP5HF830W443XY9LAXKZ/20250629_132436.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - There's a decent art collection as well, with very interesting 19th century depictions of Bassano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392621365-6C7YBNGEPP9M1OZW09MI/20250629_132640.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - As well as Venice. Photographs before photographs and a nice break from the malformed babies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392615590-J8RKGU7BI2U4S5BHGVS3/20250629_132326.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - They really got good at painting in the 19th century. That was the peak, only place to go then was down (20th century modern art slop ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392639713-SH5O36Z64GK1VI9BLZAC/20250629_134115.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Looks like they put all their money into the frame and could only commission a 5x7 painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392627115-DEEVRX7KM9CKPL7G6UQC/20250629_132808.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Nice collection of engravings. This was a thing around Bassano as we'll learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392627024-CXYMM5SU9AJCKBGNMHFA/20250629_133533.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Lot of great busts, all modern works and copies though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392633194-ECHIEMEDLFS2Q955IJ8P/20250629_133612.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Not a bad deal for the entry fee. Lots of stuff to see, spend maybe 90 mins to 2 hours there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392630927-UHXBQTT35CZDPRWCESHM/20250629_133716.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Their art collection spans a few centuries and is very nice. Crazy what you find in even relatively small cities in Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392638348-BRS0YD2QNOHVY211L9Z0/20250629_133940.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Of course you'll get your fill of infant Jesuses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392641271-DQXXG6E9752OPJYVHTZZ/20250629_134211.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Religious artifacts of all kinds. Imagine living in a straw hut and the priest's cup has more hours of work put into it and is worth more than your entire farm. Brutal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392649778-UYSK5005SGCV00G958UK/20250629_134814.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Some interesting pre-rennaissance frescos featuring a more Byzantine inspired style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392769051-EP5SIH1M0ROJMSMG6E9H/20250629_140604.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Kong Rhino in all its reflective majesty. A robot rhinoceros, the least Italian thing of all time, completely breaking the immersion of being in DA OLDA COUNTARY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392841471-IXCDFMB3XMPAX3HQ9MHE/20250629_143944.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - The museum itself. Anyway, build me some more rhinos please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392784900-RBOV5MWPICTR8AFJQ33D/20250629_141219.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Here you will find hundreds of printing/typography related items and artifacts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392785706-PTB7LU88ENQTKEIQWP3C/20250629_141326.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - From the rennaissance and into the industrial era as well as all the products they made in the region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392797036-9NZY701ORWKD2EWD1NON/20250629_141608.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - They have several printing presses you can check out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392791700-0Y6BHS70WXY3L0SVXC2N/20250629_141544.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Engravings were pretty cool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392809625-POABHZAWHWI14X8877UD/20250629_142210.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - A plate used for engraving. Slater it in black ink and press it onto paper and you get... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392810339-1RNDG6NURUX6GNXPYHF8/20250629_142214.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - This. It's actually pretty impressive that they hand-carved these plates with such precision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392818008-YS5N64EPABTLU3PC6K73/20250629_142701.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - The details are minuscule. Sometimes you really have to appreciate the skill that goes into making some things we find kind of mundane today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392819932-B6GV1QSPNEM1808AQGYM/20250629_142924.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - There's sections with all sorts of vaguely print-related commercial products like these 3D lightboxes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392825883-LQG6F3HX0K8U5WD3B0QB/20250629_142956.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - And whatever these are. Wait I'm the one who should know, I was at the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392834641-GCGKU3UHFM0ZTBVJHNR4/20250629_143627.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - The basement has modern art ceramics. Like most modern art, they are terrible and could have been made by blind children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752392840981-Y3XQG12ECH50JCAKVN60/20250629_143712.jpg Posts - Bassano Del Grappa Tourism - Not the best museum but the Kong Rhino redeems it. 20-30 minute visit and go grab something to eat. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy3 monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7becc856-772c-4ed5-ab5f-815ce4f80659/itinerary.PNG Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/da9c007b-ea27-4767-9585-977128b5088b/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341815593-2HMW12ZMW7BQ4BD64IGU/20250630_071413.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - This part of Italy has all kinds of pistachio things. Loving it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341816114-L2IJYICIYUZFM0T629KP/20250630_074706.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - This part of Italy still has the iconic church + tower combos in literally every town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341828404-Y904AJQOGRI0T13Y3O3K/20250630_090639.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Halfway up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341842505-4VLEBX88PXQ03YE9PS06/20250630_095222.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - After the very steep first half you get a little break around this breathtaking cliff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341838252-Y53J4RWBAYB2UZ7U0XST/20250630_094514.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Some tunnels. These will become a staple of every ride from now on... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341843193-VK8ANEJGMSJ9DCEH8ZNS/20250630_095237.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - My face in front of the cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341850047-R9K678NFBXVKU0WQBFWQ/20250630_101702.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - The top of Grappa is a lush green pasture. These will also become very common on rides in northern Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752503262135-CDSMSISIKNF8P8RWGA0Q/20250630_101425.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - There's a restaurant at the top with all sorts of tourist stuff and good food. No view today as the fog had surrounded the peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341856898-2ULQVYHQ7QNWJLEO9UJE/20250630_104030.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Helped this guy with his bike on my way down. He owned a Gelato shop back in town and gave me a free ice cream brioche. What a win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341870464-JDCELAUCT5Y4WZGK1J98/20250630_113419.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Descending back to the valley was fun but the heat wave hit me right in the face. Still 35+ at sea level this week... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341872834-AEZ52RP6U6NUG474912G/20250630_120534.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - 40km of headwind on side roads next to the river coming back to Bassano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752341875743-9TPZE9OX1TA9UAB804S1/20250630_124739.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Active quarry in the valley. This road is epic with huge mountains on both sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fb06aae5-0fb9-4f38-a37e-e04806a5735f/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342476813-SOEUSQGYN6IURMJA2ZE3/20250701_085139.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Much nicer weather this time! I actually saw the guys mow the grass on these hills. That's dedication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342484946-B9EA08RTRK8XRL4CGWUE/20250701_092532.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - There's a war memorial at the peak but bikes aren't allowed : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342488782-E6UVZG61Q7YIZJKCQNN3/20250701_092646.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Really awesome view from the peak, 1800m up from the city. Some days you can apparently see the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342490740-CY3VZMBT5FCED2O92I68/20250701_092700.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Yes hi, hi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342504001-Y5CNSU4P80L42VOT2A44/20250701_094306.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Going back down there's a little glacial valley with some ruins and hiking trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342508726-8DX55B2US5GV4B4EVNM2/20250701_094607.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Saw this huge flock of sheep / donkeys being brought to the lake for a drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342513302-A9N56V7TN90U6DZFATFZ/20250701_094848.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - All these alpine plateaus seem to have livestock grazing and making that expensive eurocheese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342520093-UO24L9O6DPJHXVSWWGY3/20250701_095650.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Snowed overnight apparently. Crazy considering the heat wave at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342521455-Z3QTDBKMH9JTFIC9FI83/20250701_100328.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Going back down to Bassano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d9347063-8a65-4867-9960-a3b0eb7246f0/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342721801-7OTV0QCCYHB2DZWZPVZN/20250702_073146.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - The church n' clock combo in Rosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342721837-N2ATQQZ07YCTOP9MN3CX/20250702_082113.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - First stop was the town of Citadella. Still has its castle walls + moat combo with an entire town inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342728403-97TDILHNFO1AX67QIG1I/20250702_082248.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - It's fun to explore inside the castle. There's 4 gates to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342731862-92KQAXCOGMEARBQ737FD/20250702_084952%280%29.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Most of the riding in the flat south is just industrial zone along the highway. Not great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342728294-V6UYLAIV9OPM7QCLW2S9/20250702_082856.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Downtown Vicenza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342735449-VY6SA1FWOSKEWTN8QEEB/20250702_092155.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Has a big plazza like all the typical old Italian towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342737263-DBKJ8JMKLONWUFPXO989/20250702_092207.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - It's a nice mid-sized town to visit. Get your tourism fill of Italy while skipping crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342748353-HKR9UAUR4EFDYEOAKYBK/20250702_105834.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Spotted this cool castle on a hill while heading back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342750781-3VLREWJCGJPATLOTK2H5/20250702_110349.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - There's a huge wall around the city and then an upper castle on top of a 150m climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342752836-7EQJWP5O4R1Z6O4SICZM/20250702_112108.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Very nice view to end the day in the oven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7b06d4ca-7e58-46bc-b405-48571c862d98/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342856944-HC6G6RIWNR91OX8PPBND/20250703_071754.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Lot more actual cyclists riding around Bassano than Mestre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342856480-FRC8OR969JMQ3EY2C6R5/20250703_083021.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - One last look from the peak of Grappa. I saw them mow the grass, I thought it was just cows doing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342858866-564FENP70FKLYTNWM3CA/20250703_083949.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342865012-W5QSQWEIVKUERCPKTGXN/20250703_100617.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - View down the valley from the backside of Grappa. Lot of trees but you can sometimes get glimpses of the epicness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342865486-Q3LZ7159B42EU3PDNGIQ/20250703_100957.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342868633-8ZN7O1S0VY07C1ET6JGF/20250703_113207.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - You start to see huge exposed cliffs here. These become higher and balder and eventually turn into the Dolomites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342873414-OBNXLR87ZN23XP3Z42M2/20250703_115956.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - The plateau has several charming little towns set on each high point of the ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342878165-QJNIA7JVQ50LEHW5ZGJB/20250703_123835.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342881233-VCXQ2ZEDF8N5LE76WBY3/20250703_131350.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Church in downtown Asiago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342882173-FVNTQRG36EAOBIH3QK4X/20250703_131449.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - The architecture gets progressively more Bavarian / German as you go up north or go up in altitude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752342885944-7P435A3FA2V7HTZJNST0/20250703_132028.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Yah I got some sandwich with the cheese. It was ALRIGHT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3281a260-bf04-41d8-86d1-5f4b1a63c946/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389962366-B961TX2PM9CVQ8VEZKOC/20250704_084841.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - One last goodbye to my sweet Marostica castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389968078-1O70BRDA4WH24WC7LGEH/20250704_094649.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - At some point I stopped taking pictures of these. They are starting to blend in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389972131-DUSIOHXDU4ZULP6WV31Q/20250704_102013.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Really awesome view of the valley from Costo pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389977685-H4JS43TNMM4D86G5ICCZ/20250704_102402.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - When you're climbing to the plateau or on it you'll see literally dozens of this sign trying to sell you the cheese and ham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389976996-BE5JX54L9ZWK3E7WHLIB/20250704_104522.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - The plateau is so peaceful and scenic. Lot of pastures and the weather is 10c cooler than the furnace at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389984943-S6HRPMJINN84LO5KJ7OE/20250704_114428.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Few really nice bridges connect the different cities on the plateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1752389988563-WIUDT050YIL1O69E2NS9/20250704_115916.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Bassano Del Grappa - Goodbye Bassano, it was fun! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy2 monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c0e51bee-2782-4fa3-a53a-f57080bdd07a/_map.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469021029-Q9NQO4G9AG1YSVDATF55/20250627_083239.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The city itself is very claustrophobic and mysterious, with endless narrow alleys and shops that look right from a video game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469026649-FSWJC6Y3XF0ARY0BXUMS/20250627_083805.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - You stumble constantly upon smaller canals with a myriad of stone bridges. Everything is connected yet all feels like a maze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469046420-RUUVEGEAMOW5AXO51Z9A/20250627_084936.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - When you get to the grand canal it's almost stunning how wide open things become. Very sharp contrast with the city itself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469033236-WVUPWYUOZCX663WU259G/20250627_084808.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Tourists on the Ponte Rialto, the first bridge built across the grand canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469046448-EJN3A7JD5FAAABIO7IUK/20250627_084946.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - It's so interesting to sit and watch all the daily hustle and bustle on the grand canal as everything is done with boats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469051921-LMRSST8U447RUTKC6EOR/20250627_085901.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - St Mark's Basilica in St Mark's square. It's a gigantic wide open plaza, feels like one of the only places people could gather in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469050750-QKZ1S4IZ4K78PLCYCOK0/20250627_085918.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The Correr Museum building bookends the plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469056958-7CXA9M2WQ5O9K4LES6C8/20250627_085921.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The "Campanile" clock tower. Every town has a church and clock and of course Venice has the tallest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469058864-JZHL495JG9VDYA8V9U6G/20250627_090057.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The Basilica is insanely opulent ( like Jesus was! ) and there was a line all around it waiting to get inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469061898-30WNDBQHLY0OZ0F9A9QE/20250627_091347.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The plaza is flanked with swanky shops of all kinds. The entire city seemed to just be gift shops and restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469069296-6FSF3NUGWY6FK30WI5A0/20250627_133823.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - "Chichetti" is a thing you "must try". It's just bruschetta but you put... anything else on your slice of baguette... okay... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751469075138-0G1L40J53CA7WJXTPU3Y/20250627_141102.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Last goodbye of the Grand Canal. Venice is notably cooler than the mainland so not a bad place to escape the heat wave. Still bring a water bottle to refill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471642666-8OXY2882YJ03J1JJ41HX/20250627_092946.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Fancy stairs that took years to complete. Taxpayer dollars at work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471661042-4SBY5GVXFRNSJGVI59KM/20250627_093438.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Typical room in the palace. Each one had its own function where different government officials worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471668960-BAJ81WJ33586QS68X65J/20250627_093832.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Basically what a rapper would build as a house. Many paintings are self-aggrandizing portraits of the various council members throughout the years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471688784-04PMBTR0U34N5IG2WH6I/20250627_095213.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Part of the palace was turned into an armory museum with hundreds of weapons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471699903-JLNKJ9X30I7SV31EJO3K/20250627_095438.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Very beautiful collection all from the Venetian renaissance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471717098-TMJEZ3R69NCZ4NB5FKQG/20250627_095711.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Tons of guns all intricately decorated and superbly crafted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471712678-2ME6MHHNNSJ51H2X1RFW/20250627_095556.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - It's surprising the level of engineering they already were capable of in the 16th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471736507-S3UNH5ZPH32W0HOXGF1C/20250627_095940.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Some of the weapons are surprising and seemed more decorative or experimental https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471773416-EJ0GORUUJF16IK90MFK9/20250627_101233.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Huge chamber were votes were held. Immense with every square inch covered. You have to see it in person https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471764656-8J7GPQ821RF9UEJMM80N/20250627_101112.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Endless paintings depicting Venice historical events, leaders and landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471786870-9V6HWHZD4MW2HGH3P92I/20250627_102159.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - An actual Hyeronymus Bosch painting! Such a stark contrast between his artwork and the thousands of Jesus paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471801827-JA5ZOLZDSSL35MCZB970/20250627_103142.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The last part of the tour is in the dungeon which... is not as opulent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471805392-TMOQKI4J2J5C4FHDV7PU/20250627_103200.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Pretty awful. The toilet was a bucket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471794449-3WG4Y32D4KYO1MNEXB6Q/20250627_102752.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - You pass by a few windows, last views of the city the prisoners got before being put in their cage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751471807366-TSWLLZOPNUPOZREG4XCO/20250627_103822.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Had to take the same picture the other 10000 tourists took that day. It's what you do. It's the meaning of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472442455-5PD4V86R26S49PB91HLT/20250627_131226.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Entrance hall. Really beautiful. To think there's probably hundreds of palaces and houses like this in Itay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472442085-FQAUXI7KSC5HNJJJF3RG/20250627_131314.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Gorgeous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472393091-L97ZOKZ591ZYW40TSHNH/20250627_124422.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - One of my favorite parts of the museum: The 15th century messed up baby Jesus paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472400133-CPU3E8U39KW0QNSZHRWZ/20250627_124428.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They are all pretty atrocious. In fact most religious art from the 15th to 17th century is low quality and uninspired. It's who had the money I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472402119-9C5R4UXD8TPER8PJRR36/20250627_124651.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's hundreds of this and literally zero of these artists have ever seen an actual baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472406302-5QF15O75MRBK785PHTCG/20250627_124942.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Out of nowhere, a Bruegel painting! The large "slice of medieval life" paintings are by far the most interesting in the museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472411810-SKOZQDFTKDLO27DKWKAV/20250627_125658.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Section on ceramics which is a big industry around Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472414579-SHMAF54XGK289R4J2A51/20250627_125925.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Short library section as well with tons of 18th century books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472415790-5MPE4SM9IVEJSK2OB9GF/20250627_130322.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A diploma. University used to be cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472419064-35C8MF11DOA1SLDQAH5S/20250627_130426.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's dozens of luxurious hand crafted items of all kinds for people who had more money than they knew what to do with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472434452-RR7RGCUHUUU7QDXB0RWT/20250627_131136.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Example of a room in the villa/palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472426674-0IB6S0F6GK5FZP4BRL1G/20250627_130935.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - I've seen several of these ornate custom-made cabinets that have all sorts of mechanism and hidden compartments. They're awesome works of art and engineering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472426936-DHFUZQ79FOEUM92ZD4Q6/20250627_131042.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - It's almost too much. Almost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472435473-MN86AGGZQFM3SHFVI8H4/20250627_131120.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - One thing that struck me is how well preserved and detailed the wallpapers were. How did they make these? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472446076-H7OG33J9AQF6OWIAFCK1/20250627_131442.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Casual trilobite fossil in some of the stair's marble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472949537-XFY9VLO2XG0G3FJGF1HF/20250627_115915.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Entrance hall lavishly decorated like all the rest, with just a few cases talking about paper-making https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472949380-GKGK79GCYMDA0IZMKYMQ/20250627_120211.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Mainly how they made the inside covers for 17th century printed books. Oddly specific but beautiful craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472957111-OH595V5JTJIQWTCUI6I4/20250627_120356.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's around 10 of these giant 16th century globes scattered around the 3 museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472969000-VAY9LPPDKRLDYVWU48KH/20250627_120451.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They don't have Vancouver Island. Or a west coast. California was still depicted as an Island! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472969630-1N04T2E0GGRQ9XFZHLUW/20250627_121152.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's a whole room just for this map based on Marco Polo's stories. It has all sorts of annotations about every city/land they thought existed at the time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751472971869-MIGOLGUVVWYQSIZL7N5T/20250627_121634.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's accounts from as far as New Zealand and South Africa with... possibly made up places and names. Look it up, very interesting artifact! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693017758-WP2A2X16UUEBY9E0GIH5/20250627_110332.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Oh my https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693022101-7RJLUS13IQQFDHDR6T0E/20250627_110450.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Once more every inch of every room is decorated but the statues are well showcased and have room to breathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693025762-RXRU8DPHGUTKGAJB9YPG/20250627_110526.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Those romans were up to no good https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693029977-MBVFL05QIAYGL287QB4M/20250627_110533.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - This is definitely not okay. This sculpture is going straight to jail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693030929-UV6E57VJZSZIUIX48HEF/20250627_110741.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Most of these were Roman copies of greek works, or even just copies of renaissance copies of Roman copies... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693037120-KLG0RQDJ2EONZMSJ8HDJ/20250627_110840.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - But they are my favourite things about these museums, they really nailed sculpture down millenia before painting, which is just odd to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693037106-8ZPBKGUQAHZ740E3VLZN/20250627_110938.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A miniature clay sculpture used to sketch out the main marble work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693092837-EYKFCN6O3KY4YSC54HAR/20250627_114425.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Tons of busts of nobles, politicians and high ranking servicemen. All so perfectly rendered. Again think of those awful baby Jesuses painted 2000 years later! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693296824-W7IUWR76TIUHVFQF1SSL/20250627_115611.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Isn't this amazing? Perfect proportions and the person's flaws and characteristics were presented faithfully but beautifully in marble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693081843-LERN0R4MVM7S305CU750/20250627_113553.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Also interesting is many of these are only roman-era heads later stuck on renaissance-era busts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693286338-RJVYYGJE5PKSP4I5WKXP/20250627_114508.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Lots and lots of sculptures of Gods as well, still they are depicted often as just mundane individuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693289872-GRZMG5W37ASVLH3O2KIK/20250627_115346.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Of course unfortunate how many of these were broken/damaged throughout the ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693294859-8Y6GG91WKI3GMY5YP6BJ/20250627_115352.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Given the hundreds of thousands they probably crafted, it's really a shame so little of it exists to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693045087-DP4K5WHTK0LBZ12786LR/20250627_111337.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - This museum has a few big globes as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693051826-8RJN0V7I2HIISYEQTD6V/20250627_111520.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - As well as a small library section full of 18th century books ( I think ). I looked some up on Ebay. Surprisingly affordable! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693059380-8AW0PT4XNNZ7RXSBXHHE/20250627_111618.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's a nice section of artworks depicting Venice as it was in the 16th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693061230-4YLO6GT19KE3A79HPFI9/20250627_111951.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Very large and extensive coin collection dating back to the Greeks and spanning all the way to the doges of Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693287693-4TLP4RPO14DQCVFFMXUW/20250627_115023.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - One thing that's interesting is how small and thin the gold coins always were. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693074649-VPEAH0DE2XD4EPJ7DXHR/20250627_112051.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - While many other types of coins ( like bronze ) were 1/4 inch thick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693069346-1X2NMVK4BHUAZSXT4BOU/20250627_112629.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Sections of beautiful books owned by certain nobles and church officials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693075167-38GLRUJSVZ2L8IW8HTUY/20250627_112938.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Map of Venice from the 16th century, faithfully depicting every building in birds-eye-view. Remember there were no planes or drones back then. Quite a feat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693087302-W83J3J0LRI222P7IWT66/20250627_113837.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Love these ancient potteries. They have such a unique use of white, black and red color schemes. Maybe that's the only colors that didn't fade? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693304329-90LRU0MK7TBY5VONKN5U/20250627_122214.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Egyptian sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693311254-76EMPF4G0DP3E1FKKQCH/20250627_122400.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They have 2 mummies on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693313037-K9YEZMZ8BHEVS7ZA0416/20250627_122443.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Something I never noticed or saw: Paintings on the sarcophagus. Very well preserved coloring for something over 3000 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693317508-XEYVYTUHLO20VEJNFU17/20250627_122637.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Ceramic plate section with typical color schemes of the region. I've seen a ton of these now, they all looks weirdly the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693318522-8UTCLBE04AZGMOFK1XVS/20250627_122806.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The museums have tons of interesting and more mundane artifacts. Can you guess what these are? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693321948-QN9XSC972066P4VVKNJO/20250627_122826.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They're for your quill ink! Isn't it interesting how creative and humorous they sometimes got with designs? You never suspect these people have any sense of humor from most of their art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693969425-UQDU0LOMVG9BDIZPH42H/20250627_141829.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Room looking almost barren compared to the other places! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693968127-DL5V8UAU27JNBF7XVA5M/20250627_141850.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - You can regale yourself in gilded baby Jesuses depictions of all shapes and sizes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693979507-6I5AYICNSX8PQPAVS8BU/20250627_142022.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Sometimes you'll see one of these extremely ornate crosses in the museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693980163-IBUN66YP1HH2WQH6E1WN/20250627_142049.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - These are much more impressive than the Jesuses. Baby Jesuses really seemed like the "just pay a Mexican guy 20$ to fill this hole on the wall" of 16th century art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693985326-ZJWQ4EHP8GVBSJRIR2TS/20250627_142356.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The Gallery houses much larger and more impressive works. However it's interesting to see how large the brush strokes are and how little detail there is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693986019-JP8Y0V1AIT6R4I3G4B9H/20250627_142840.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Also lots of odd-shaped paintings rescued from churches and cathedrals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693991515-W9GV81U9JD4N759NOB9M/20250627_143324.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The main draw are all the Tintoretto paintings. You can see how much more detail an mastery was getting into the works in the 17th century and onward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751693997342-OGDS55P667OB93F5FTRH/20250627_144443.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - 4 panel Bosh painting! Again awesome to come across one of these in Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694002616-N9SRF4F5F8IAMRKTIIXQ/20250627_144645.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - This proves I was near greatness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694001615-AAMPM69ZKM4DROYL9POM/20250627_144457.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A second one! These are smaller than you'd imagine yet still packed with awesome details and goofiness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694008013-PUNPL877G552NY6PV7HB/20250627_150039.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The big attraction of this museum is DaVinci's "Vitruvian Man" original drawing. I can confirm that he knew how to draw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694009154-PV1Q4ZKRO38742UROC12/20250627_150918.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Also a few Durhers! His work really stands out compared to the rest of the gallery. Guy was good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694012029-CLINDFBTZ44FOBX50FVK/20250627_151213.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A few manuscripts. Shame you can only see 2 pages of these at once. Those books are so interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694013853-2U62TUEDHIPRZE4A4NHI/20250627_151442.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Mechanical limbs for soldiers who lost arms/legs in combat and sued the king for compensation. Tons of articulations, you'd never guess this existed until centuries later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694015482-E90MYKYPBQ67PEZWTVNW/20250627_152106.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They have a few sculptures scattered about as well. Huge lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694018806-9OAW6ZWFHPTGP7WER2J5/20250627_152703.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Sometimes the frame/framing is more interesting and impressive than the paintings themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751694020202-GGGG5JDZMZ88MOCVG9G3/20250627_153521.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - 90% of what's showcased as art is just Jesus stuff. Really put a damper on human creativity for centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695716760-589IMH0XEXG8QMN4X54E/20250627_162741.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Opening of the museum has a few skeletons, mainly one of a giant prehistoric crocodile that's as long as a bus. Not pictured: That crocodile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695718468-WRFFPJPTDV92DZL0ZTTE/20250627_163221.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Something you don't see often: Bugs preserved in amber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695724590-85S8J87HLCFUATGU1MXB/20250627_163440.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They have a pretty large section of very beautiful and detailed fossils in rocks. Some of the best I've seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695730803-DJ73EBWCIV7NDUF2I19T/20250627_164136.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Crocodile mummies alongside and actual mummy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695731166-QKERGP8D8MJT399XUHRI/20250627_164222.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's a big section on African artifacts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695737526-BT4EG34SUFDOZ7GDEWNH/20250627_164255.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Including a huge room of trophies from the early 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695740308-TQWHBEZ40A5Y93UIVNQ8/20250627_164342.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A very illegal room by today's standards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695742488-0H46ZLMRIC4XM19QDTP5/20250627_164359.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - The man really went out of his way to shoot everything he could find https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695747339-BBRVLXEBACQ0DK086QAR/20250627_164429.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - A gorilla! Just touching this would land you in jail now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695748280-Q7XPV2UUYH9YBV1H6KBV/20250627_164537.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Look at him, he's so pleased with himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695752642-ESO3FEWOOSXCN0E6W9UD/20250627_164735.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's a huge collection of taxidermied animals from all of Europe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695764603-NUAJGD2GRA6P1UF52U6K/20250627_165133.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - They have just about one of everything you could find near Italy and beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695757897-7EPTTEOEW5XFCU52P03Y/20250627_164914.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Even fake animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695757571-ISXXSTK9GX5NAJ8LT6AC/20250627_164833.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Many organized in beautiful displays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695775039-DJXIL7G1V0DCFPGGZKTK/20250627_165518.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - I really mean it, they have every bird, mammal, amphibian, fish, reptile... Lot of these are getting old though https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695776061-WM72YA6HBJKYXW2YU247/20250627_165705.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - There's an anatomy / medical display section I'm sparring you most of the details of as well. Very interesting but gross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695783525-J23H4ORV6G5KHEVZR3S9/20250627_170310.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - Underwater section with actual and plastic animals of all kinds. Pretty relaxing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751695792043-OF475BA5RQH3FDJB9CIJ/20250627_171054.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Day Trip to Venice - 20 meter long Fin Whale skeleton at the exit. Whale skeletons are always so amazing so see and pictures can't ever do them justice. Their size is incomprehensible. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/italy1 monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c32944f4-2efe-4e92-a372-625fbacddd7f/zoom.PNG Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1808fdca-875a-4681-a0ba-8d9f1e0d7f4a/part1map.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f0e7cdaa-bf23-466f-aa34-3f5c9142948a/20250629_111242.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457060738-240Q1IRGWJ17COCXF2VD/20250623_161808.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Calgary airport has these little Dr. Evil's Lair golf carts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457061792-P2DOSK2YE04JHFHNITUU/20250624_202228.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Flying from Paris to Venice, over the Alps. Preview of things to come https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457063146-LMMEUH4Y9ECX20SJ0GJ0/20250624_204511.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Venice! Got there at 8:30pm then it was a simple and smooth bus ride to Mestre train station. Don't stay in Venice btw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457065956-C2111AUEJ5MF65E8IIBO/20250624_223145.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - It was annoying to find the Airbnb at 10pm. Again Googlemaps gave bad directions and the lady just came out to meet me, thankfully. People don't know where they live... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457070349-SXRE3LSHL9WT8TQ4Q0B7/20250624_224842.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Home for the next 4 days. Air conditioning was awesome to have let me tell you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457077539-H2YRXBEDX7YVCUZCM2SL/20250625_081250.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Was all set with my micro coffees provided for freeeeeee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751457077316-TTH55Y6TEL34QES1SKT1/20250628_154554.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - 5 minute walk from Supermarket and 15mins from bus/train station. Perfecto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a6b6c157-8df1-4b7f-a671-bcd92a1b011d/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c058fbc3-2c16-4a79-a09b-0763008eda98/weather.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0e240b99-84ab-4eae-a81e-c1f35328352f/weather2.PNG Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453642876-340UIP27ORY30PRCJ8F1/20250625_124437.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - First castle encounter in Noale: Torre Delle Campane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453659724-CJEVTCQXJH1FBVXWKSR0/20250625_134856.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Villa Contarini Camerini. Located on 40 acres of park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453655168-LTVR0H66UA3KW5P3KQ80/20250625_134821.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Plazza in front of the villa. There's no way you could ever visit all the villas you come across https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453669028-QT3PGJPHRWXVB3P934CD/20250625_143817%280%29.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Approaching the one little hill I put on this ride. No views from in there, climb ended at a military gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453674984-P5LPF3DD4S1T8BWUSM2Q/20250625_144924.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Lots and lots of this view today. Flat agricultural lands and industrial zones in 38c heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453676291-C43BDIZWEQVA06U27NGA/20250625_170210.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Villa Giovannelli Colonna, outside Padua. Regret not stopping in Padua to visit better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751453677440-P73C286YZS2NB6SXTP0R/20250625_171745.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Villa Pisani, 20km west of Mestre. Every other town has one you can visit, it's crazy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751456544976-38K1BGIC37P6XGMXIADL/20250625_123352.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751456541402-AVAUCJ874ME6PLXT47KI/20250625_130400.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751456548147-TILGYE7BUR5R1IRZ5GKA/20250625_140115.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/719b668a-a4d6-4057-8575-b71ab6e92ef6/_route.png Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out This is a pretty sweet ride you can do if you are based in Mestre ( though I don’t recommend you cycle from there honestly ).For 25 euro you can get a 24h transit pass that includes all the ferries that connect the chain of islands around Venice. Gets you to do boat rides in Venice too, the holy grail of Venice activities, and it won’t cost you 100 euros like the scam gondolas! Woohoo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458122307-M58OHO7DJY2BRTVKUAZL/20250626_094022.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Villa Forscari, just out of town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458120702-MC8CX0X5GTXGKXR7RL03/20250626_104846.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Rushed to Chioggia, averaging 37kph to make the ferry only to come upon this random market clogging the street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458133336-YWMTAONAN4YCMK4XAVZ6/20250626_111721.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Luckily there's a ferry every 30 minutes on this entire route! No water fountain in Chioggia btw, only tourist traps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458135227-WS13RRZLH4DH29T2WW0W/20250626_112424.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Leaving the mainland behind, enjoying that cool sea breeze. Great trip to do on a lazy hot summer day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458142718-K6MZJV7SOVIAZGQ4LHM4/20250626_114705.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - First bit is from the town of Pellestrina, Only 10km before the next ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458147879-Q2NZMEAM1FP6TWCCWBCS/20250626_121453.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - There's a cafe at the ferry, I tried this "Aperol Spritz" I keep seeing everywhere. Pretty good, like flat Orange Crush. Free water in the bathroom! 2-3 bottles/hour in this heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458152635-XK01SXV95PTFWOQL6B12/20250626_123324.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Ferry absolutely packed with mostly e-bikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458169484-TNE24JEJSZWSEDJM9TNA/20250626_125945.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - 10km stretch again before the next ferry, this time on Lido https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458174854-U39714B3P8ZZWOWR85RG/20250626_125955.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - This tiny colorful island is part of a lot of people's day trips from Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458187890-EVOYCH6JVTIA1AIGM0Y9/20250626_131451.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - "Tempio Votivo della Pace" near the ferry terminal. One of the more distinct landmarks you see from Venice itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458189567-V7EY9DEV3S3G5KRZMD0W/20250626_132013.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - From this terminal there are tons of routes that take you all around the Venitian lagoon. Very well served network unlike Canadian ferries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458190115-SURY9ABNLW6QVA1DBT6M/20250626_133209.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - City of Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458203303-YHZCNL4HELQELQDTGU5K/20250626_141502.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Fun is now over, back to the brutal heat of the mainland for the last 60km back to Mestre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458201123-X1KW3O5GGOY7VS70Y2U8/20250626_140422.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - "Look at this cool junk I have" is a trend that is worldwide. Love it. More please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458207182-3OQP3LS3Y6POZBA9889I/20250626_141718.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Every town here has their church and bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458212806-Z8PP6LD3SJ707IJI9J95/20250626_144117.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - There's probably thousands of this building in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458211948-V85D1GRUJH0AA930T52Y/20250626_144956.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - This part of Italy just reminds me of Quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458222747-7V1HTA07Y96AUY0287YN/20250626_145009.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Endless flat, hot farmland with half demolished old buildings. Everything in Italy seems old and run down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751458230078-PFHDSI8CXN3UDA8Y719H/20250626_183233.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Back home with the inevitable week1 sunburns. Inevitable I say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/074a0965-b4e2-4aa7-860a-ef574eec8224/_route.PNG Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459594862-WO3CP0LJYDUTM2L7Q5S9/20250628_080726.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Heading north through the farmlands once again. This is 90% of the view between towns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459594849-HASTG522AWCH62XWT7NE/20250628_082046.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Another collection of impressive church+clock combos on the way to Treviso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459599654-N2OQ9DVKJKNU0SXDGHUV/20250628_083201.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459599396-QILEYZJGTJSGH4THKOHV/20250628_085142.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459608652-2CMQIOPILQMA16C5D2K9/20250628_090547.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Treviso is my first castle city! Huge castle surrounded by a moat and with a town inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459625003-G0G9EK74ZGFN8WPW3BU9/20250628_091022.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Treviso is a beautiful city, I wish I had the chance to visit it more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459612775-EWDKR4D8A3118N9FR75G/20250628_090858.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - There's many of these fountains all over Italy, dispending free and clean drinking water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459624116-VHL3TVP3HHEQXZGKVEPM/20250628_090910.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - They're a life saver but not that easy to find despite being sometimes marked on Strava. Worth making a note of what KM might have a fountain... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459636420-HJN2VCR6AZH68PXMZRQ2/20250628_094837.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Inside Treviso. Very typical northern Italian city you will see dozens of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459639694-YUFK2FSN865M5X5W2V50/20250628_103034.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Further up north the alps are starting to appear! The views are getting nicer and nicer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459641471-4TYD5F07UE4EV0VZXTQK/20250628_110519.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Santa Maria de la Vittoria, 350m up on this huge bean-shaped hill north of Montebelluna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459646704-IF17KBSPTOI0BYGULI5A/20250628_112050.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Get spammed by more churches and villas. Too many to count. I stopped taking pictures of them all eventually https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459648844-ZPRROTSJINKFBUUN4952/20250628_115038.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459651179-V6K2I86WJDOWJ9BQQIMA/20250628_115238.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459655081-8TBLOIC6LPUDFV0CQ9UI/20250628_120355.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459655899-BTPWW4M4XJOQ48E510FU/20250628_121645.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459660960-D4ZO1Z6C2RKMNS9326QJ/20250628_121856.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459661575-IYPS9VSU4R7Z8053XBRQ/20250628_122155.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459669169-Q0TA88JF64KHXFWPS9F2/20250628_122819.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Last swing by CastleFranco Veneto, a super cool old fortress city about 30km from Mestre. Worth a visit for sure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751459667932-OXEJRZ68CD0V93J4KCBH/20250628_124253.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Came upon a random wedding ceremony towards the end of my ride. Their cake probably melted though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751463157963-U5GU1FZM6DXFUYRLTNO2/20250629_110830%280%29.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Used the regional train to get from Mestre to Bassano. 80 minute, about 9 euro. I laugh at your car rentals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751463158747-UYFEUC4PCDXCGCBEKJA4/20250629_111242.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Train was mostly empty and there was no officials around. Almost missed it because the door was just closing with no one to tell me where to put the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751466102778-OU0JNIBTEL3NLN29EDBJ/20250629_172127.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - My airbnb is through this castle gate, right in the historic downtown, 15 mins walk from the train station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751463163114-3XV5DPN0K85TTNDHZ7SZ/20250629_145726.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Airbnb. Bad news: No Air conditioning. Italy is sort of a second world country. I would never live in this apartment but it's normal for Italians to endure this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751463164043-GN594UALPA309N94BLHA/20250629_145741.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Anyway, pretty decent. Started taking cold showers. On purpose! Very refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1751463166103-KEP5LSZ5UG2WPAQMCEMX/20250630_160503.jpg Posts - Italy 2025 - Travel and Cycling near Venice - Bassano Del Grappa from its iconic Ponte Vecchio. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishcanada1 monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9447f365-24c7-4080-b520-ac089be8f87e/islandmappart1.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b1fa9b0b-b8f3-45b4-81f2-739301eef88a/01_saltspring.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272885959-DXJEJVCEI389BFTFUL78/tripleshot2025_1.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Annual TripleShot 3 ferries ride that passes through Salt Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272873884-QSIC5IZQ1CQPLHBV2PO4/20240915_105305.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Little windmill thing that greets you at the FulFord Harbour terminal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272878919-KG4C05C8LFWV128LMNBO/20240915_144634.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Leaving the Island with view of Mt Tuam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272874998-779SKQUN3FW51AZBUNNP/20240915_113737.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - If you turn left from the harbour you can bike 500m up Skywater road to enjoy the best view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272875544-M818Q7QZSRLE0H645OL7/20240915_113753.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The pavement ends at 500m on Mt.Tuam but there is a gravel road to the peak of Mt Bruce ( 700m) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272878455-4WPJUUIK0B4N40ELDELP/20240915_131459.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - One of the many quiet inlets people pay the big bux for https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272884771-06ACWJ1EANKXEB1ZJ7VB/tripleshot2025_2.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The town of Ganges in the middle of the Island has plenty of cafes and shops to keep you fueled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748272890836-2Q1GA6VURGX16VJKB6D0/tripleshot2025_3.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Low tide in Ganges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2df962e1-4263-40c4-a7e4-83d391ef7283/02_pender.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out People are a bit intimidated to bike on here because it’s nothing but sharp up and down pitches and narrow roads in forested residential areas. It’s a slog if you don’t have the gearing. There’s not a whole lot else to do here but there is a small town in the center with some shops and cafes. This is big for an island to have because you often have to sit and wait for a ferry for up to 2 hours. Might as well eat a nanaimo bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7b54734d-35d6-4015-8c9f-13050d3bd7d1/20240627_134012.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273767782-MHARJFNBUSZMS0XRCQ1S/20240627_103220.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The top of the line ferry. You're lucky when you get those, they have a restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273770821-2ZLFQH9R5TK9XE2BUS71/20240627_115401.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Inlet with private dock. This is why you buy a house on any of these islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273771760-ZCL35ZHA40ODUI5BRUI0/20240627_115940.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Most of these islands have deer but rarely bears. I don't know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273776374-0VLSCCEWJ73PZ7APP65Z/20240627_121458.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Plenty of out-and-back roads with a climb on this island if you want to visit extra spots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273776220-V3NUUZNEYSSFNFJLO38U/20240627_122650.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - If I had a cottage, I'd have the sweetest house number. This guy's doing life right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273780564-RZ6O6IR1O1CJ70T2JP98/20240627_130920.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - "Downtown" Pender. Gas station, cafes, shops, community center. It's enough to make it a good ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273782628-SIY77SEYBP4JQN99EJ5L/20240627_133914.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Pender is large enough that it has a farm /ranch in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273785667-OU8DS1JOGTJOF3RCRABW/20240627_135935.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Port Browning pub, mid-island, where locals congregate to watch the game. Lots of bikes there too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748273788812-DOGTUXOEYOEQ6OMSMDYT/20240627_152024.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Hey this is a pretty good picture of a bald eagle okay, these guys are scared of humans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dbfd5659-ab7b-4db4-8d96-e6b415996f5f/03_saturna.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274681346-F95Q3Z7ESH6DGFVG7VOC/20240924_085640.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Have to start early in the morning because it's a long time between ferries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274685604-F0BDBOC4IKQXDU4R4OKE/20240924_111447.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Awesome view of the other islands from the terminal on Saturna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274692456-34700TN0IBT97K6OYMA5/20240924_111934.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The first bit of road you can do is a STEEP descent down to the vineyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274691928-EDFRR8U9V1ER9PA83XEP/20240924_112736.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Yep Saturna has a winery that offers tastings and a Bistro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274696830-XVDH1L9A0L4SPJUOYNZO/20240924_115702.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Peak of Mt Warburton (400m). Very steep climb on loose gravel. You can also hike up it from the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274701872-PMWA1MUWDJSM0FSG59ZF/20240924_120114.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The unexpected thing of the island: The feral goats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274710877-4JFE6XZR3N05YJBO8Y9I/20240924_120249.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - They all congregate on the steep slope here and mow the grass, giving the mountain a golf course look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274697183-S3EAAF8OQXNXB7X4Y0QO/20240924_115852.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Hail the goat king https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274702033-OW2IWNE51JP2APILMYUP/20240924_115926.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Not as high up as Salt Spring but in my opinion the best view out of all Canadian islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274706604-RDKHXXWOD7A6JLC02H1W/20240924_120233.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Because of the goats this is a completely unique landscape across all Gulf/Salish sea islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274705833-SGG7Y5GIX79DGD8QU8G1/20240924_120146.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Cargo ship just floating on the fog layer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748274711605-QP2M57WJMGKF99MX74CY/20240924_125617.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - As it is closer to the mainland, Saturna's east side also has the best view of Mt Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04aee4ce-dbd5-4d0d-90c8-7890bf8e8f8f/20240924_142929.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out The other interesting feature are these rock formations at the East Point of the island, which is also a prime location for whale-watching! This island really has it all, unfortunately you do need a gravel bike to get up/down the mountain unless you’re feeling extra adventurous. Definitely the most underrated island and it makes my top5 overall with the main downsides being that there’s not much for bike stops other than the Winery and the ferry service means you have to commit a full day to just this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f2ce09b8-8bf4-4523-bfd4-791310878e94/04_galiano.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275707501-0VB3FXX9VCTX58X1OW0D/20240704_162019.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Kind of your standard Gulf Island viewpoint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275701692-VVNNGMEUF4ZSYD7YXC2C/20240704_130417.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The island seen from the arriving ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275712074-0O5260KT6VLWFOWGQZ3I/20240704_170518.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Many of these islands have installed Purple Martin nests at the ferry terminal. Wonder why https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275721199-RXFYAEJ1JT3K4GRLLK04/20240704_185958.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The one cool thing about Galiano is that it's the northern-most of the gulf islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275713948-4FAP2E7HAB2QOOKNG7B3/20240704_182300.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Meaning you get the best view of Mt Baker off on the mainland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748275716250-L767HKZ2WIX7L2LCF2SL/20240704_190019.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/377d1cd7-6f36-40e7-9d87-e04c8696ee66/05_mayne.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 Not the largest island but you can make it a decent day if you loop around different roads. This island has lots to see and do for being so small since it was historically a hub for travel and commerce between Vancouver and the Gulf Islands. Drop by the Japanese Memorial Garden in memory of the displaced Japanese people who were relocated elsewhere in Canada during WW2. Don’t hear about THAT stolen land very much… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ba8247a6-b8ad-4a52-8b10-2a6c94690844/20240714_110858.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276349769-1RIAL40SCDCAJP2V4Z21/20240714_111134.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Ring the bell at the Japanese Garden before you take a stroll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276354779-PI9SHJ5SZ0794LPJQYMA/20240714_111342.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - It's small and compact with everything maintained by volunteers and through donations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276359599-3LWG0B9EYJPTOE3FELG9/20240714_112042.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Look closely and you will see many of these rough-skinned newts floating around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276363177-GJE8GQU0F1AN4N1OM8BQ/20240714_112142.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Had a lot of time that day so really went hard on the insect photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276365058-3CWRA3N6V8KTWRVEBEEN/20240714_112531.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Pretty good photo if I do say so myself. What even is this though? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276370373-H108Z106GNCGIL6U1IS0/20240714_115429.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Most of these islands do have good soil hence why they were settled and not just used for logging or waterfront cottages like today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276372247-FJA1M6QQI5H5QUBVSWY7/20240714_115821.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Prepare your legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276377794-8CKBM64R8VSSOU33GB13/20240714_124706.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Rare garden snake that isn't made flat by car tires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276386810-9GT1QE2IMY9Y2R9Z7F6X/20240714_125546.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - getting rid of your trash is all about marketing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276388786-G2JCPFPJNLQFNCDYI8PT/20240714_131913.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Lighthouse Point, at the northern tip of Mayne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276395712-A70JM3ZOYX4GGHT4NQYU/20240714_132128.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Has great open views of the ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276398261-QEDWF2TA61LLLOPWD049/20240714_132320.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - There was some kind of whale presentation that day. Check out this orca skull https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276400639-G1I86Q3DZUGCS63H0QKY/20240714_133309.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The island does have a VERY small museums that's basically 1 room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276408399-LIILNVQD3EWW3B76OI3A/20240714_133655.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Very typical of these, just collections of colonial era products https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276408434-D54GLEZ0C6JHKIP5PBVB/20240714_134041.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Various coast salish people tools / crafts as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748276411679-4DAZJ6AY9IKJ85KAAWOQ/20240714_134043.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Various arrow heads, spear points and bone needles here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dc726d5f-86ee-4542-af1b-7f752e2f438e/06_thetis.png Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277341842-BSDSB99GG507A9N39GIJ/20241017_120307.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Chemainus is the "City of Murals". There's dozens of them painted around this tiny town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277347728-GGXY8H78TVVN989DICCZ/20241017_120342.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Water wheel near the Chemainus museum, close to the terminal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277855497-M0Q2RV7WM1B4BB6G2N85/20241017_144522.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - View from the terminal as you get onto Thetis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277347557-5BY1UQ5JAJPVLWQ320TV/20241017_133129.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Nothing amazing to see here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277354075-LYFKEM7ZNUF9HNKEQT6H/20241017_134445.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Seen on the climb down to the south side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748277354184-ISUHMC9MDY4FXVLBPSBY/20241017_135710.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - A view like you can get anywhere really... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c775e96a-8e81-4fbd-b912-8e4a7062d4f1/07_gabriola.png Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04cdbeea-fd32-4ddf-8023-e3a5e68b71ac/20240710_151921.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278095621-0H240CTR32GIO5E1C71H/20240710_100815.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Wild turkeys! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278092474-2AIQ8SUUB8X99B7R7Y7B/20240710_102104.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Looking back at Nanaimo ( ew ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278102206-01IAIE95IJB9UZCHU1ZN/20240710_104505.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278101389-LL2CQTJJF3R3JNRSNTNP/20240710_105511.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Again, didn't know deer could swim so far but they are on almost all the larger islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278104088-YLXFS6G82RUHXDDXO8Q3/20240710_110047.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Taylor Swift's 32nd yatch. Probably. Most likely. Definitely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278107531-08P6TPQ6XY7BH9YOE0GB/20240710_123128.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Peaceful stop at the lagoon near an arbutus tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278109539-5L92WC1YZOFJOEQ2OI3Z/20240710_143407.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The more you look at this picture the worst it gets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748278372182-XK6WY80ZK0G02LFNP9Q9/20240710_103345.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1c3a1e65-cfad-4d74-a6b2-c728f2cff901/09_newcastle.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fd19ab47-ffcd-4601-a9c0-9ad1a67c8cad/20250507_115957.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b2ee3191-a882-4f88-b19f-15f02637c698/20250507_105629.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282989247-9AEK398S4AMQVDNM0E4R/20250507_090126.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Just a tiny ferry operated exclusively by Native American dudes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282991985-2XI17L0YRL3DQ4BTPKN6/20250507_092112.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - The view around the entire island is basically this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748282997811-KSD9Z4HLUR0R5UK9SNDM/20250507_093157.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283006593-ZU15SCMF07H87JAF17RK/20250507_101258.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - There's some more precarious "secret" trails along the cliffs if you're feeling it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283014205-89NNTHY6FB3QZTPI6HPI/20250507_102720.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Cruise ships docked in Nanaimo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283022848-LBC2YDDQC9L4SIYF9VSL/20250507_120040.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - You can camp overnight and rent kayaks from the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283023517-S3EW5UXN32J40XZS1KQB/20250507_123013.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Ferry back was packed with dogs. Why is everyone obsessed with dogs here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cee2ebaa-cba4-4c0b-9dfd-f3b784b0bdc3/10_lasqueti.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283983836-UC7CB6E54186I8NF48Z4/20250505_153749.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Small privately operated ferry, the Stormchaser VII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283927759-6GBD80O3FUMY8SZXH164/20250505_103235.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Notice that greets visitors. GOOD. I like this island already https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283934481-GPUX3KWIL44UVDBAXSDQ/20250505_110504.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Wood carving on someone's house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283944926-UZFBC43KXE6OPY0RW54V/20250505_113403.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Scottie bay in the north. Interestingly textured pebble beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283938603-88PAWX5D5KVM61JZU7PG/20250505_111957.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Common merganser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283940612-0S8J1NPCKWVXVKZPNVQA/20250505_112315.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Harlequin ducks. Moderately rare duck found in the northern seas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283950390-DR2APHYJLW9LPS8KAPHB/20250505_122649.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - This island has a vast network of unmaintained gravel/mountain bike trails as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283956335-VH4J4PLSYYNOMEWF3J7C/20250505_124510.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Some of these roadside "honor system" baked good stands. Love the high trust society life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283956980-IYB9BT3LFKBYMURMWMHS/20250505_125113.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - I needed these that day. Now was the blueberry bar entirely cooked? Possibly not. Possibly not. Was it good? Yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283973841-UUXM2XPFZ1RI58K9ZAOM/20250505_125858.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - As you make your way east you start to come across the road sheep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283963515-Q8OG17EUVG01UZSTTJIL/20250505_125918.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - There's a ton of them across a few pastures, it's pretty cool to see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283972926-NV7PWOHMK8FSHI2K0P08/20250505_132152.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - All the way to the east in Squitty bay, up the dirt climb to this pretty damn off-grid looking setup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283979629-9OUEEN94TGFS2GLVPCSW/20250505_132622.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Few boats in Squitty bay. Mostly just peace and quiet on this Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748283980890-ABGHHALHNXTSVIHVLVXL/20250505_142535.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - No thanks. There's a conveniance store/cafe near the harbor so you can wait for the ferry though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ac819729-f929-4fbc-9e0a-24b4289e347a/11_denman.PNG Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f16f9f83-c42b-49c5-be6b-6c1e9dfdbdf0/20250506_134524.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285908017-C4WGZZ5V0JE2CBIZGQZU/20250506_142652.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - View of Strathcona from Denman, behind the cable ferry. It's gorgeous up here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285894898-W222MXTD8ICZFRCZXQLU/20250506_093017.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Not even going to ask https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285899932-PEWVUMP0ZS45K74GTAET/20250506_134856.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Again with the purple martins at the ferry terminal. Mosquito control? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285904243-BCE1377DVLRSNG24MX7Q/20250506_135047.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - At this latitude up island is when you start to see the serious mountains and peaks that Vancouver Island has to offer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748285907998-T9DF6H7NK4W122IETU8X/20250506_135422.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - BC has so many huge flowering bushes thanks to its mild climate. This was in May! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3b090e28-6df8-4ac6-a020-3013c63231c4/12_hornby.png Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d25bd376-1780-4752-866d-8c4eac06bbd3/20250506_103644.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Make it stand out Full view of Denman Island from the Hornby terminal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286463578-2JUTYYV03RSQ2NC3J5YD/20250506_111441.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Me having a good time on the "easy" mountain bike trail up the side of the cliff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286472791-HCNT9BKBPKXMGRXWOCXJ/20250506_114140.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Before entering this network of BS garbage halfway up and halfway down.... lot of putting the foot down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286458217-ZDPDTYRRNWSNV42UB2RE/20250506_110649.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Lots of places you can peek at the mainland from clearings in the mountainside as you go up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286468017-MMKDEWTCXMN3BDM4O6BE/20250506_111609.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - It's really an almost vertical cliff 200m down on Mt Geoffrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286462447-R40RMTI5S5BOYCJI7QKH/20250506_111427.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - I thought it was going to be like this the entire time... this is nice. Not 1 foot roots on 10% grades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286467928-3K0EZ0B02NSCJW66D4V3/20250506_113505.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Last couple looks before descending through the thick forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286479124-SWO5M5CYZFZ161LC6GNV/20250506_123622.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Couldn't visit due to strict time constraints but hey, could be fun to check out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748286478685-KI242EB6FDYO3KFULJCG/20250506_124123.jpg Posts - Salish Sea Islands - Canada Side 1 - Back at the ferry. You can shortcut through a reasonable hiking /bike trail instead of biking back around the island on the pavement. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishusa2 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a5361f31-7198-4ddc-b676-8b57f05e497c/island2.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2fbb91f9-c193-4417-8ed3-3b5b06c0edd7/13_camano.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Right: Sneaking a view on this steep hill where you can peak above the many houses that block the view on most of the waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/41c1ccd3-b665-4b04-8a0b-4109edeb7cbe/20240824_173352.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993833618-FEFJPMUM0XZ0FN8V0Q8X/20240824_190123.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Awesome Orca sculpture greeting you at the entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993791075-H03219QLIPN1RMD5QH1Z/20240824_162002.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Very large bogs surround the bridge that connects to the mainland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993790191-8DS50Z1R5AUEANOYCNB6/20240824_162534.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Gotta get that 'Squatch merch. Bigfoot lives on small islands too. Hides well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993807330-4PV32T9TNPBODDFQ119L/20240824_165152.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - A quiet pond/swamp. It had its own mailbox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993826905-DGNULN2BTZSFIAFFYI3T/20240824_183140.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - This kind of shit is why I sort of want a yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725993826873-WT5C1YBZPY681SN4TX68/20240824_183259.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Another private beach. Best view on the Island here at the edge of those cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/378198db-38ba-4241-b6a9-a5a369ddaffb/15_samish.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994077657-I7EQUVAKVW7IQW374XNU/20240830_090233.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Mt. Baker peeking out from behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994080989-DG2DAN8ICWSE78HVPFGO/20240830_091833.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - View of the Anacortes smokestacks and Padilla bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994081269-XGXU42FSQMXSTX40G3SW/20240830_093251.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - More Mt.Baker, only 30km away from Samish Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994083070-11Q1SY5UMOUY2JOIPU2I/20240830_094110.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Red-Tailed Hawk that let me take a decent picture for once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/44698f82-4798-4194-ac80-7bb7d84a2264/16_fidalgo.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994367816-TZMEMCHJOCCWZWW3L41B/20240829_092036.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - One of the dozens of "Bikini Cafes". LadyBug ones seem to be a chain with many locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994371024-ECS3TKVAIFMFGYMQNUNC/20240829_102943.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Cormorant looking for fish near the ferry dock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994371565-TZGCJS78J41MUWEYOHZ9/20240829_110606.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Mt. Baker crater. Yes it's an active Volcano still! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994550772-PZS7767YDWAXAGAXB7FH/20240829_090943.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The smokestacks in the distance across Fidalgo Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994551125-EX5Y4652GUN0W7RIFYAE/20240829_091535.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Fidalgo Bay Aquatic reserve. Birds aren't here until the winter... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/077c4fa1-2447-47f3-aedc-3807c57a567f/17_guemes.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994953195-TH8P21BXG0VUOTLJFGRS/20240828_170019.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The center of the island. Farms in front, mountains in back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994959590-U0H6EUBH8SYMPYZRUBBL/20240828_171405.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Random shit people put on their yards > nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994959016-YNXMHDXTJCVKTHLVC2EQ/20240828_171552.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Mt. Baker peaking out. This is why people pay for waterfront properties here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994964213-5E2R0IM4BS44LD5KX3M9/20240828_173219.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Many of these Islands are infested with black tailed deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994983293-SZ2MV1FV0HBF3YC8LI5Q/20240828_173819.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Didn't have time to check it out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994980955-38BOQOIVZG08EN98LP1W/20240828_174624.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - No idea what's going on here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994990763-HLVSUBA7THXLFA48DNA4/20240828_175725.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Kind of makes me want to live there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725994990947-9HE8CIEFRNINZEJYAZON/20240828_175756.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The one store people wait for the ferry at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/38202f10-b153-4a83-9d67-798a4c59cd82/18_whidbey.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 Whidbey Island is the largest one by far. If you want to do a full loop around it, you're looking at a 200km ride. Deception Pass is how you cross from the Northern side. There is a Ferry at the Southern tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/03dce7fd-ebb0-404e-bb8a-ae3c23bec445/20240830_174145.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out The northern tip of Whidbey is connected by this massive bridge that is definitely the striking feature of this particular island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726085675466-Q4P4AABH0WPJQR11LOQH/20240830_173731.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The view from the bridge is amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726085679770-9MKVNHDPK3TYGPKMQJJ8/20240830_174323.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The bridge is about 55m ( 150feet ) high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726085681202-N70JX7D2DGDUJFH7VGCK/20240830_174637.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The pedestrian walkway is narrow as hell and felt sketchy to ride with the bike... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748267124534-7AG4K2OBM555G9YH28DK/20240831_113105.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - I was all museum-tired that day so didn’t drop by. After this trip I think it’s fair to say I have a pretty good idea of what’s in every last one of these museums though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995565258-ASFWC0G2T7C5H8HU6CN1/20240831_094307.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Observatory point in Langley, near the southern tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995569608-AIYAMESN8YSSGZ8U4JKB/20240831_094313.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - All the animals you definitely will not see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995576680-0A8P565C3WMTU8QAVLCZ/20240831_111225.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - There's a whole sculpture park on this guy's lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995581469-BNL21IS85X38QR9P6DYZ/20240831_111315.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - How do you tell your wife you're making this and it's staying? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995581191-QN8EA61RHJXJ9ABD1I4Q/20240831_111947.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Little stop in Coupeville, in the center of the Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995589539-ZBIK3O4X7RFHYMLUDUSN/20240831_112646.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The interior of the cafe has a few nice skeletons. Grey whale here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995585339-WN0W19KGGYD0BE0F6DZA/20240831_112228.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - You're supposed to ring this bell only if you see whales https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995589325-WM3IFPL4HBP9NBZ5RT8V/20240831_112538.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Low tide? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995591445-VZWHNB970XWBO9M5FOJW/20240831_113543.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - I believe these are oyster/mussel farms? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995594277-27B5YP0AD9LCMDZ1BDKM/20240831_125751.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Olympic peninsula in the distance on the Western side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/786ec851-8082-45e3-9ebb-f4289c7c1a47/19_lopez.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e3926327-d8cf-4c5f-9222-a2bcf84a51c8/20240828_120519.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995871364-WOZ6A6MTESEQNAOEL9UL/20240828_093633.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Pelagic Cormorant grooming themselves in the ferry dock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995880859-TLACQFCA7PVWBYRXUYZN/20240828_102146.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The longer ferries have puzzles to occupy passengers. Missing pieces of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995885943-AR2MYHHER0XRRX70IUKL/20240828_105304.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Museum was closed that day but has many things outdoors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995891828-ZTQWQ9C3EH5991BYIRYI/20240828_105630.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - What does this even do? They just weld random cogs and gears to junk don't they? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995906125-XADTPOHPYMD0CIS5BSC9/20240828_110659.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Fisherman bay, a huge inland estuary with tons of birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725996152708-S4QHEDC6584G7JSSWYFW/20240828_124130.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Looks like a nice and quiet life when the weather is good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995931198-N4BDCIZZOIJM7XXG4JGM/20240828_121316.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - A few sculptures on the yard of a local artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995940996-3TWJENK578D8KZBF0HD8/20240828_123152.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Every island has a few little farms with goats, sheep, cows and /or alpacas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995956580-M4JL9IF0CMSD6SOGQ4ZW/20240828_125237.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Scared some turkeys and they dropped this for me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725996152841-JTK7485MD3R00PI027R7/20240828_122907.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Sneaking a great view through the woods on the southern tip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725996148917-87AV4PM69GDKSJ9HDPOR/20240828_120505.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Icerberg point, on the very southern tip. Best views on the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725995961765-4FPF2SXY3BG73J763AE5/20240828_135039.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Brewvado Taproom. Great spot to wait for the ferry. Free popcorn and local brews! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dac24d82-6c85-46d8-88a7-8392544849cc/20_sanjuan.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997617956-RBHFGKHMCIB97FOCZ51M/oct3_sanjuan.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Ferries going back and forth all day long between the Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997619282-L55QUCH8HL6DIXWAXX6M/oct3_sanjuan1.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Good look at the Island clump. Most of these you only access via boat/kayak for day trips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997632284-LTER3QPZJ5PLOCSHYXE4/oct3_sanjuan2.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Your typical coastal scenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997640279-NHUIAWMY9B8OMKUOXZ9G/oct3_sanjuan3.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - More scenery. Of coasts. That are typical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997641146-H4GKIVT073ANGMUZYLR3/oct3_sanjuan4.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Grabbin a snack at Friday Harbor pub while waiting on the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a0b6de2c-c59a-4ba5-a36d-9283c00af09a/21_shaw.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997926219-DTK51KRKDBVK8JF0QW8X/20240829_113547.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - I thought this was a cool picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997941780-FH9T08EUQNOZ8KWKBXGS/20240829_120743.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The glimpse I got of the center before I had to turn back... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725997949939-1XAJ0L021NXTANMKVFJH/20240829_121404.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Is that some kind of anti-Italian thing? What https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cf11481e-f951-4af8-b2ac-42a5fbc6716f/22_orcas.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998161098-76URYBJSBNURDUUSGK4Q/20240829_133022.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Classy junk robot. He's huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998160605-IW7XV0U330GVOHLV7CV4/20240829_142047.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - That proves the wikipedia was right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998162512-L4MBQDRJLVUD4FBEE045/20240829_142930.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - View from about the center of the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998165030-7AIIQNQ9AI7SD4DI4SVR/20240829_143432.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - This said "museum" but looked like an eccentric person's house. I did not knock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998167895-LSKZJSATC9Y0MJ0AEHR6/20240829_154215.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Stone observation tower atop the mountain. About 4 flights of stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998168217-SOQXP3C6GEBYUED6ZZKK/20240829_154010.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - View from the top of the lookout on Mt. Constitution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998171320-CQOOER9GR9XCB7BUE0YE/20240829_162734.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - His nip is leaking. Very cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998170902-SEUI198EBTXU9POAOVU6/20240829_163751.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Center of the island. Lot of lush green farms and ranches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998177898-N8SH0HWAZK8KBOMPMQ18/20240829_165555.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Crab sculpture near the ferry terminal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ac98844c-17d3-43d8-bd97-08f1ad1d51c1/23_lummi.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Lummi is quite small and as you can see about half the Island is occupied by a big mountain. There's no road up it but you can hike up to the peak at a respectable 450m elevation. The view must be quite something. Why do I bike again? Why don't I just hike? How much do shoes cost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f20dd462-cc84-4d13-8cdf-b004ef6b5698/20240827_144505.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998635516-FX5CUR1FHBUCYRWF10EZ/20240827_143331.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Your typical costal view near some "private property go away" signage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998643981-ECX0Q1DYRNPSV4EY7785/20240827_151034.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - There's a lake at the end of the paved road at the foot of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998656377-DT0EU6JDR0S2TS3B5FQO/20240827_152435.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - One of the nicer yard junks I've seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998655590-UMU76NUA3AZJ8GJPGZJN/20240827_152457.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Sneaking a peek above the cottages on the mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998659877-FFTL0HAYNKX4MDS2AJAB/20240827_153001.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - The book dragon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725998660807-J8XXJWCDTVC4DCQ8U5OX/20240827_153312.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 2 - Last look back while waiting for the ferry https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishusa1 monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d16fbbdb-ff4b-46fc-9456-f8ffa2787125/trip.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/41bc82d1-757e-4569-a522-2a804480a2f8/island1.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a81a1033-868d-4d58-b972-4a4459dbd179/01_indian.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/100fa458-349b-497d-beef-b5010002b8f3/02_marrowstone.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4b6094a1-5dcd-4db5-9a8a-7951955fe0a5/20250419_164651.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047745983-ZRECFV10LVZTVDZDRMLL/20250419_152739.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - This is essentially the view from every bridge on these islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047766274-3QIQ1FUA59ABJ7VL8K6L/20250419_161111.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - The main attraction, at the very Northern Edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047763907-42DABKDFX95FXE0PK98O/20250419_161116.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - It's an entire small colonial era town you can visit during the day with tours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047758635-L8VYCS5BF0MORLNA69C4/20250419_160910.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - You can also rent some of the barracks and spend the night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047758685-GFIU4WNVS9ZLTXLW03RP/20250419_160731.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Many WW2 guns still in place here as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748047774023-8R4XA77WUIV976UTE3GT/20250419_162644.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - One of my favorite things on trips: People's random yard decorations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/075e03f1-6e2f-45b0-8e43-e7d6a02bd489/03_reach.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e1bb51f0-768d-49bc-8bf0-7a1ee0c6f204/04_treasure%28stretch%29.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748048303782-5JY6IDL918506DET4JYL/20250421_122459.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748048301774-EA3IEL9PS9VJGGRSDRD0/20250421_123450.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Literaly the entire island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748048321567-1WOZFIDFUR98FGW73N7R/20250421_124025.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748048311573-8PE8KPOANZIOLE1IECY5/20250421_124513.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Guy going very hard with the minions trend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2430a0b1-c874-49f9-baaa-26baf2d8b626/05_harstine.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Not much going on this sleepy little island, mostly residential with some small hobby farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c102f7c8-13ec-4625-8a58-4a0f0dcfb64f/20240819_133149.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902695749-3R67D00SU47QGQZ60UII/20240819_133202.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Sometimes you see a random fish probably dropped by a bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902696771-0UC918W48732ASI3SIIZ/20240819_140624.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Some fun stuff going on this private beach. This will be a theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902700117-0MKOLJXDILK7ETI9RJ9T/20240819_143944.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Guy had a whole petting zoo going on his yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902705525-N5JWS8W9EROSK9PCHBWX/20240819_144643.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - There are dozens of these old timey rusty tractors everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902704202-6L478KIP6WWLKLYEB7NN/20240819_145317.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Jarrell's Cove is sort of the... point of this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725902707217-1VHVWL8R2W0EOLR17G8N/20240819_145554.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Protip: Don't lean your bike on barnacles. They're made of diamond somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/43314319-2bf2-4b2e-b702-042c2bcffac6/06_steamboat.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out This Island wins the coveted “Smallest Island of the entire Trip” grand prize with under a mile of road. right: Near Shelton, some guy built a Paul Bunyon display out of one of those old Muffler Men you can find all across America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/40bad193-7898-4ed4-bda7-060ad16712b1/20240819_125710.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748088107384-XPJRU6LAI70QSAKBU166/20250422_095348.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Downtown Shelton where I stayed for many days with a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748088107964-ABWQQYH0G0U1P0TC4LQ6/20250422_135038.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Those huge trees almost look comical given the size of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/10f49691-0516-420a-9753-35828aa1dc8c/07_anderson.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Right: McNeil Island off in the distance. Only way to get there is to be sent to Federal prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a8467dff-6ac7-42c2-82a3-17f988b932df/20240903_150507.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943810719-U8KWDR4GA2BS1ZRLYO08/20240903_113124.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Yeah I'd go squeeze some apples. What even is this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943814209-76CJMR68VHTC5TK86U3M/20240903_124902.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - View from a private beach. Don't tell them I was there shhhh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943814460-C1W1QE9AHRD0G5GVMO1I/20240903_134308.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - It's kind of what you do on Islands: Get a waterfront property and go boat around the other islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943817458-Y1U6000KMU8EMFK83NPB/20240903_134506.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Didn't realize thousands of people have boats around here. Everyone's rich somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943818495-073MRB21EGDUCZSX1C7C/20240903_135546.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Next year min/max strategy: Fill empty water bottles with blackberries. 500g fits in each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725943822926-MLLKTFV3Y0W2DUQWHB0R/20240903_151543.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Federal Prison located right across on McNeil Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/10410b78-12d6-4291-a87f-bcd80d7b7fdd/08_fox.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9e667e9a-62aa-4674-93a9-c2e358a1ac46/20240822_135743.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5e19c9d0-2085-4d1e-b8fb-39013c54f818/20240822_131853.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Above: One of the thousands of huge houses/mansions you can find on Raft Island. Some people are doing pretty O.K. It’s interesting to see all the different types of houses people build for themselves on these islands. No copy/pasted rows of townhomes and McMansions. Left: Election season again in the States. "Vote for my guy" signs are everywhere. Chowder must prevail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725985247208-KZT9HL4X4M320UBRDF6Q/20240822_131056.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Maybe sometimes I struggle to find interesting things to photograph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725985248718-BAWFBEJEFJS1NVGE83SQ/20240822_134124.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Gnarly burl on this poor tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725985249453-ICS8Q0SSIHBIPCK5JZX2/20240822_143550.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Fox Island with almost Sandy beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725985255586-60W2H4WCZ1M8LEJ3R73D/20240822_150424.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - View from the bridge on Fox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/aaf64fac-2a7c-4279-8b61-bc6d77d2d02f/09_raft.PNG Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089253033-DKDWFTLBTX6DPNPJ40V0/20240822_131009.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089269881-NN45G1WLYPTI5ZIHFI46/20240822_153809.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Nearby town of Gig Harbor. Yes it DOES have a museum! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089279742-UN1UZ9C5QMJF407YVK66/20240822_154406.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - There was some kind of festival going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089261860-GW7341IL8BIYLBQVH47J/20240822_154152.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Visiting all these islands gave me an excuse to bike a lot of new roads I'd never see otherwise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e4f9942e-774d-48db-97dc-65415225c0e2/10_bainbridge.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Right: The downtown core of Bainbridge has this pretty cool Bavarian theme that reminded me of Leavenworth. 25 000 people live on this Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3e33f1f3-a79d-49f2-97b4-1d084a9a9916/20240823_110617.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725987486319-NKSF3PFEENB60WKIN1Q8/20240823_100241.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - You know you're going to have a bad day sometimes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725987485620-1NX39KAI3GXIUL1W86I9/20240823_101415.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Harbor seals looking like aliens thanks to my camera's zoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725987490457-V4J8YYWF71BKR82SF414/20240823_101422.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - I have to wonder how many beach thieves there are because every last property has a sign on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725987494156-Z8IMCYH3BI2Y9VVUOV41/20240823_105546.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Typical WA state fall/spring gloomy weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725987498559-SX1WB6E1V1BPIOC4S64S/20240823_110440.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - A cool rust sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b58d922c-ce60-4865-bc8e-c92abdd23f26/11_vashon.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b1be0ce8-ace0-45a5-be33-c400b2f59307/12_maury.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c2c4691b-6925-4362-b7e4-3a726aa71118/20240821_130542.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out View of both islands from the Point Defiance park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988041363-G8TKUGSX8TP46OAMCU3V/20240821_090319.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Vancouver guy basically just took one boat ride and "discovered" every damn Island. Dumb. 1 trip = 1 discovery max. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988063799-BC3EMVMYZT4KZG0XX76I/20240821_091739.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Your typical west coast gravel beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988051525-E5PSDLRPX5O0BT4U31QL/20240821_093205.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Nice little park obelisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988071917-QFIJ3625YV349ALUZA3J/20240821_101229.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988078745-IRRI3I9QNESYOY0FNO8I/20240821_102851.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - GIRAFFE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988082256-A0IHYN33LXEBS5SIXJIM/20240821_104330.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - This ferry that connects to Seattle on the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988086570-XUPYKYAZFIIETVDB6PYS/20240821_113625.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Most islands have cottages on the water and farms in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988090762-GI857VEK1C8EHN7BUOEY/20240821_115118.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - These are basically like water pigeons around here. I'm sick of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988094370-UJ0ZZDYDZ3OB8D8NCIQ8/20240821_122848.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Crested Cormorant hanging out on the ferry docks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1725988106079-Q1SJ9RU0TS7EVE23IIMO/20240821_130008.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Cool bell on the waterfront near Point Defiance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/09886642-ca1b-4336-a570-f535356bb27f/14_mercer.png Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089419993-OMKW3CSTET54CBD7LHTN/20250424_085840.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Entry to Chinatown. People forget the Chinese have been here for 150 years and always the target of populist BS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089418689-067HMITQQL5RY9BNTFT4/20250424_090258.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - The city seen from the highest overpass before going onto Mercer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089425489-7A8CE2F6KI0R6EDX3BBU/20250424_103450.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Passed through the University of Washington gigantic scenic campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089435457-7RTF9UXHGO8IVCQ7P603/20250424_124031.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Seattle has one of those scooter rental systems. This is why we can't have a society people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089438436-S408KWUL010FCK5ECHFC/20250424_124445.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Viking statue at Golden Gardens Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089448391-RXPR4XU5PYPGZIUF5J34/20250424_124740.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - The harbor there had a colony of California Sea Lions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089443446-YNXQ4ZDIP4QHDWDL3FS3/20250424_124651.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - You hear them way before you see them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089452814-RVMLMHKXPT2EDQC03DDK/20250424_130317.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Loop crossing the Salmon Bay canal at the Chittenden Locks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089454995-7ZY15VQWU4XBLT0FI2I2/20250424_130402.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - You're supposed to walk your bike across ( hahahaha ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089457797-V3P4TB9TDL1VQ2S9D67K/20250424_130534.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - They have a salmon ladder with underwater viewing area where you can see the fish struggle upstream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089460608-PBYGMKVFIYXFOMZRN7IG/20250424_132405.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - West Point Lighthouse at Discovery Bay, almost back into the city core https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748089462776-MJLKPNN1SKWZA9T4GSJD/20250424_132430.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Pretty quiet and beautiful just 5km away from the Space Needle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748096108035-SZYHW55WF1KDZTS7FY27/20250424_110859.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - Planned a 10km detour to visit the Petit Pierre bakery for this unique item https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1748096107888-MZ0ID80L8RCU69I437ZQ/20250424_111038.jpg Posts - Salish Sea - U.S.A. Islands 1 - "Petit Supreme" ( obesity bomb) pistachio and nutella. 9/10 https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/michel monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371517495-KJMCLWYPW5VADWJ07X2M/pic017.jpg Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1950 - Photo Bebe avec freres/soeurs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371442293-Z4BVD0BEM1OBWU75ZMP5/pic003.jpg Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1953 - Tres Jeune Michel les doigts dans la bouche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371249879-VSJG17ICQIJ3A4MIP1LK/pic018.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1953 - Au milieu avec toute la famille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371253976-G18EDJHJ6W56E2BH1LDL/pic022.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1954 - Devant la maison familiale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371207404-8PSK2RWR8K48DZOMNBR4/pic001.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1954 - 2eme en bas de la gauche, ecole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371207329-E9N4B4IPLE355KB46VVB/pic002.png Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1965-66 - Au College A Sherbrooke, 17-18ans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371260176-UFJMPE5ZE9CBRXNF1LKR/pic024.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371264301-C9Q6FA8RO0CG9GQGMMH0/pic025.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371258098-JSUNW1ZWAESHKH07LLIF/pic023.png Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371214277-355KV8OIANGOOP3MVDL3/pic004.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1969 Michel qui joue avec les bequilles de son pere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371251636-T98YA4HTP285BHAXG7F7/pic021.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1972 - Papa a 24 ans, look Carl Sagan a la mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371218642-HDO5S1EHVN5OCU9VWFPM/pic005.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1970s - Photo de Famille. On reconnait la mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371240750-BG7EXDREIJS9MZ0HGV14/pic014.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1980 - Michel maintenant a Ottawa / Gatineau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371228237-7VXFFPIMHUGKMU8XNN2J/pic009.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1985 - Naissance de Louis, son 1er enfant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371235299-MIE2WHLD35DF9DQE6YX8/pic012.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1985 - Louis qui marche bientot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371229140-BHOLMPPOCRZX6WBEZE8F/pic010.png Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1987 - Louis et Florence, 2eme nee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371271339-LPCSPPN8T7DGHFE7Y376/pic029.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1993 - Sortie au musee avec Florence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371234059-1YG5MUMTJX9XM3SCSNJR/pic011.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1990s - Michel a la maison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371241861-X2LWM9Y281ZYL901WA7H/pic015.png Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1995 Visite au Nouveau-Brunswick avec moi et Florence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371220392-0XKKU9V8T3C0ORPHXW74/pic006_roberval.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1990s - Vacance Roberval / Tadoussac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371223672-T5N4U2YYY0QYNDM6UZCJ/pic008_roberval.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1990s - Vacance Roberval / Tadoussac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371242653-6OLP8VBR1F1BTUVNMENG/pic016.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 1990s - Papa et Florence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739371221854-FH6AZCG4RO0VC1C93A78/pic007_manic.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - ~ 2004 - Visite au chalet a la Manic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829951779-0LPMV9IDVRKHOHDYU61I/02.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - Un des nombreux diners de famille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829964332-DE0EC36E23GYX3HZOGTU/03.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - Michel et Francois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1741114411651-AEU21CE1Q2T8H4ON2AJX/2010_apartement.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2010 - A l'appart de Florence a Montreal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829659312-SXCZSPUKCEOIQEZY2OMK/20210506_221058_0016.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2011 - Washington DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829952085-5K0YLHS2HN9MS4J9MKJW/01.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2018 - Reunion de famille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829662268-41ODULVV6B5RDQ5ZJ1DI/IMG_0096.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - Cafe a Meteora, en Grèce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829679486-ULEOENRYTDKI8W6YQ1EB/IMG_9352.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - Parthenon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829679435-41EEPRP8N987ZAWJ2F8I/IMG_9405.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - L'heure du Baklava , Athenes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829690598-UCWV93ALGQCU3T6Q1CSN/IMG_9531.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - Musée d'archéologie d'Athènes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829689310-DNAD1U8EOY3UCCZU2FRU/IMG_9741.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - C'est toujours lui qui prenait les photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829700245-MT5I7ZXWQXG237B5EBBL/IMG_9970.JPG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2019 - Dejeuner a Athècnes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739829966411-P1UKBK4YRA1KOYGQXADR/04.PNG Posts - Michel Leclair - 2020 - Michel et sa Miata adoree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1739991882674-55ALMJIYS4NH31ONHWGJ/2013.jpg Posts - 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Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/23f4c35b-aa88-4377-a19b-a7c4d7dcf7c1/course.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Chilling and Repairing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290503422-Z6Z9C2HLMYZJ846IV5FQ/20241127_110628.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Kahana Pond on the coast next to the airport. It smells like a sewer swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290504445-QR4PC2X7X7MI0B0RB3CF/20241127_110722.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - These Hawaiian Stilts live here. Turns out they are not endangered it's just a common bird that's found worldwide but they gave it a different name here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290510664-SGPNQ7KNGDVWW0OS64OH/20241127_111017.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Same for these guys. They're all over the planet. Not endangered. Stop it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290511277-A74MA00E2A2G9CF9Z0FP/20241127_111119.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - View looking back at Wailuku, where my Airbnb was in what is basically "the bad part of town" lol. But those mountains are epic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290514681-VJHAVBM18XS6XNE90SN2/20241128_070618.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Roadside stand with lots of tourist stuff for you to buy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290523548-A0DNF5LWHSF46GYBXAP8/20241128_071948.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - This island is also overrun with chickens. They are literally everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/94087b3d-5cff-41bb-86f1-6338e07b9bfe/course.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out West Maui Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290667402-TWLVVX82ZJAS3IBJ9EOK/20241128_072629.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - It's a pretty small community and everyone knows everyone who bikes at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290666868-00IMNDB1ZH0DBB2XDMI9/20241128_073259.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Starting to realize nobody young bikes or something. What sport am I supposed to switch to now? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290672297-1QA3892CHNALN5PQGFWE/20241128_085102.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The road from Wailuku to the northern tip is very wild and epic. Lots of lookouts and no towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290676927-BRSJ33FZ21ZAT3N3SNIQ/20241128_095025.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Just these snaking roads along cliffs and lush forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290679652-BWTLN967WIFCR2I51N1U/20241128_101929.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Stopped near the Nakalele blowhole to check out the views. Saw 2 humpback whales but unfortunately that was it for this trip :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290684767-UEUGCJ4YUMNLMEUN2JDT/20241128_102612.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Proof of whales. Some arrive as early as october but mainly the bulk of them are here in late December and January. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290685754-6HQ96YKF9SOEOOKRUMNP/20241128_101936.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Nakalele Blowhole. I guess the waves crash into this underwater cave and gushes out of this big hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290689708-GS94T3W091MXTY65D64P/20241128_103541.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Moloka'i, the island to the Northwest of Maui. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290695741-9EW4LRBU2CNLCOF2GDN6/20241128_105502.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Turning back south you start going through all the resort towns and big popular beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290708311-HMCUW5U14JZXPRSC49FE/20241128_110108.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - This is why people come to Maui. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290702875-SXQEZ110RF3M3D0Q8USJ/20241128_112715.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Island of Lanai. Would have liked to visit but transport between the islands is extremely impractical and slow, it just wastes your entire day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290709308-9G90QQ4BJPOQKE9TRWSS/20241128_114348.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Zooming back near Lahaina, the town that burned down recently. The road through is repaired and open at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290712881-CR57N6FQOBVRSKE0OR09/20241128_114507.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - You can see lots of building imprints where all that's standing are the foundations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290718015-F1XF0IT6DI8G5NBOXR22/20241128_124032.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Haleakala on the other side of the Island. Then it was just massive headwind back home. The clue was the string of wind turbines along the slopes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/203578ca-1cd4-4d2c-99c2-d028f43beb4f/course.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Aborted Loop + Waipoli Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290788019-QQH3GWWPJIKI6BGY1FVL/20241129_084657.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Epic view of the West side. Note the total lack of vegetation to the West of the mountains, replaced instead with wind turbines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290788023-CMAHJ4L2P9AW2A1SNBE2/20241129_091701.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Lanai in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290799100-EI5XIFTGM28XUWB49C1O/20241129_092353.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - About 1/3 the way down the hill I see this shit. Nope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290805983-WRCJT0DIWMF7007PGLU9/20241129_123032.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Went back up to the Botanical Garden and Waipoli road which is this weird super steep road that climbs another 1000m on the side of Haleakala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290800154-38OJ6IPYVSCTIV89M68T/20241129_121902.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Then it kind of just... ends in the woods. There's a hunter's cabin up there and I saw a deer on the way up so I guess that's why this road exists? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290810233-R6B9XAR8OZOO6KK3J1B2/20241129_121935.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - View from the peak. 2000m up so already above the clouds! You can take a gravel road back down if you have a mountain bike... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733290810499-CM0G0WI2PLZI3NP21ZSU/20241129_123440.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Mainly the road is in the "grassland" biome area of Haleakala. There's cattle ranches and a Lavender farm at the bottom. Bunch of people also launching off to do paragliding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7fa01288-e45d-4680-95b0-e25997e1c9b2/course.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Road to Hana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291024962-QCQZ43K1OHAZL8IIGFIH/20241201_091809.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - There's a few spots along the road where this kind of Jurassic Park view peeks out at you but mostly things are hidden by trees :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291029945-J9REZUUVZ3NDZCI75ZPC/20241201_094246.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The road is famous for all its twists and turns, many being one-lane bridges across little ravines with waterfalls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291038087-M10JAVGUJUH5YO60Y1ZC/20241201_100209.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - There's also a few actual waterfalls, some you reach with a little hike. The point of the is to swim under and take a picture for Instagram, thus proving to your friends they are losers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291036330-I1IYQ9HEHZZJPYZCQEOS/20241201_114040.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - View from the Hana harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291044507-OUP7IM9YUV8D4QP4M97N/20241201_114705.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Statue of an Asian guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291045285-WGF4XX48BQ2V9O2K3GIZ/20241201_131713.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Took as many pictures as I could when the view got better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291052278-79J0Z276VBWKGEF72XVS/20241201_133015.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - It gets really damn hot and humid on Maui btw. Stop when you find water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291056180-BIY5RN9898RVWUH8O4EH/20241201_133619.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Perk of not being in a car: I can just stop and take this picture in the middle of a hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291058085-EPMBO5ERMZ1NKC2NF63A/20241201_150406.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Ho'okipa lookout, about 20 miles from home base. Pretty amazing views! Lot of surfers here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733291065518-372YL56WW3KUP9E6AB59/20241201_154134%280%29.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - One of the bike guys told me this is where the government is trying to house the Lahaina people who's houses burned down... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7f34e2fd-c0ba-4ab2-98ff-7a125a2e7f79/route.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Haleakala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512965289-QUAP9FE6ZJKPMD1671V0/20241203_082917.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - View from the base before turning onto the official climb in the town of Paia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512966841-P6PD3HXL79GPSZ51FM3S/20241203_093502.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - About halfway up. This climb has some of the best views ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512970785-8SJKKH2KBF0QDYSBGWNR/20241203_110416.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Up above the clouds with a new change of vegetation. There's a little boreal forest part in there too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512971220-E81TOMDAND12ZP8S23PP/20241203_114812.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Climbing and climbing. Probably over 2000m now, well above the cloud line and the visitor center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512974081-LMQK32VVREZ1YXB8CXFZ/20241203_115055.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - You can see the observatories at the top from almost any point on the island. It's impossible to gauge how ludicrously far away they might be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512997675-5OPVVVOFTPOOEXIRKX3F/20241203_122208.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Finally made it. 3 hours 17 minutes. Bonked pretty hard due to lack of calories and water. The altitude starts to kick in too near the peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512980624-O28ER0LC7Z0XYFIBYJXK/20241203_120124.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The view from here is amazing and basically a full 360. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512992976-CHGTUNS5DACKHIHKI13V/20241203_122825.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - There's a side road for the observatory workers. Looks like Mona Kea here, just nothing but red volcanic dirt and rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512985090-6SGUK1SOKCE9BV5KQ3QH/20241203_122125.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - You can see the Big Island in the distance with Mona Kea and Mona Loa right next to each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733512997840-DVEDYQZXV50FM5MYGO1C/20241203_122829.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - West side of Maui seems so far away from this spot. You can see other islands peeking out too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513003785-KKSXJU3B9H0LALBAEQLM/20241203_123224.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The coolest views are the inside of the long dormant crater. Just looks like Mars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513012555-C6K22BCP3QMG6B10P59S/20241203_124450.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - There's trails you can use to hike down in there and go around some of the cones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513017126-K5A0R8EEEZMLAF31MDUT/20241203_132751.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The descent is really fast and fun, barely ever need to touch the brakes and it goes on forever with these views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d13a0fbc-2005-463e-b39d-d288fe65abc6/map.png Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Center Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513178497-DIEOXBXFHO3CC1H8OA6V/20241204_085424.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Started by going up to Iao Valley, about 300m up into the mountains that tower to the west. There's a few hiking trails in there but you need reservations and blablabla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513180214-UWIOVRZ5Y1CF0VWJ7N71/20241204_085805.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Kepaniwai park and heritage gardens on the way back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513187899-6U812ASDJTHF718AGQCY/20241204_085845.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Has a few small garden sections representing different nationalities of people who settled on Maui https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513192994-5IHECPYT2JIEBU7ZNT92/20241204_085920.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Portugese, Korean and Japanese mainly. Worth a little drop by I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513196814-SMHFNGZLY3YJ9G1RHU3J/20241204_085944.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Hey I guess chickens can fly enough to get up into trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513200584-NDH76EO21PF3XOFHTKWH/20241204_090308.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Obligatory koi pond with complimentary duck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513211217-3MGTZBP76R88GT3VCFPC/20241204_090513.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513226464-MHX03F6F9ER5IO7NAL65/20241204_094615.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - All the way south near the Aquarium is Kealia Pond. Was mostly dried out but during certain seasons it's a migratory bird sanctuary. I GUESS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513226901-KGCQEYW2VZD15IY20ACX/20241204_100339.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center as you make your way south of Kihei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513238229-9LXZVPZ3I12TNFJN08KQ/20241204_101220.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Just a small learning center with whale-related info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513239053-X2VV2YLG0C7UJ1GSH50E/20241204_101234.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - That little mammal there is one of the early whale ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513231023-DBI9Y56EUJLJ3VZ0TPX7/20241204_100814.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Out back there's an observation station. In winter these waters are full of humpbacks but there were none yet :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513247662-8742ZV70XQCVTNFEHK9O/20241204_103430.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Cool humpback statue on the way down south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513251466-IMOJKQ1K91BETWN8OK2I/20241204_112114.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Almost all the way south now. That lump is Kaho'Olawe island and the little thing to the right is Molokini Crater, the best snorkel spot around. Apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513265336-606E7IIXKVOKXU2HENHA/20241204_115740.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Closer look at Molokini Crater. Always lots of boats around it bringing tourists for a day of snorkeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513257395-QTOLCBU42UIPAWSAAX9P/20241204_113317.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - The road ends at LaPerouse bay, named after the French explorer who discovered it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513254624-LMRKDZSJY9ISIYV3WP7A/20241204_113258.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - This beach has tons of this dead coral or whatever this stuff is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513260753-C54DOK2O3S5VZP19L8ZZ/20241204_114537.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - You get good views of Haleakala's interesting southern slopes from here as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733513264863-2YF5FJE7M58EYHLALSL3/20241204_115355.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - This bay is supposedly a spot where Spinner Dolphins come to sleep/relax during the day after feeding at sea during the night. I saw ZERO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/92a1aafe-1a1e-4f17-877a-8dc2945f4733/cafepic.jpg Posts - Maui Rides! - Make it stand out Very last day I am sitting at this nearby cafe for 6 hours before I need to head to the airport for… more sitting around because my flight is at midnight. Fortunately I left it to the last minute to edit this blog and my snorkel videos! Already spent 5 hours doing this here and still more to do. PEAK EFFICIENCY! Thanks for reading! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/hawaiiattractions3 monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/370b1140-45e2-42b3-bca8-8349ca2e12cc/map.png Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514401412-WJ0AQO2VH8YLUZWC7PPE/20241129_102917.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - It's not very large and is family-owned. But it's densely packed with lots to see! Koi pond / Japanese garden here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514431169-AGX2K0Y8H4A69KRMG8GH/20241129_103501.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Hey it's one of those dragon trees from the Canary Islands! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514457357-2YLQ3VZ2D2BHMJK9NPVD/20241129_105919.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - They have a few Jackson chameleons in a little cage but apparently you can find these in the wild here. Good luck though... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514422203-LJGXHTAEYNEGZZK3HHG2/20241129_103559.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Gives you a good idea of how this place is. Really dense and tropical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514428538-FOUDMRORQB1MDXMED6M7/20241129_103721.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - A few birds in their aviary too. Why not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514446276-FRKE9HEHNJIC6JAK0LGH/20241129_105204.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Don't know what's going on with this tree trunk here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514438950-A2GGAREYTVHMCECUYKIO/20241129_105329.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Leave you with some huge flowers. I assume there's something flowering at all times in Hawaii. This is THE WINTER... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514451163-O2KMEIYB9A3NYUVEX81N/20241129_105621.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514458327-39758717XKUREK3ISA5A/20241129_105648.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514549688-4RG878BSGL4XFD5HAOGW/20241130_080548.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - The one great thing on Maui is there's actual bus stops. Crazy! The bus is a convenient way to get to most places tourists would want to go. Also have bike rack at the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514554766-7R66NGLQ2U7ET0GHP2EF/20241130_090611.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Got there bright and early to do snorkeling later. It gets hot as balls in Maui. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514554990-ONDGOSYYWO7U3TTGPUZE/20241130_090814.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - 100% accurate Monk Seal representation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514560845-O8VMVGT9EBND98HQ7376/20241130_091521.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - I think it's one of those bottom-feeding fish that cleans the aquarium. Pretty cool. Might be a huge sea cucumber also? Plaque didn't say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514562803-8100BDRBRH8SNEXIFCTJ/20241130_092226.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - The main draw is a huge "deep water" tank with a bunch of sharks, rays and huge fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514571019-40UUBPDXYM3X5SK6SVR3/20241130_092314.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Whatever these are, they're like 4 foot long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514576330-QKB6WVMVNX9HRE8K20XQ/20241130_092508.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - There's lots of seating area for you to chill and watch fish go by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514576659-K6EUBFWU9107H8XZZVJP/20241130_093037.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Few tunnel sections, as you do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514581767-MPMGZBW8VCUR55QFVSPI/20241130_093127.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514582459-PC1WYVX6X3IYM32YO5XP/20241130_093521.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - There's a few tanks outside with local reef fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514590812-1CUJE96XP0AMEZ9314JK/20241130_093745.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Huge blowfish. Haha look at this guy. He's awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514600975-004OY3XX623JH3OIFSGR/20241130_094148.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - They have a hands-on tank as well where you can stroke your cucumber and pet your starfish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514606237-QZI38CRR5GRS8GDHZE7G/20241130_094650.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Green sea turtle aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514607335-JBWIN61LGGCMHLVUNA79/20241130_094759.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - My best picture of the trip? Possibly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514616170-F55PDBMUF2CNLHY84T9L/20241130_101540.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Included with your ticket is a little 15 minute movie about humpbacks in the whale sphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514616129-LTF8KZ1CCDBT6EV3GZ8P/20241130_095541.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - It's a 3D movie on a curved screen. Was kind of low budget, basically just a rotating 3D model of the same whale for 15 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514621335-XJUTQM175P5KR9G4I4WS/20241130_102049.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - My pictures are showing you maybe 20% of the Aquarium. You can see just about every fish that lives in Hawaii! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514628290-VUOQSJ9H2B1WBEUGMVDE/20241130_102840.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - These little cleaner shrimp are pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514629157-1K0PRX37LVLNIL3GSXQK/20241130_103101.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Kid watching the unicorn fish. Those are pretty bizarre! Imagine a narwhal, but in the water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514639232-V6UX1MVA0BTJJH0JIQ6F/20241130_103338.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - I don't know why but any time there's lobsters in aquariums I just think about eating them. None of the other animals, just the lobsters. You're welcome for this information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514636143-FY5U06ABN5GDDU3GNM1G/20241130_122101.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Hipster surfer stuff. Did I mention there's a lot of places to blow your money on overpriced tourist stuff in Hawaii? lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/465220d8-521f-4652-afb2-d4bcc14339ea/20241201_103941.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out Kind of came upon this place while doing the Road to Hana ride. You never know what to expect ( because you’re lazy and don’t Google yes ) so it was nice to find out I could hike this in my bike shoes and the lady would make sure no miscreants stole my precious BICE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514880776-R9R9ZLE5J0ZPYE9LP3QL/20241201_104213.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - It's about a half mile out-and-back and they give you a flashlight because otherwise it's complete darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514893584-GKRLOAR4VGRQOZK749X5/20241201_104337.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - You can only explore a small portion of the actual cave. It's the largest lava cave on Maui and the 18th largest in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514897341-WOHX3FW4MMBODA3NOGUL/20241201_104432.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - That glowy stuff that looks like gold is just bacteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514904698-XIAWILWK08UFWYBJNMUY/20241201_104557.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - It's actually a huge cave with tons of different textures all over the walls from all sorts of lava-related events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514904609-TMNCDSHUN2AGD69TCNOU/20241201_104942.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514919585-BROT53SPNDJHVNLFHZ01/20241201_105637.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514919669-AMG9AWTEFT1OVLSFM4BL/20241201_105719.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - There's a room called the "chocolate room" with all these smooth pudding-like lumps from floor to ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733514924197-GM5HB5VFDE0XJQVSTOSC/20241201_105747.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - I dunno, pretty cool. 15 bucks. Glad I stopped by instead of buying a stupid coconut at a fruit stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/80c99375-bf1d-4acf-beca-11779e022848/20241205_130910.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out Napili Beach. Huge and very nice beach for swimmers and sunbathers. All of these beaches are blocked off by resorts but it turns out in Hawaii every beach is public, they can’t keep you off them and there’s alway some beach access. Felt like a king as I blended in with the local tourists who were staying at the expensive resorts. I’M JUST A BUM HAHAHA. I BUSED HERE. THERE’S METHHEADS SCREAMING 50 FEET FROM MY AIRBNB… oh… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1aeebb0a-5828-4346-8795-087f4e22eda1/20241205_124423.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out Honokeana Bay. That was the best spot by far. Saw an octopus and tons of turtles here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5856b965-a012-4dde-aefa-2ffb3f157453/20241202_172438.jpg Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out As I said the bus takes 2 hours to reach the very northernmost peak of West Maui, so I’d come back around sunset from these long-ass snorkel days. But damn isn’t that an awesome sight? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e1830c17-9254-4489-9f5e-42342291f159/costs.PNG Posts - Maui Attractions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/hawaiiattractions2 monthly 0.5 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/965f7419-287b-4d24-851a-2b56ba0f48a7/map.png Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/310c7e5d-7e5f-42cb-a58e-2c9c8cbcb34a/ride.png Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Make it stand out Saw these attractions while doing my bike ride around the park and decided to come back and hike a bit since I had the luxury of a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526042171-O0X5TPIDF5YT2O1Q1GNM/20241119_133303.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Entrance to the tube. It's very short. There's lots of trails and hikes you can do in the park. Lots of awesome flowers and endemic birds like the Apapane! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526046272-7620NYXMH03WA5JAADH1/20241119_133400.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Inside the tube. They turn the lights off at 8pm if you want to do it totally in the dark. For some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526053325-OVDHW3GS004PFU0ATZ28/20241119_133548.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - It's short and right on the way, definitely check it out. The lava makes so many interesting textures on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526120761-NGXY7BKTCHGNLYN5WJ82/20241119_144731.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Kilauea Iki crater is right next to Kilauea. I guess it's not active anymore so they feel safe having people hike through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526063897-RNNZ81MRQ6HAKMMO0DCQ/20241119_135552.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - It's about 150m down to the floor of it. They put rock piles for you to follow from one side to the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526064534-MPQK7R1QKUEU3LE5ACY5/20241119_140846.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - It just looks like a huge asphalt depot sparsely populated by native shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526080216-W9P2DYYXX0GBQABZE0AB/20241119_141541.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - The lava creates so many different cool shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733687947507-RNEIZG1STVNOS5QTTV6V/20241119_141548.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - This is the same slab. It has a different texture on each side. It's like holding a piece of a river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526102859-D6JKN67Z8UHBBUQH35L3/20241119_142003.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - There's unique vegetation growing here. These islands in general are full of all kinds of flowers and weird fruiting plants. Paradise for a botanist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526076097-MW3YFIFUBM5JFJ2B10RL/20241119_141316.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - There's so many textures and crevasses from what I assume are different eruptions and flows over time all adding to the crater floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733526094572-BWHMTYNY7LN3HEYB5CXV/20241119_141922.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Olivine crystals. These have made a "green sand beach" in the south. Sadly didn't get to go since it requires a good hike. You need a car to see it basically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527525367-GR3QQ9NZ0F65F0TF917T/fissure8.PNG Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Check out Hawaii on Googlemaps sattelite view to appreciate the extent of these eruptions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527317361-LXUWCFTGUA8Y75COE2G7/20241121_093021.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - That's the guy! You meet up with him at the end of the road at his current residence and he starts showing you the "before" pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527316844-HND0QIZZ9A54G7MVXZUN/20241121_093957.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Then takes you onto his 12 acre property to where his house used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527336957-LDL6BI780LALBZ37X4P9/20241121_094201.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - There's a big tree mold from the tree where his son's treehouse used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527333254-9HR1W5MM2Y8BSHA3PB2O/20241121_094340.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - You can go inside and check out this chimney created by a big branch. There's no trace of wood left in there, it all burned away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527339123-H5CNKNC30OH3NF8PEYSF/20241121_100930.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - You then get back in your car to drive to Fissure 8. Unfortunately at this point I noticed this on my front tire along with a "low pressure" warning from the rental. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527354097-D6IPN5H56ZXLYGRIFC64/20241121_132932.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - We cancelled the tour so I could go to a garage. They couldn't do anything and there was no spare so I got Avis to send a tow truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527360187-QCZB0MC5E5OHDMPV0OJF/20241121_135457.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Got towed back to the airport to exchange cars. This all literally wasted my entire day. I hate renting cars and will avoid it like the plague in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527359863-BEOFHIG7PG91M5TO8DC6/20241121_172146.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Back in Hilo in the same apartment complex as before, but a different ( and better ) room! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527372463-FR2TTME18D0Y1MSE3OK8/20241121_172203.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Still with duck river. Really appreciated the nice Airbnb. It'll be a factor in me traveling going forward: How nice of a place can I afford? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733527372154-RNTGVBVJQ6Z8GYFKJ0S6/20241122_071816.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - The weather is so perfect in the morning and evenings here. Was such a great spot for coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528409071-5D8V1047U0Y10RXQ2QIQ/20241125_073940.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528407492-CJ79UM57ZIYTLXGQYQAG/20241125_074054.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - You just get pictures of both entrances. I assume it's some kind of loop in there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528412981-9AFV0NETJCLERF137KZI/20241125_074219.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528570976-HC7TPQMIK0BBZUNOJDMQ/20241122_133816.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528570337-ZOOLNF5LUSDB4VBN5IHP/20241122_133839.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - There's lots of vestiges of the old railroad that was used to ship the sugar canes around the island to be shipped out from Hilo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528577952-WCECKPKXZBQ8H2DUPHP8/20241122_134008.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - It's just a few rooms with little dioramas about the railroads and the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528577956-SYZ6VMBG4HSBEVXR9EP3/20241122_134014.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - The guy let me refill my water bottles so that's a win in my book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528755589-8SCJ95RSYTUO0J78PHM1/20241124_092750.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - While free, the bus system is bad. This is a "bus stop" according to them. You can only know about it by using Googlemaps and planning a public transit route. 0/10, try again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528753859-AEO19YBPKTSHCB5MMTWB/20241124_100313.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Not the greatest day for snorkeling let's just say. Waves still at an acceptable non-lethal level though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528762298-BR5ZEX9UVFZMVTLS3NIB/20241124_101242.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Lot of these huge snails on the rock walls and plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528768151-37FY05J4K9D5BDKCA0YI/20241124_102441.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Mongoose were introduced to the island to eat the rats. Spoiler: They are eating everything else too. At least they didn't introduce dingos to eat the mongoose and then bears to eat the dingos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528774550-ZXCS6O6JQYX7GM1Q9YWG/20241124_102730.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Look at his beady little red eyes. Local woman told me they also carry rabies! But they're so cute though, I want one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528790275-9ICP72I2OU0TILF1M49V/20241124_115216.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - The beach has several tide pools and sheltered rocky area for you to explore and check the marine life in relative safety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528781368-HI2QG1YH1RWJX6HOIB53/20241124_110922.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - Was my first time seeing the turtles up close as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733528782351-D0NV6JFMDUWXN34KSEMX/20241124_111020.jpg Posts - Big Island Attractions 2 - They really just don't give a fuck. I understand why they warn you to not touch them because you really could so easily. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/hawaii2 monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e76faa0b-2c95-452e-aac3-250f356f49ba/map.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b1056e86-d1f8-42e1-8a62-b1c42d3ae3ff/summary.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7d9756f6-be22-4dbf-b549-77fc3fc44b46/ride.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Southernmost Point in the U.S.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288080821-NSP4HVD4HKLCD5HN1QT9/20241118_101715.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - "The Slopes of Mona Loa" is the dominant feature as you make your way towards the coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288080916-KLJWR1FLVGPIJ4T1M5VI/20241118_104907.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's a lot of farm/plantation tours on the islands. I went to none of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288097852-9H0I2QB8Z3MAO4IQB1T3/20241118_123548.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's amazing views along the cliffs once you make it to the Southern point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288103022-M2LZVZ2DSLQN7F3SNKRU/20241118_123616.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288102486-8YWYLI538H6JYKEF299J/20241118_123813.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Heading back up. You can see the wind turbines in this area. They must be getting their money's worth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288113611-M4DDOX2QZJFMDPN8GUVI/20241118_140052.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's some good views along the coast going back, you get a sense of how massive these volcanoes are as you see the land bending upwards in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288126854-GPAA48DN22ZGJULC8IBW/20241118_155826.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's a park you can stop by that has old footprints preserved in the volcanic dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/19055fad-7293-459e-a16d-20167c7d89d5/ride.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Ride around Kilauea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288378106-9KN7XR54P0UYK1TUAPU0/20241119_091111.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - These are tree molds that form when lava hits a big tree. The water in the tree makes the lava solidify around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288390972-DJE9SE787P9X703NK2XR/20241119_091204.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The still intense heat eventually vaporizes the tree within the mold and you're left with a well-like imprint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288400673-8UCFJEOKD2Y82BFQ0G20/20241119_092251.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Fun fact: Medical travel insurance does not cover closed roads! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288402578-LQO64N6QW8AS7264N67F/20241119_095731.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Southern slope of Mona Loa. You can see how wide and flat it looks despite going up over 3000m above sea level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288419374-IFZRQEU2EZIH2BFCYPQT/20241119_103026.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Main draw of Volcanoes National Park: The Kilauea crater. It's a still ( very ) active volcano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288412464-XLHE5CL8TS7GCLWY8R02/20241119_100409.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's still some slight activity but no more lava flows/eruptions like previous years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288408766-EVMPNIF79821BTKDW6AN/20241119_100909.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - In 2018 it collapsed down when it erupted and you can see an old road that just fell into the crater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733521465720-5B5RB3DGW0BIGFZ23CI5/road.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - You can actually see these roads on Googlemaps as they end at the edge of the collapsed crater! Guess it expanded a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288413498-FFYGOP4OA8OVK53GGQZN/20241119_100920.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Closer look. The tour guide said the volcano used to almost come up to the current edge of the crater and collapsed down several hundred feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288422219-4PR7YMFDA1RVR1A7J8RF/20241119_103032.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The crater is about a mile across. It's something you have to see in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288425791-90KX8LK7QGOWC10HU0EK/20241119_103526.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288426368-77HI6YWT4S5NG5TIIBZW/20241119_103540.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The floor is just a slowly rising lava cap that builds up pressure until the next eruption cycle... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288430774-8JGO8DIEC9TSX8BDRH90/20241119_104435.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Nearby you can check out the steam vents spewing out sulfuric steam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288439220-9XOIVPYSYE2Q0HN3GIEX/20241119_104537.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - People throw tons of coins and other garbage in there. Do you get a wish for chucking coins in a volcano hole? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288437809-SDB8ABI55AQLLO5DEVEW/20241119_105724.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The road does about a half circle around the crater with a bunch of lookouts for you to stop and marvel at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288448604-6XPMQ7PGV2BYFJXMJUTO/20241119_110515.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Nearby Kilauea Iki Crater. It's much smaller and there's a hike going through it. See it in next post! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288449152-DMK9EZT0K31C63RKKA40/20241119_111852.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Nene, the state bird of Hawaii."The nene population stands at 3,862 birds, making it the world's rarest goose" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3d59db2b-6e44-4e79-b810-c7ab09251cbe/route.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Chain of Craters To Sea Arch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288641585-4XTI3TG6PMI9YUQGIDTQ/20241120_124438.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - First stop, the Ilina Pali lookout. You reach it from a long bumpy one lane side road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288641670-G5NKLXFLMYBPV11SQCDZ/20241120_124450.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - It offers great views of the desolate coast. There's hiking trails that start here as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288647783-63RWBAEIJKDC2G3Q2FVQ/20241120_135436.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - I climbed back up with a brutal headwind and then back onto the chains of craters road that descends all the way to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288653839-CS1NHTGA40EW402A96QJ/20241120_135901.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The views on here as you exit the woods are amazing. Endless fields of fresh black lava going all the way to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288657954-TV8B270A42TV85OGPZSW/20241120_142752.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - "end of the road" here at the Sea Arch. Maybe you can bike through but again not wanting to find out halfway that I have to turn back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288660143-TC8IXMYYM7YBX4Y2KCBF/20241120_143247.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Holei Sea Arch slowly getting grinded back into the ocean. These arches are ever-shifting and vanish over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288668550-K0HUTV27TLUACB89PVDK/20241120_143258.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The lava formations shift constantly here. It's otherworldly. Just a few years ago you could hike from this point and observe lava spewing out into the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288679430-KJ5GUPD679H2ZCO5Y80L/20241120_144732.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's so many square miles of this chocolate looking stuff frozen in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288680079-7J5CV550M4NXSL7FVS85/20241120_145009.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Half mushed centipede. Didn't know you could find those here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288687813-30LAIGH2BG9IBI6SJ0ZB/20241120_145832.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Making my way 1200m back up to the Airbnb now with brutal crosswinds. Just another miserable day, other than for the views. THAT'S HOW WE ROLL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288688345-HOX3GQ0I0P09ALJHW9N4/20241120_161637.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - This road is named the "Chain of Craters" road because it's built along multiple smaller craters on the lower slopes of Kilauea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733288694936-6ZID1KX8WCECL59BBUV0/20241120_161648.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Holy balls was I tired. There's just one or two of these craters worth checking out. You can also see steam escaping from random spots in the grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9e82d88c-c673-4489-a9c1-b98557d42067/route.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Waipi’O Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289135366-32XU9NDZYOI4O4BKC4IL/20241122_091841.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The Northeast side of Mona Kea is lush rainforest. You can check out this garden along the way! Lady was hiding from my camera behind a post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289146252-7LHUNF6B7ODK6BI5ZZ6B/20241122_092040.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289153305-KJDI4VBY1SYTPA2DYQR1/20241122_094409.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's tons of bridges that cross big ravines along this coast, giving you a clear glimpse of the lush coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289151769-AO1FBWSQ5NUEU5P37SDN/20241122_101201.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - These bridges are not bike friendly as the shoulder gets replaced by busted up trash-filled pavement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289159281-MA2TCC48T6ST0J8B1FXD/20241122_114449.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The end point of the ride! Waipi'o Valley on the Northern side of Mona Kea. Really reminds me of Madeira and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289161726-FEP4YWKFEZ21U6SP5B52/20241122_114455.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Tons and tons of tourists here of course, along with scammy fruit stands with 15$ coconuts or whatever BS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289168573-3L7P82HQS7ZYRTVDI0H0/20241122_115030.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - No expensive papayas for me, just sweet life-giving gummy bears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289165305-IQ5Q0XZWSGCB30EU2IOP/20241122_114551.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - You can go down into the valley only with a tour group as the road is closed to non-locals. It's like a 20% grade dirt road, it looks nuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289177155-CLXMWE2XD3L15AU84BMJ/20241122_122921.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Had to refill water in the first town along the way back and got scammed by these 8$ cookies. 8$ EACH. Granted they were huge and tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289182634-NZ9BT0L3W1KNP6XW5J3W/20241122_134754.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - More of these ravines on the way back. You can see the peak of Mona Kea poking out in the distance on some of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289186615-IVDYP2EN1CQ4REV1OMLP/20241122_141720.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Clouds also starting to form. I liked Hilo because the clouds would cancel out the usually super hot and humid mid-day weather. Just be back before rain and you're good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289132062-LI2C9CC7Q8JCCC1W5UXI/20241122_090822.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's some kind of farm/petting zoo near Akaka falls. Can I bill my insurance for this "cow therapy"? Lol insurance I don't have that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289191209-641LOXJUTQSBR1Y8LMRQ/20241122_143013.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - No it's okay, I don't want to retire, I'd rather have goat soap. Just need Warren Buffet to cosign the loan of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289193539-RLI7Z9VU9ZFDHBBYYD3K/20241122_144513%280%29.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - A local told me landscapers come trim coconuts off the palm trees on his property then sell them to tourists for 15$ lol. Get played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289199076-OIMC1IWRQAVQDPP6RMQA/20241122_144952.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Entry fee for parking and seeing the falls. Just 5$ so it's worth it, but they really milk you don't they? haha. Made them watch my bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289204672-RGV1Q3HG1AMD2KGKA3PE/20241122_150000.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's a nice loop in the rainforest for you to check the falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289228426-XBN4UYSWDQG4Q6VYNS4H/20241122_150631.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The falls themselves, 135m high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f6be0071-9906-4f8f-963f-62abe0b9c1f2/route.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Stainback Road + East Visit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289419032-5T4FEJG7O1HDCY41LWJR/20241123_084012.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - It's a pretty bad climb anyway, at least the portion I did. Just in the woods. Saw a huge black pig dead by the side of the road though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289418539-OVXIM9YPERKOT62ZJ23N/20241123_091219.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - "We don't let you out of the basement until you're skinny, or your money back!". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289449434-DDCSDCPP4VFEZI0381R0/20241123_100402.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Stopped by the Lava Tree Molds park on the way south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289437138-GYHWPINLRDSX804QYJSJ/20241123_100143.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - There's a 1 mile circuit for you to do around dozens of these molds. It's a nice little walk you can do if you're in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289442274-KJYFRI3UXXE1W4N05PBX/20241123_100310.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - You really have to know what you're looking at though. These look man-made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289450212-4KPAR0L5HU46NPN6KOPA/20241123_101316.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Going south along Leilani Estates to witness the 2018 devastation. Life is slowly growing back onto the lava field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733523670440-SZ6UPJLNYZLOJ2OY7GOE/estates.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - You can see the lava flow pretty clearly on GoogleMaps satellite view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289456845-YF8ADQ3VN84K06ITCBQP/20241123_103000.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Burned coconuts growing in the lava. Is that why coconuts are so huge and hard? To resist lava and grow after disasters? You google that, not me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289462036-XSGBGLFWW1GM6DJ6K04O/20241123_103552.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Went back to Hilo along the coast and through this cool "local traffic only" one lane road in the rainforest. I did a few miles on private dirt roads as well and got barked at by a loose dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289462862-Q9QS0SZ4G5Y8KNX160W7/20241123_105054.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Back on public road now there's more nice beaches that seem way too dangerous for activities... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6330d19d-554c-4108-8ab9-e291e61532be/route.png Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Make it stand out Mona Loa ( What’s left of it ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289661057-NJOLLB1T0T4LWS41MPB3/20241125_070130.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Sidebar: Downtown Hilo is really run-down. Most of Hilo just looks like a random dumpy town you'd find in the middle of nowhere in Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289665309-V5B13OXBQRWNT3AXNZO3/20241125_071136.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Little stop by Rainbow Falls again. Was told the rainbow is in the morning. I want my money back >:( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289664693-GUOGVLBJ9710RTIMIFM9/20241125_092004%280%29.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Back on the Saddle road to take a few last pictures of Mona Kea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289673635-SVMMEKJ8LU1HNHK7LEV0/20241125_093140.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Quite a sight as you can see the biomes changing with the elevation. This is still over 2000m of mountain you're looking at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289673961-BXZ1I1IO9J0FZ2HPEWMK/20241125_095359.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - The road to Mona Loa is literally right across the road to Mona Kea, where the Saddle road peaks in elevation. It's just a one lane perfectly smooth road with nothing but lava on all sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289680241-CSSC7ZQIAU73AOGHA7DK/20241125_102526.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - It almost feels flat compared to Mona Kea but it's still a 4-5% grade that undulates like a roller coaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289680067-DOMU4YS6M6J98CR7DCYP/20241125_103455.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Mona Loa itself has little to no views as it's so "flat" and wide. It's really more to enjoy Mona Kea that you come here. Absolutely stunning views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289685726-UNWPI1XABJNZT1THQUAS/20241125_104038.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - You can see Maui from here as well. The lava flows on Mona Loa are much more recent. You can see how far it spilled in the distance, reaching even across the road onto the Mona Kea side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289687575-ZFYUEFDI3WGN12Y2R7NX/20241125_104739.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - End of the road at about 2700m elevation. You can see on Googlemaps that it's only destroyed for around a mile so if you're really motivated feel free to keep going to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289692639-0MT0YFTG1NRU1NGGJJ18/20241125_111519.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Mona Loa seen from the Saddle road intersection. The peak is at 4169m ( though the road stops at 3200 ) but it's so wide it just looks like a little hill from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289703792-6FFIBAW31EZGBD4JA7TX/20241125_131057.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Felt good so did a bonus loop along the coast. Gorgeous day unlike the gray skies when I did my snorkeling earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289705486-15UV38WVRJ4ZIO9FEELO/20241125_131138.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Sea turtle sunning itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289712473-L1ZI1DPITZGYGB6AOF89/20241125_131810.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - It's really a shame how run-down and full of bums this city is because when the weather is good, it's amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289716568-NS5T21JXHM7W6U6PVCCZ/20241125_132016.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Thin-Shelled rock crabs can be seen skittering about on all these beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289717497-RFOSIHKSUDKL783X0FWQ/20241125_133902.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Back near town, another gorgeous beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289726951-M3ADLN5JCR6UMCS8OKC4/20241125_134131.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Reeds Bay Beach park has a loop along a dozen of these huge and awesome Banyan trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289728465-AW39AS05ANQXR7I7YRJJ/20241125_134325.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Lili'uokalani Japanese gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289741239-W24GAF36L5F6WH5LI7GP/20241125_134417.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - It's actually quite large and has a nice network of paths and ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289751861-VWH2FVPLUOOWRF8KXEIV/20241125_135131.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - This park is 30 acres! Hawaii has a huge Japanese influence to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289741087-2JLYLEVCN7KB0GNPYKRX/20241125_134613.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - More of these. The world's most endangered goose according to wikipedia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733289751477-MK8I626BB5ESHKK5RKPM/20241125_135751.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Rides 2 - Statue of Kamehameha along the waterfront back towards downtown. People had made fruit/flower offerings in front of him. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/hawaiiattractions1 monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cf349719-4d41-42e6-a2a9-65fabfb5b4a2/_map.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733115942948-OWCA6PTY7SXNQN5OTDNQ/605e79ae5bb3a_sized.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116353868-7YD1XJZHQZPP8U6JE8UU/20241116_101230.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116321029-CDM57SGADM8X40Y0JQLM/20241116_094436.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - The main hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116332977-6CBW302P3C7BKGZKRMR0/20241116_094812.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116325178-9J9MTZCEID4F73KR50TV/20241116_094516.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Info about the local sea life. Yes everything is very endangered, don't touch anything ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116327621-IAF4C717WL6OC3RH4281/20241116_094638.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Monk seals. Hope to see some of these guys before I go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116334587-SZL4O201H36O7E3REK92/20241116_095343.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - There's a big aquarium in the back with fish you're likely to see while snorkeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116341518-B7OWLW9SPKZ2H21L5GML/20241116_095636.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116347081-NB5WDNNE8IIIC92TXL81/20241116_100133.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Upstairs there's a huge collection of artifacts/bones of all kinds. Wtf is this fish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116351515-E1TQCQKZ26AUEN6R53YB/20241116_100922.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - There's also a gallery next to it. It had sculptures made of Tsunami debris on exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116347931-ORFM7396DJKWWN37PDN6/20241116_100657.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - What an absolute chad this guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116669315-V3LZFBAZDAL4LP6VZ0RN/20241116_101723.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116932232-XIPJ1J0QPAOCHOL4V08S/20241116_102500.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116936593-KVSN745Z5K5WOQ0QO4NI/20241116_103945.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - This is basically the museum. If you enjoy reading, this is the museum for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116946244-02NIFPIY0LW94NOXZIOR/20241116_104850.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Have all the reading in the world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116947704-I5BW1H917Q1O280CKV84/20241116_104418.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - They made a little movie theater inside the old bank vault, that's kind of cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733116938325-8Z4JCZHH8AL7OXP4WGLV/20241116_103959.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Once you're sick of reading you can sit and listen to tsunami stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117283905-KR0CFO5XDU0UVSQ0BN9V/20241116_120541.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117315795-4QS3XYDB7HKBB4K3WP13/20241116_123412.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Main entrance/hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117285516-Q6TADCVQZY8GWSCOCWW7/20241116_120904.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Starts with a lot of info about early inhabitants of the islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117289897-PYJODY0J1JYW6CC77JQQ/20241116_121042.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Chill bean bag section where you can watch moss grow and blow in the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117297058-3C9WGNC44W7YEOZEYXTF/20241116_121307.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - There's a fun "underwater cave" glow-in-the-dark tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117290554-CWJI68PDYUI1XVN1NMM8/20241116_121224.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - With sea monsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117300350-LE0AR8HTG251V3RU4GWU/20241116_121658.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - The main hall has lots of exhibits about volcanoes, geology, stars, planets etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117305133-8RIJ9B4HYJ0HTUD5K7IJ/20241116_122314.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Didn't have time to bike the error message on this trip but would love to. Epic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117305466-E7Y3WOGNMDF9VW2ZXBO5/20241116_122527.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - I think that planet was also supposed to be some interactive projection thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117310853-7A7UPSPNGWLV8R541VYW/20241116_122956.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Love these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117328848-WZ9DLO684DU816YN59PO/20241116_124523.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Little movie about the observatories on top of Mona Kea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733117333810-S892F4SFPU5DEV2EW5WR/20241116_125259.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - One of the movies inside the planetarium. Pretty relaxing. This place is worth a little stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a8600842-5959-42fe-9dcd-480e6fd7a743/20241116_135716.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Make it stand out This is the Palm Garden near the University. I thought it was an actual botanical garden of some sort but it’s just a small garden with dozens of species of palm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/74dca7a2-6450-47d1-b991-52a57cbaae65/20241116_140514.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Make it stand out This is the botanical gardens at the university. Once again seems like just a little garden you can walk in. Like, if it’s free, is it even worth looking at? Like. Come on. Though the main reason I didn’t visit either garden is that they’re outside and this was going on: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118366143-RNQGVNIGMZITJPAGFRLB/20241117_125504.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118367629-2ET9AZT7JU6D4MDAFRDL/20241117_125747.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - They have many kinds of huge and loud parrots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118386826-NWG7717WPY19HDW1VQIA/20241117_131012.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - I think that one said "hello". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118395997-P6WAPM22LQ7XQR4M54YC/20241117_131249.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - The Hyacinth Macaw, the largest "flying" parrot in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118471728-YB2L604FH3PITL265X2R/20241117_140843.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118384616-4WHY0S6GAM79FAYFLMFF/20241117_130551.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118375413-5QSDB7IUZ9WQ16HCZ3FD/20241117_125922.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - I didn't know Black Swans actually existed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118408448-C8UGYDYTUCFYZTEYUQAG/20241117_131557.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - I want to hear the story of this sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118420835-S8Z7ZVUVBLTRX40UCJH5/20241117_135128.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - It's a small but packed zoo with nice and lush vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118418160-D8KGUNXQ6LFJ7QXDDD4G/20241117_134706.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118426726-TPIQ3JR2L9DALC0I5GEW/20241117_135252.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Yes it was pissing rain on/off also... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118431016-5K0GSGST66UWV22PFDTQ/20241117_135355.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Look at this thing. Man it looks endangered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118434343-BDRGQIJHAMNS2RGZZLK1/20241117_135602.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Tiger was eating some grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118439338-DBZ73RYXGTSTK982BVU4/20241117_135954.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Big snapping turtles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118456630-AM5IVOTKFBTYGE2S9C2N/20241117_140624.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Just like back home in Victoria, there's roaming peacocks here. I think they're free to go, they just like it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118456746-420U65JQ3APSIHFKTO8Z/20241117_140628.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Of course those damn chickens found their way into the zoo. Just trying to blend in before people decide to start eating them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118466828-E8VDK4Z82DZQR35MCR1J/20241117_140937.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - The Hawaiian owl. Doubt I'll see any in the wild so soak it in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118478552-HDH7PGBHQ9MNA60H3U4L/20241117_141249.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - There's of course a section of reptiles/ amphibians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118481454-OZB5IK1B0MHV2XSRA5PN/20241117_141452.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118486446-XKMGNCJGU0IXADBMS0KT/20241117_141621.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118487964-MPOH9PIKY944EU06S2RM/20241117_141753.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - I mean look at this thing. Can it survive in the wild? Really? No way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118493625-VUB8DTQXI2Y7KMIH9ZMX/20241117_141956.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1733118496162-2IL3NRQW0LEGZQF6E34E/20241117_142019.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/df9cb60c-fad0-481a-8c5e-1dd635f84910/20241117_151409.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Make it stand out My Airbnb in Volcano was pretty tiny. Just a room someone added to their house as a rental. But hey, private, clean and modern. That’s a 10 around these parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9c1fb75c-ba3d-453a-b1a6-614466edd2df/20241117_162529.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Big Island Attractions 1 - Make it stand out His backyard had a bunch of chickens clucking at all times and these cool Kalij pheasants which the internet tells me are from Pakistan. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/hawaii1 monthly 0.5 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bced3e7a-b858-4928-b4ed-ef3d863b200c/_map.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6cc8992c-0581-449a-a950-8ba49f90eb72/weektemplate.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134546194-YHFP7E4DLORVZHRCPQ0U/20241111_102751.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Look at this super tiny plane flying from Victoria to Vancouver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134546089-YIFZAB3AJ7FWY6AR5JZ8/20241111_111143.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Stopped at the old Vancouver south airport, 20mins away from the real airport. Weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134550545-8ZAC2EB8CN936JMOC59R/20241111_163930.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - This guy having the time of his life on the 5.5 hours trip to Kona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134550657-LXLVJ503J8WXKQABP65I/20241112_075759.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Turkeys scampering on the steep street where my Airbnb was https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134553554-XG6HCJ3UN25EO7MT5GWH/20241112_185359.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Also had a night cat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134555954-Z2LB19EBYMC2QS0SNK9R/20241113_072330.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Backyard of the Airbnb. Very zen. It was just a room inside some people's house but that did the trick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134557899-84Y2QY79VU1UXGLRN8XY/20241113_084308.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Learned that Hawaii, like Newfoundland, have their own weird bastard language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134559329-YCZAXJKILN54KBFPYNDW/20241113_084400.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Keep in mind that book is from like 1982 so possibly nobody actually talks like this anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3d999eb1-4b1b-46a2-bcac-f9b0f91b10d4/ride.png Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out Kona North Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134738919-WM3Y9RG57K4IY522E3DN/20241112_083417.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - About 20km into the ride I get a flat... Was this entire trip going to be this kind of BS? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134734397-5Y8D0CT1QDQMRP3MH40H/20241112_093546.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Don't know if you can read the "Trump" flag. Lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134738596-HTW1UHNGOHRZFIKDTEWM/20241112_095043.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Cool grass-covered mounds ( old craters? ) along the bottom of Mona Kea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134744247-OYKVXBC8JESQ9R1ALPIR/20241112_110002.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The Victory boot in a little town called Waimea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134744112-UHKNEX96WN9DDZTG5JI6/20241112_111048.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The foot of Mona Kea, <1000m elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134747143-4GMYKZ6L33ZC3L0I0A5T/20241112_112049.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Discovered much of the island is infested with these wild goats. They live on the grass mounds and mow them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134753259-6PSR03PKRZSW0L67LK5G/20241112_120734.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - More goats sleeping under a really cool tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134756548-D0GCIXCXF4348L8P67P2/20241112_121756%280%29.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - This is right next to one of many large resort towns ( money farms ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134759093-A3YMDJ8C0CH7Z2VGXHXQ/20241112_121854.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - These petroglyphs ( ancient carvings ) are so clean they look manufactured... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134760701-N4OBVBP8ZHWELPGL9GFO/20241112_121859.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Pretty cool that they're right there. You could just grab it! Then go to jail! : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134760834-HOG3R3VC441K975Y1C04/20241112_122730.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Mona Kea in all its glory, seen from sea level. That's a 4200m mountain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134768503-0C1EXK12XAP0GTQ4QNAB/20241112_132125.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The Kona side coastline is just completely empty other than a few resort towns miles apart. What a waste! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134775847-AXHL5P55YDNOMBSYRR6G/20241112_164753.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - One of the bolts from my front brake popped out in transit. A mechanic from a shop made a ghetto fix with some random nuts and a zip tie. Otherwise half the brake kept closing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134775401-O4QX5AMEFYQTK51WLVI9/20241112_144918.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Ended the ride by trying "Loco-Moko" which is hamburger patties with gravy and a runny egg on top. It's...ok. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/26532701-a757-43ad-af13-cb424e00c223/ride.PNG Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out Walking Around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134989311-N583FTMU559DGZ45UJH8/20241113_095248.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Gold Dust Day Gecko at the Airbnb. They're SMOL but plentiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134992750-LLCQ23MJB5H4HKUGXSBV/20241113_104439.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Look at this happy little guy! What the GEICO mascot is based on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134998308-EATK9UQK5BI7N69UIOG7/20241113_113556.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Yes, good shoes... yes I am wearing those. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732134998489-279R2V767IBBQGW1J2Q8/20241113_113823.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Ancient rock wall structure in the Petroglyph park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135003779-OWN7NTGGA27VFUZ4VK2J/20241113_114013.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - These are "noni" plants. They look cool I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135004507-ZABX9P7Q6DHJ36ZPL08C/20241113_114056.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - "The pungent odour of the fresh fruit has made it a famine food in most regions, but it remains a staple food among some cultures" -Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135015877-H6PWCQ5305HLC823KP9F/20241113_115634.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - More petroglyphs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135012577-6W6FH5UFJQ2VF3V4FXRU/20241113_115639.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Very bad drawing. 1/10. You had so many rocks to practice with and this is what you made? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135015457-4I387JBX2CWB8ZMOKIO3/20241113_115817.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - I think some kind of invasive parrot species? Whatever they are cool. More. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135019621-LYF5187UC20SI6SZBDDG/20241113_120425.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Passed by a rocky beach where the sea turtles hang out and chill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135021909-Z0EFWV48B6YF5SG0B55X/20241113_121115.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Several of them were "sleeping" near shore. Of course if you get within 20 feet someone snipes you from a helicopter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135019785-ZF1VNY78H3Q183TYK2GI/20241113_120528.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - A "Wandering Tattler". Always nice to have completely different animals when traveling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135024686-U5WXFCX2J7RDL27NOJG9/20241113_122358.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Pacific Golden Plover. I think these are winter visitors to Hawaii. They are everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135025436-PXINRSM4TV7DQKIAT3Y6/20241113_122414.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - A very Hawaii picture for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135026551-Q88WCSDUWWFJCW51J2CZ/20241113_122738.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Badass boat name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135029376-VAXDU7A86RUQNRNLT69Q/20241113_140521.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Didn't make it in time before the Hulihe'e Palace closed...at...2pm. Like come on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135030857-DVGA1X7RL7HEW1R9071F/20241113_143642.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Cruise ship bringing a fresh batch of ripe tourists to harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135031958-1O9WZOFI4UQFO840IUUZ/20241113_155455.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Like all nice and warm places, Kona has a healthy population of bums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135035335-V0KTTJBYS71SMTNL1HAI/20241113_161706.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Taro bread. There's no fruit in this just pure sugar, but it's purple so I bought it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135036555-4N2A56MNL1PX27FQKPYR/20241113_180543.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - A "bus stop" according to Hawaii. The bus never showed up anyway. Took a Uber to the airport. RIP 25$. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7bf5f72f-9911-48e0-bff8-0732dd6ac6d1/ride.png Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out Bike Test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135276980-C11DB07GX90V3OK32DHY/20241114_083006.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - My kickass Airbnb was in a big apartment complex with a river running through it. Very nice! Was happy since I'd come back here after spending a few days in Volcano NTL park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135286380-RIG1JCZE6R9UKDT7V9WN/20241114_104612.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Even has koi fish in there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135280621-I3CCLE085FR9FKKQKHR1/20241114_104546.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Also had huge ducks you could hear loudly landing in the pond all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135272105-H7UW6W5Y8J0SY5A7R24O/20241114_100259.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - As a cyclist I never think to sunscreen my feet... Whoops. Result of 4hours of walking around yesterday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135285579-6U7H8XNPPV7AN7PRAVB7/20241114_131638.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Got a little break from the rain to do a test ride. This is the oceanfront of downtown Hilo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135297809-C0HMUFPZ90IGSUOSP59H/20241114_133148.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - There's a loop with a bunch of these huge Banyan trees. They are awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135316146-744YLNTRAMAKONCPW5WA/20241114_134740.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - "Rainbow Falls". You're supposed to visit in the morning to get the rainbow... Will try later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135297685-UOU6QHF6XV31V1CJT0KZ/20241114_134316.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - "Boiling Pots". Can't see much. Cut the jungle guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135319258-AFH8W6Q7KHI7QSBXPP1K/20241114_140417.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Andrew, Alex's brother. He's the one in charge of support for Mona Kea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135323136-NYO4OIS21YT0EQ9X12B4/20241114_145554.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Look at these frickin trees though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135333576-CCS4GACA4KCPR0H1P7JV/20241114_150524.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Herd of random wild cats hanging out at my Airbnb's parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135334370-UAQ26S1YOC8PC5S2GNY0/20241114_150635.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Oh yeah, the Island is infested with these chicken. I assume they descend from people keeping them as farm animals. There's wild goats and pigs now too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b294016e-0d15-4f97-99b7-dea0bd090dce/ride.png Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Make it stand out World’s Biggest Climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135435136-IWWH4WS5BLY1HGAEH35H/20241114_172537.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - My rocket fuel for the ride. The KOM on this climb is 4.5 hours... So....yeaaaaah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135434849-8NQSIOW1C4ND48AW7U4H/20241115_080759.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - About 660m up as you turn onto the highway to go towards Mona Kea. That's part 1 of the climb done: From Hilo to Highway. 13km. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135438063-33B2G1QX571IO304RHPX/20241115_090201.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - That's pretty accurate! The second part is the highway that crosses the island and then you turn on Mona Kea access road, after 44km and 2000m climbed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135442873-HZCNL94B1ULBQWVV0UJV/20241115_090515.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Multiple different landscapes as you go up in elevation. It's rare you can see it so well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135442802-H4AA9LYB56H9SB1ITXTU/20241115_092639.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The foot of the mountain is a beautiful landscape with tons of wild flowers flanking both sides of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135446610-RL385NGGRO7K3WASRPSR/20241115_101335.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Part 3 is the last easy part. It's from the turn all the way to the visitor center. 54km in, 2800m! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732416960871-GN75EKA9ZZSGXZUG298N/Dirt-road-4.6-miles-.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Part 4 is 4.6 miles of loose sandy dirt with very steep pitches. It's why you need a follow car. Got Andrew to give me running shoes. The altitude at this point starts to completely destroy you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135494013-FAAYOSRX4ZLSE8P4RFM2/20241115_143416.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The dirt ends at km 64 / 3500m elevation. It destroyed me. I walked half of it. The altitude is brutal if you come from sea level like I do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135488297-IGS70GXDMMYXE0I1F9DH/20241115_143235.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Andrew on photo duty! The final part is paved again. If you have support you can switch bikes/shoes again here! Sections of this last stretch are also really steep at 15%. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135486570-WRKPKWYDI0HZI84ZGOBC/20241115_140703.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Alex's special climbing bike had the gearing to do this! Not me! Look at the diner plate cassette and tiny chairing. Almost a 2:1 ratio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135502807-5PSZ9MRZMZU85PODNY7T/20241115_145305.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - I ran out of power and gears even on the pavement at this point, completely exploded. Alex kept it steady! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135471795-PK76D24QDOT9EK7R9B16/20241115_131223.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Still made it to the top! 69km, 4200m. 5h50 minutes. Slower than I wished but without acclimation, I think it's okay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135457108-X4TE2O8ROJF5CD2RPW72/20241115_125755.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - I almost quit 2km from the top as I was shame-walking ON PAVEMENT. But I couldn't push the watts anymore. You have about 42% the oxygen here as you do at sea level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135450156-XBI8D7FW6YTRI4FWC40R/20241115_125712.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - That little red mound is the actual top of Mona Kea. WELL PAVE IT AND I'LL GO. UNTIL THEN... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135462517-LSHOF920VUF1197220B3/20241115_130825.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - The array of telescopes at the top at basically the best in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135462253-R6DU7XN66V8762LX0WP8/20241115_131209.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - It was about 0c at the peak, 30c in Hilo. That's perfect weather for this climb! We got very lucky there was no snow or rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135467776-CNS4JJ9BNKQWM8I0O1LO/20241115_131211.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - It's just crazy up there. Met one of the astronomers working at the telescopes! Otherwise very few people come here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135474082-VLH2XSB4JDTXXBUCMVEF/20241115_131405.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - You can pay 150-200$ USD to be driven up with a tour group, otherwise you have to rent a 4WD or they stop you at the visitor center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135519079-DDSK7U44CC3AZ57DVV1J/20241115_145900.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - Our rental ( after Andrew fixed one of the exploded tires ). That dirt section is no joke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1732135523310-RMOJNL0TIHNM1N3MI7XK/20241115_153539.jpg Posts - Hawaii - Part 1 - Big Island - One last view while driving back down. Happy to not have to bike this descent! I was cracked. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/sealed2024 monthly 0.5 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3184bf96-d6f8-4cc1-8923-1c20b84a7391/01_1993.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out Starting with 1993 here. These are mostly from completing Heritage Auctions and Facebook sales. Interestingly this year a box of Arabian Nights actually sold on Heritage for 212 000$, creating a first data point in years. There's not enough of this stuff to go around to make really solid conclusions about the prices unfortunately. The trend seems to hold flat at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4b3bbb19-adce-4412-baf0-f0ff1b67b5c8/02_1994_alldata.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out This is the stuff that is accessible to most investors and that you can usually buy any time you want. I'm showing all the data to put in context that the recent drop might be pretty drastic but the current prices still dwarf the pre-crypto boom of 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1f1fa063-083f-49a4-b29b-df6ce0f6a8f4/02_1994_recemt.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out Here we clearly see prices retraced back to 2020 levels. However notice basically a 30% haircut from the peaks of 2021-2022. Brutal. Remember these aren't even inflation-adjusted which might make their current price actually below 2020... Let's look at the rest now: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2a4b8366-65a8-4be4-9af3-f9a0f0db865a/02_1995_recent.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/60ff504a-4f4c-4be3-a1dd-a1ad780a7825/02_1996-97_recent.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04cdb548-0dbb-4821-ab49-5584b098474d/02_1998-99recent.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/40027751-07ae-403e-9473-6232efb003c6/02_2000recent.PNG Posts - Vintage Sealed MTG in 2024 - Make it stand out 7th edition seems to be the one outlier but that's from just one sale on Ebay so who knows. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishusaattractions2 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e858d58e-d0ae-447a-8c0a-8f2f85999233/map2.PNG Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014421055-E7Y5D2J8DC6X7ONI80P4/20240827_164648.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014419835-0GZEFOO2ZSVY050605TX/20240827_164832.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014437375-IG12I7SD88KDDX5PGAYP/20240827_165054.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014447312-S6K35LA14GF79CC2ILFF/20240827_165149.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Crime rate must not have been high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014454258-W2QDF8866L0CCK385B1E/20240827_165350.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - There's a few old growth trees here as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014459952-A0QMFGU725AMF7YFVISS/20240827_165727.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Some kind of pre-industrial horse torturing device https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014469279-94B0MWIGG708ABM2WZMP/20240827_170022.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014473293-JMJP9BCTJOUWG9072DC6/20240827_170058.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014480776-0O5BT7ZBGR1CSUJ95MA2/20240827_170138.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Kind of interesting to see them use cement in between the logs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014482748-QWBS3RXZCDN90LIDHVY6/20240827_170238.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Well anyway, you get the idea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014627399-8QB3BQ6PSLEBOD38Z9BZ/20240829_135350.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Kind of interesting wooden statue at the entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014628945-9JK28I4VNBW0592FSCL5/20240829_140534.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Reconstructing a typical turn of century home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014628782-QE9X9RW3KOWTD2BEHI8S/20240829_140651.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Meanwhile people now bitching about rents. 11 people on 425 square feet... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014632468-MM10SHXX2BXHJOQ8PK4L/20240829_140931.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - The electrification of Orcas. Definitely a challenge to modernize these islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014634731-FR5VGMXUFKJ7T12R3DKK/20240829_141440.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - I can't tell if these things are worth money. Is this just garbage or do people pay money for this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014638759-SDYMERUKSUWO8XUHZAKB/20240829_141458.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - I need this, then I'd be the king of all coffee hipsters with a bike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014639087-QU8UBNWEE1SUF8WRALMM/20240829_141810.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - It's interesting just how much stuff seems to have survived from the Industrial era. Mass production I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014642887-9LK5PIGS6K2568QRMQKL/20240829_142047.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Fun diagram of the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014644982-3I87NZMEG0W7OMXPVT57/20240829_142323.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - The bison skull they make a big deal of. Found in the early 2000s on Orcas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014646221-FDQ2DI5QASS5BHQTBA84/20240829_142506.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Shows that humans visited/lived on Orcas over 12 000 years ago! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014706871-BGKV9BPUO5AK1ZARPDVN/20240830_143738.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Snagboats are used to clear large debris from waterways like floating tree trunks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014691853-5C3CUZXXR6GGHR3RO8AC/20240830_140228.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You can visit almost the entirety of the vessel and see how life was like for the crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014695698-VHNEYNG3UF629U9IDMQS/20240830_140900.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Huge boiler / engine room with everything nicely preserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014695963-EYY8T75PLU2QM84KCF5J/20240830_141033.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - What's the story behind this sign you think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014699814-B7G3FNCLT3TINZ2FLFM3/20240830_141248.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You can go outside and climb up the boat to the cabin. Crows hanging on the chimney here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014700138-3ZOC7JTNQ8G0KL1MCU03/20240830_141350.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You get a good view from the top of this ship as it's about 4 storeys tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014704757-E6UG4K2A2FXC8Z1MVIWM/20240830_142421.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - The inside of the actual museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014704642-A2WNBN3RX1IA4B5RP9QH/20240830_142756.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You can read all about cod fishing and ferry schedule history! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014754035-CPSRHV900XFIEE36K7FS/20240830_144508.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014758775-8OY451PY6YXYP0U991SP/20240830_150143.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014753747-VN66GLRJ3QV0P7TEPMI9/20240830_145642.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014758665-XFMR4AY7W1HF9QNSJ6Z8/20240830_145729.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014822375-S6TZ5D9DNF7ZCNFDJZGK/20240830_101427.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - The place is geared more towards kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014821764-K9XK5QPMVQFVTKFEQ0C1/20240830_101602.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - "Hey we found this salmon and medusa lamp, is that teaching kids anything? Let's just put them here I guess". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014827015-BQU81X5868N8JURIRZ6F/20240830_101959.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - There's a few very nice and tightly packed aquarium filled with local sealife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014826637-620XJMCWQ6TCGM2MJ9UQ/20240830_102123.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Rock fish just watching me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014829828-VMKS25580ORHMKWM5O1B/20240830_102146.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Wolf eels. Definitely one of the weirder things you'll find in the ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014830966-N14EJDJHVDBPKVTM3LFL/20240830_102320.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - There's a little touch tank where you can grab/touch various cucumbers and starfish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014833030-0EW92AISES3N7KQTOEKQ/20240830_102520.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Huge and probably delicious shrimp taking like half its tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014833989-HO4SQFM7K2FY5H584AZT/20240830_102648.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Flat fish with the distorted mouth so it can breath while hiding on the sea floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014834853-L8GG0L9R2N5XMEGMALDF/20240830_103645.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Cliff swallows nesting outside the building making a racket and still freaking out when people walk by. Get over it, you picked this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014895105-BF3KPRGRNFC9ZUO3NL2E/20240830_105423.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014917480-7MM7JUIRRW5ZYM4SURM7/20240830_120458.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You can see Baker here. Looks way bigger in person. I thought this shot would be so badass but you can barely see :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014897963-XDS3UAYFWZG4OYPV1W25/20240830_110503.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - You start with a walk down memory lane for the year where the mission took place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014901027-X07HB1KLW7HE35AD802Y/20240830_111301.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Capsule replica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014901148-T6K9B8JY8VEA0U78O4QC/20240830_111548.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Legit piece of moon rock. Kind of small. Go get me a bigger one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014904528-E1CWGTQB817CY4QZD5T6/20240830_112914.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Interesting tidbit about this plane that didn't get blown up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014905195-A6WHTXUT21FJI5UFBM5X/20240830_113030.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - I do believe most of these planes get flown to this day. Amazing how well maintained these are for being almost 100 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014908203-1RJEQBH2XLF6GSH9YLLL/20240830_113250.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Cool, cool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014908821-GFILGD8M8O993WS4Z8VT/20240830_113603.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - This is the best plane. Looks like the LEGO planes I used to build. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014910364-I4Q6HDN62TNZBR1GPL8T/20240830_113654.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Protip: You can put guns on TOP of the wings too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014912134-XIRR201WPD6ASR2RYPMJ/20240830_114731.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - A bunch of engines on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014912772-QTQ0538SR6HPGLQX3FL2/20240830_114746.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - 1600hp Spitfire WW2 engine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014915451-DM9CHC2Z7IYLQ16PIM37/20240830_115637.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - What's great about this museum is you walk around the planes and can admire them from any angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014915831-E4IEKPWKR2D6GV5RPYJ0/20240830_120232.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - What a nerd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014985968-2IATE12FZCKLDL6LXT91/20240830_123940.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Just tons and tons of small artifacts / antiques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014986084-1KDVX2O0H4WN8YT353E1/20240830_124020.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - It's always interesting to see all the info about the locals and their ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014989223-IVSEMNMVAE5YIIZPLCD2/20240830_124145.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Basically the "Grandma's House" museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014991286-9CYPC4EL67NOEAEEFZSW/20240830_124414.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - This used to be okay. What a time to be alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014993053-19LO95QPEW15W59VCCTI/20240830_124540.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - This is not okay to do anymore, no matter how many people you roast in an oven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014994021-ZDH1XU034713NJ4BBUG6/20240830_124656.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - People really really hated smiling until about the 1920s is what I learned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014996178-JFEQD58RBKBAPW2YTRUB/20240830_125057.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Legit grandma bedroom, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014997779-Q5EEZI5PCJL6QY4S6WQO/20240830_130253.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Vintage "stump puller" tractor. One of the first John Deere contraptions! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726015002706-ZDNSNHYSSJY5DWVJQZL8/20240830_130732.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Ok that thing was really cool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726015000446-WNID8B2ESNQM64NGHA8K/20240830_130534.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - Early carriage type car and Ford Model T next to it. Cool to be able to see them from up close! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726015003108-T6OQPV777DBSKM0GQ1LV/20240830_131612.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - They also have a small exhibition about a local sign artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726015005759-0RW480EZKLWHXL9K9MNK/20240830_133414.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 2 - The interesting contrast of flat farmland and Mt.Baker which I SWEAR LOOKED BIGGER IN PERSON https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/salishusaattractions1 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7885e818-a63b-44e5-bdc5-f3eebfc66ff3/map.PNG Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013029581-YRXB3QO5082TTZIO1SUN/20240904_133148.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Model of the museum. You can see it's not very large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013040451-DDE2J56364U162SFID7U/20240904_135947.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - There is a large focus on artwork for this museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013031900-KHF408TQ7G4HE53E4DWI/20240904_134326.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Every wall is adorned with various aircraft themed works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013049711-O9NLSW46IUO8PGV0IWSP/20240904_140202.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013034608-SO2UEOL59P52TCKDEG1V/20240904_135509.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They have a program to get kids involved so they can earn a pilot's license for free! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013037960-EG6IJAJUP28IYTF3YM6Z/20240904_135712.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Also an endless amount of these models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013034835-4LLJ57Y2BUTXX8K6FX36/20240904_135616.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Half of the collection. Most of these are flown from time to time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013038662-0SBUBZQCMMMMGCCIS21E/20240904_135802.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Almost all of these are from 1930-1950. Only super rich people can have planes now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013052389-26V9RL2P85VWGEATDUPK/20240904_140505.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Various stunt, glider and experimental planes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013057117-GH1EGEGWAJB8HOB7H9F5/20240904_140651.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Not a bad little museum. Takes about an hour to visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013240446-LIEL7KB56Z3UN0M8EUME/20240823_092130.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - I didn't know Seattle was named after a Native American guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013242738-ZBC3BUQKDSSJ15LIQK6Z/20240823_092324.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The museum has this one main room with artifacts and exhibits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013252247-2L8L0HXPLJMD25EM95DW/20240823_093850.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013245902-FC5TN2G43K9V75JHQ9KQ/20240823_093439.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Lot of Native American artifacts you can examine up close https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013249235-7QBYHKPCIDMXNF5I9LEW/20240823_093639.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The baskets are quite something actually, some are even watertight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013249840-IFZLGS1GUTQA093W58SO/20240823_093720.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - These could take days to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013252572-05XEBFB0G11CAFZ5C9LA/20240823_094009.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They have a few stuffed black bears as well. Do not touch the bears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013317034-PTDYBX79NT0MU3VTQA2L/20240823_124406.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013317045-LCR3PMSV07APHALWLOT3/20240823_124349.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Outdoor they have two large submarines on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013319360-1XL7Q3C1WGPDAZQEM0ZP/20240823_124420.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - I assume they are submarines, I didn't read anything. Too much rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013321569-8U5Q41SMV14JBJRURELE/20240823_124827.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - A lot of the museum is dedicated to explaining service in the submarine corps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013329732-XH0SWT2LOST2N7ZH2O6F/20240823_125238.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Just a badass flag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013331955-IKKFARXVZUD1PU1O4U80/20240823_125622.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - There's a section talking about underwater-related natural sciences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013335223-4ZFSMSIK7S720UYTLPM5/20240823_130052.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - I thought this was very cool to showcase the effect of saltwater on different metals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013349957-RAFZPWJVF19ALT31GL4I/20240823_132138.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Lot of interactive things for kids in here as well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013335331-Z8GW0E2NWPU6B0VEW5QZ/20240823_130302.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The center of the museum has dozens of mines and torpedoes on display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013339314-HKIABFUFZ4EHJ3HTXSC5/20240823_130806.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - It goes through the history of undersea warfare in chronological order https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013349389-60U8V6XR52PJ9IX8LM9V/20240823_132506.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - A really cool steampunk torpedo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013339210-YFLJ40EM7REID65M3TC6/20240823_130831.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - More torpedoes. Some with transparent casings to show you the inner workings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013342041-Y1JSRP2E5LEB30E70GIC/20240823_131750.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Dolphins against Saddam. Who knew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013343124-AAVTDZF84GFSDSZVRB6O/20240823_131540.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They have a section for all sorts of undersea suits / gear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013343549-XQLO146J2LUC8TLA4RD5/20240823_131811.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Oh yeah the Navy trained sea lions to find mines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013623732-9OQEEJSYMOTU7EAN5BCT/20240822_114251.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013623910-E8DCS8KJ2W50ROY767D6/20240822_115135.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Main room talking about the geography of the area and the civilian vessels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013627406-STESW02AGV18S1FDEGZ6/20240822_115827.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013627697-7W59FF3Y0UJOVAEPVGJD/20240822_120022.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The best thing I discovered: The round rock contest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013629743-KB3NPUM3NTK4TTMJ0FQ7/20240822_120043.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Some of the first winners. Started by a guy who ran chicken races before the government outlawed gambling (fun). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013651141-UF9H8PQLMLVC8SJCZKQA/20240822_122703.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The contest continues to this day! 70+ years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013632631-FUMXMTNERWNV0816EZ4T/20240822_121144.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Also has a section for Native American artifacts. Everyone has a ton of this stuff apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013642187-1XRLKK9LAFVJQ4KCIXNY/20240822_122149.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They're restoring this boat in an adjacent hangar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013645425-LQGYNWP2OUDO70ZJNLWY/20240822_122325.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - This is cool: A huge tar cauldron used to soak fishing nets. See? I learned something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013647092-BEZY99T3VWIDZJPB5DWT/20240822_122559.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013871067-19EWTFJCYT9MF0AGFQH3/20240821_133127.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - I parked near the crow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013911299-FRRR8B3OBT0UAG66QFZC/20240821_154848.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Entrance. Has that "planting the flag at Iwo Jima" vibe to my great picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013874578-RHP5AFV16ZKL2EUMIC40/20240821_134337.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Pacific aquarium section with a few little sharks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013876456-ZOS0197EZ8R7SUPVE1IC/20240821_134417.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The fish are really just chilling in these aquariums. Very relaxing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013877805-ZVK8IRFYYIYAI91RKE27/20240821_135210.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Bengal tiger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013880091-WIKKNE5Z554LEUJKECUJ/20240821_140555.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Zoo employee was showcasing this little armadillo that was running around frantically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013881184-W4FPPBROHA49QMVKTINE/20240821_140630.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Reptile section of course with a few large lizards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013882477-E5HBTE4IMTRLG0LFOUR5/20240821_140936.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Penguins. They also had walruses which is rare! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013883764-HKKA72WPJRYRIAJEKVPR/20240821_143342.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They have a daily show about animals. Look at this aardvark! It's so beige https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013887374-R6ZG531EKPXQJVZG23JX/20240821_144849.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - They just get the animals to do little tricks for food basically https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013888121-IGFH4IDEUM191680EIT4/20240821_145258.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Show finale: This big paper mache dragon floating around. I dunno it's for kids okay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013891347-TOSUY9VZB8Z813NININF/20240821_150446.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Another large aquarium section with sharks and rays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013890819-0F7MSVPCO8G5JBKZUDN7/20240821_150408.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Parrot fish ( the one inside the tank, the other is a human I think ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013893991-X2WHLLUQAZ9CFMGVMMS2/20240821_150806.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Hammerhead sharks. Don't see those too often! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013897249-QDL5VYDRCOSIUCNJUREW/20240821_152143.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Polar bears were shy today unfortunately. Those things are massive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013897727-QBCWY6E9DPK30TQ3VCHI/20240821_152204.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Polar bear skull. Imagine that chomping down on you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013904045-SLCHNH2B7N5LCB8OHVUR/20240821_152513.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Arctic fox in the tundra theme section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013908204-942DYUJGXV25BLONTI2X/20240821_152637.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Muskox. They essentially only live in Alaska, Nunavut and Greenland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726013906167-WDLS7T039QJ98MRQLXE3/20240821_152525.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014030243-JMOTYS1QJX10KGFCAPCB/20240901_122025.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Entrance/main floor. Dedicated to Japanese cars mostly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014039027-PA0LZOMUNIQZYXQF7SMY/20240901_125143.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - There's 4 lower floors such as this with cars tightly packed on each side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014033629-QX25ILA4CFO9TXHJFEP1/20240901_123917.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - All cars are in pristine condition ( restored ). These early carriage type cars were gigantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014036804-LXZT3VXM5YK8JI7ZTY1C/20240901_124514.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - What the hell is this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014054338-N64TA30BBZ8PKYUCZQEH/20240901_133337.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - An early truck. This thing is like 9 feet high it's insanely huge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014046272-5HCOLSL8KBGVAZMLDRZ1/20240901_130225.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - More of the early 1900s horse carriage type cars. Not built for speed let's say. But damn they were finely crafted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014047842-Y34O9MGKDISUU9QAS974/20240901_130611.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - These have so many odd antiquated engineering features. What's going on with the front wheels? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014050802-M7025NSYWKPHGWDWQMW1/20240901_132017.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Basically a throne you drive around on. Awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014036316-BGWAACMSZ9FDQR7NU4QK/20240901_124249.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - I mean look at this style. Even has the "A-hoogah" horn. Gold and white. Get my monocle, please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014033455-9ZL5VZPJPMMYERDELMX5/20240901_122830.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - It of course has a large section for the more forgettable garbage cars of the 80s and 90s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014039164-RZCMIZIURA9NUEHNQOHJ/20240901_125147.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - It has every car and type of production car you can think of until the early 1990s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014051556-Y17Z0Q4S93KPRVWB89X9/20240901_132226.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - That's a superhero car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014041841-CK1C5JH6XFFO33MPWO3Q/20240901_125411.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - So many of these 50s-70s muscle cars are ludicrously wide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014043278-CJBQS1LXOXAILE2XLC2Z/20240901_125450.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - 1969 Camaro, the peek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014043904-3BBDLLP0MEF09Z85R5BJ/20240901_125511.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Strong runner-up for coolest car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014053832-WM1T9J908O9OE8FUI9YV/20240901_132348.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Small sampling of these Mr.Bean cars for poor hipsters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014049859-N4X9Z84VKVPMEIXW88XF/20240901_131039.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Snuck in a few fancy motorcycles in here too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014056407-8DTHRNC2AT4VNMRW9JRB/20240901_133415.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - A Citicar / Comuta-Car. One of the strangest abominations of the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014056665-WNG18XKD2KITMTVSCOVQ/20240901_133909.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - A dolorean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014060155-MARNS1LUTY2KGZBD3KWF/20240901_134300.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - The enormous 83 Mercury car from the Vacation movies. Thing is larger than I remember https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014060164-IN7P2Y5HBF2GWHSCUIC3/20240901_133927.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Best part of the museum: The actual Flintstone's car from the 90s movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014147824-ZXILI9PB0X2E7YA1TCZD/20240820_141445.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - One of the mountain goats in the free roaming area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1726014147371-R7IZIEE7HS1U9GIL3XX5/20240820_143839.jpg Posts - U.S.A. Attractions Part 1 - Trumpeter swan. 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La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The waterfront road is obviously where all the tourist stuff is to be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944290978-WG817J23FQFTLYN5G1KH/20240331_165329.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's a long sandy beach on one side and endless cafes, bars and restaurants on the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944293251-1D09Z9B73RWNG5DNA33I/20240331_165609.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's some really nice architecture peppered around the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944278413-ZJVZZ01AWQLJ5YZRVK9U/20240331_134438.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - My airbnb was in a 200+ year old tavern-looking place, with a cafe on the first floor. Bit noisy but hey not bad for 90$ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944278772-0UWNLGM4YRDYVYWTWTVK/20240331_153741.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The things people choose to put on their yards sometimes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944281860-FL4U1EB6CDXRN9JKEQ3E/20240331_154156.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - View from the "Mirador de la Conception" about 450m up. You can see the whole city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944282490-9X2M7B8U0HQBA5SZ8Y25/20240331_154246.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Taking it easy today because...yeah I'm not going in there to the peaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944285445-OES8CJ504H24TXPBJDPK/20240331_161520.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Looping around the airport you pass by these natural pools where many locals and tourists are taking a dip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944286177-4Q6CHGMCR1FH6NGE4GU4/20240331_161755.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - How much can it really cost to live in one of these seemingly off-grid shacks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944288775-HOUW0W3WKHTP7PEONMS6/20240331_164107.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Little lookout on the way back into the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712944293659-NLP0BS2POXQ0FLIP88JQ/20240331_165743.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - This island looks mostly untouched by the tourist swarm. 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Wine is very cheap in Europe because their government forgot to tax people out the ass on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3a680010-c380-4f0f-bd9b-7a8336ba0363/ride+copy.png Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out World Rank 84 - Roque de Las Muchachos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945606108-3YXYDU8FS304POE72XFM/20240401_105915.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - View of all the different observatories and monitoring stations as you turn onto the last steep part of the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945605784-ARSOP8XT16TEO5ZQ70EI/20240401_105955.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Cool mirror things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945608624-P8AHMUMEXK03N1DOUKZN/20240401_110600.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There was still some snow up there in the shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945610159-DF9K6750DKO8Z784BR3V/20240401_111647.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Very top of the observatory climb. Yes there's parking and yes there's a bus that can drop you there, you lazy bastards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945612003-X2FNZ2NL9NDU8V1V3ZDS/20240401_112111.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Just some of the craziest views in all directions as you bike along that crater. Wish it was a clearer day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945613620-OCTBHWIQTQZM1JKCPEZC/20240401_112819.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Why is my nose purple? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945616144-PQQYJHA8ODPFX0FB77O1/20240401_113049.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Looking back down at the sea of gathering clouds on the western side. Didn't bode well for my second climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945617000-H7L1CW5P3O69QHWUKB8W/20240401_132749.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Making my way down in the west. The clouds were up to 1700m+ already. Who knows how low they extend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945619466-Q9WGUMGLIVAMCTGL509J/20240401_133216.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Turned around about 1/3rd of the way down on the western side and took more pictures of the peak road. Clouds were filling up the inside of the crater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945622496-BPQKDQOCFFQLB5ZPEERF/20240401_134623.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Going back into town you can see Teide hovering above the ocean, 70+km away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945622514-C7269C8UKCCFPK3JR8KI/20240401_142632.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Not pictured: Going down through a long, thick layer of rain clouds. Perfect weather going up and rain just a few hours later. You just have to commit I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945625993-KIWC30SZM2NAR9ZWHYQX/20240401_145055.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I dunno man. I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712945626268-YLTW57GPCRM6KYHAXVND/20240401_145131.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Small Naval museum close to the town center. All museums should be shaped like the thing they're about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a05d8c64-044c-4bcb-956c-efb9fd79e150/ride+copy.png Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out Ride Around The Cape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946301439-SDVF0PH47X1RU4NB6Y0I/20240402_095642.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - You still have to climb a good 1400m to get over the mountains to the west side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946301530-1AC0ILQF05MVQWZHSBTI/20240402_095751.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Little lookout near the top, about 1200m up. Just above the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946304015-PKB580Z5VH347HBMBTU1/20240402_101128.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The actual peak of this climb is just a camping in a pine forest that looks exactly like being back in Quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946305165-EUBEFZGDMF6SMD8WEOQS/20240402_101655.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - You rapidly exit the forest to keep climbing down along this crater filled with black sands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946306842-D4KPBLNOBT7CYOUVB3PP/20240402_101744.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - It just looks so clean! You can reach this place easily by car thanks to a tunnel too. Cheater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946306919-0KD1IFEP32UB77T9HABK/20240402_111437.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The lava flow from the 2021 eruption that swallowed a bunch of little towns on the west side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946309770-5R504LST7WU96B3EKFNB/20240402_113942.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Town of Tazacorte in this huge valley on the open face of the Volcano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946312435-MIPF1HV5GK3EB529SM1R/20240402_125705.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Back in the city. Not that much to see on that southern loop if you stay on the highway (sorta) like I did. Regrets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712946312755-Y7TYP5BZLF7QIQZ30LVY/20240402_161806.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Ah there are my clouds, rolling back down the cliffs as people catch the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947125052-AXS9FG7FQCJFD3J00ZNM/20240403_124026.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - 5km walk from my Airbnb. See? Don't need a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947124360-E4JMET5ZUWPW1ZGJ2864/20240403_124256.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - You start in a little pond area with turtles and crocs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947126613-E7LPFVFSAGYTXTXYXA2S/20240403_124305.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947129960-XQGV0I6YXTLHDSZVSH7H/20240403_124346.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947133515-CTEKURT5UG8HRTZW5KUW/20240403_124908.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Then you think they scammed you because there's like 3 enclosures of just free roaming guinea pigs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947135037-K8AKK8S50LY9YPQHBPWN/20240403_124932.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - This isn't a monkey. This is a travesty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947130301-QLMYXKWNIRQB6BH2NSN8/20240403_124804.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - You can buy vegetables to feed though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947136665-5M10265H9KDK0EDZV73C/20240403_125326.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's a couple lemures sleeping far away from the kids feeding the hamsters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947138829-NP63YG1FCONY29H06K5X/20240403_125415.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Also this one sad turtle just stuck there getting rubbed by tourists. Nowhere to run. Just accepting its fate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947140088-QPVBMC69AORB8IDG6GSW/20240403_125528.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Parrot guy doing tricks with this cockatoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947144491-WUKI1YZ3HYQ5HV48ND5O/20240403_125632.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Then you get to the real monkeys. Most are behind glass but some you can feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947143876-E56EZU8VQGVF2V67XRYY/20240403_125812.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Enjoy the monkeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947148309-6SJ27EFOT0XB28RXLCA5/20240403_130124.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947148004-GZM8JK5KS1WQ1X56PQEZ/20240403_130322.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947155841-EKERT09QEQCW1TTU3YCD/20240403_130922.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - This one was trying to grab a flower off this plant for like 5 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947162352-N1SV7OPMZNM9OZESWU4M/20240403_132015.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947153449-XFNVHPFQDOG9CPO9I5F2/20240403_130512%280%29.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Ugliest monkey in the whole zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947157787-S7ULO3RBQH9QXN4Z8SUG/20240403_131200.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Don't know what was wrong with this one's face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947166073-DNXI69TWJGO8XCLVM2RQ/20240403_132729.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - They also have many tropical birds, lizards and snakes from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947166531-KFS4Q7I1G3DE46CGHV6X/20240403_132931.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947171098-ZGQB5D4DY22HA57EK4OR/20240403_133016.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947171556-DS028LRAT6K58J7HE96Z/20240403_133410.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947176168-UL5E0JM6G1994LCW7O21/20240403_134711.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947177827-HFFGL70UMRN7EUIHB1LH/20240403_134823.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947173542-R8ISYSOHI2XI17Q9873A/20240403_133621.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Just a cool little zoo, pretty cheap to visit, not crowded. 10/10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/67bdb00a-7dae-41a6-b0e2-548ce395c205/ride+copy.PNG Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out La Gomera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947848589-KTCRBA7Y6YMD1W3R2G33/20240403_185303.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Huge beach still in Los Christianos. Really selling the Hawai vibe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947848238-LC41UVSWNF0EC2YFZEKJ/20240404_094058.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Los Christianos viewd from the ferry. Notice how dry and barren the south of Tenerife really is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947849685-6QC4N1018ON2LU9SQZLI/20240404_095305.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The ferry has a big gift shop. How does this thing exist? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947850133-35OT23KIXXX2KWOQ79XU/20240404_100708.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Tenerife from further out with its slice of clouds starting to form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947851284-MQVQISG93LBH8CBIE9OQ/20240404_112600.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Little hut rock on the climb out of the La Gomera harbor. It's about 1200m up from the harbor to the peak at the center of the Island! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947852164-X3NP4B30EZ6LGL14EYTE/20240404_113845.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Look at this crazy view of Tenerife and of various canyons on La Gomera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947853837-WYANWTSNOA6DL1168E4K/20240404_115522.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Yes you can also take a bus on this island... Yes they'll drop you at the top near the cool rocks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947853961-HQETKLP1UL4TDQJSIP8N/20240404_124835.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I think this is La Palma? That island is essentially just a huge crater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947857218-287GLQKZUYZQX7VPV9U1/20240404_130844.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There are a few very small towns on this Island, nested in ravines and valleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947857391-9U7HQOO1H6C5W5YAUXI4/20240404_134041.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The loop goes up to the peak then back down into this amazing valley along the ocean. Again this is the north of the island so it has more grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947860791-4G95FXQMXS2KOA0M7GEE/20240404_140241.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Best view of the day in Santa Catalina. From here you have to climb 500+m back out to return to the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947860551-PELAQULVJ9WDR10OWXHQ/20240404_140358.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947863956-1E5VVND7LN7X30UV2PV7/20240404_151001.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - View from the middle of the island if you climb back towards the peak. Don't do this little bit, it's 500m of steep climbing with no view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947864377-Y6PPV3Q7L7AWDCLDU07J/20240404_151455.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's a layer of jungle starting at around 900-1000m elevation on this island. Sadly it hides most of the best views except for just a few lookouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947866020-IYLVPEB2ZGCWBM90E53L/20240404_160204.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Biking back down to San Sebastian to catch my boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947866980-C3DVO1D6HPH9MPLXGEAA/20240404_162140.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - San Sebastian is a nice little tourist town to get a drink at if you have time before your ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947867589-EEL4Q421TQTBNIIER6WG/20240404_162705.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - The Columbus house where Christopher Columbus would stop in the Canarys while on his expeditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947868520-3UK2J7R1CDTWYOJPG6BO/20240404_163858.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's a shitty little lighthouse that's very hard to reach in a confusing road network of steep hills. Don't go there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712947870587-B3OJ7IYCB9FIKADDCUM3/20240404_174816.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Great view of the whole island as the ferry departs! 100 euro for a day trip isn't cheap but if you're there, you're so close, might as well do this ride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fbcdb202-6884-483f-b899-1f8d074fdacf/ride+copy.PNG Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out World rank 73 - Teide from Los Christianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187535949-RLD3NOROWPTO9ERUYY24/20240405_115601.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - View of "La Montanas Guaza", a little hike right outside of Los Christianos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187538067-KKOSFC6VZBDPBU85KU2B/20240405_134119.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - La Gomera and El Hierro seen from the north lip of the crater ( bout 2300m elevation ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187539015-ZV5ANBYL4R14IKV2R7XK/20240405_134409.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - You'd have to go there to full enjoy the diverse volcanic landscapes in the crater around Teide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187543261-XQ4IZ54TXOYAMJBI2F9Z/20240405_140253.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Maybe some of those rocks don't have a name yet! Next one could be yours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187544305-YCDR4E6WY0JMEZ5XWX0C/20240405_140348.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Little Tenerife lizard sipping from a puddle on a rock wall. Tourists feed these ones so they don't skitter away instantly when they see you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187544790-JPSD7CI50OSV8QEA28DE/20240405_143245.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I don't know what the hell that is but they have some kind of Justice League thing going on at the visitor center near the cable car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187547133-L40VHDI72IJ9XXJIET1W/20240405_145532.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - West side crater from the 1798 eruption. Volcanos are awesome, why can't we build one around Victoria? We have space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187541556-1046O2G3JKOHY3O8ANK6/20240405_135301%280%29.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713187851944-JJSJICNKI7GN4AR03YZ5/20240405_151111.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Perfectly clear view of all 3 western islands as I came back down towards Los Gigantes. That's the best route to descend Teide for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bb38ee3a-3ee0-48a2-b4ed-ba9113e1adce/ride+copy.PNG Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out Los Gigantes Cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188620179-BHODRA6ATX0KUUS1T1H3/20240406_100309.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Freshly dead hedgehog. Really wish I had seen a live one instead of 20 flattened ones :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188620117-271919K2WNVJAIXG7JMB/20240406_114000.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Fancy rock formation atop the volcanic ridge near a town called El Molledo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188622664-RE5XOAZV6FZP9AOLBE8F/20240406_114252.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - As you can see, more BS clouds. I started descending in the rain on the south side but turned back pretty quickly. Rest of my day was dry at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188622416-NA3TH74HZQKE8296DPVG/20240406_115320.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Santiago del Teide is wedged into the mountains at about 1000m elevation. From here you can descend back down to the north side. This is a pretty slow sight-seeing drive though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188625617-MV8ZA0CQ9NN1TBW0IQPB/20240406_130534.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - From Santiago you can descend all the way down to Los Gigantes, a little touristy town at the foot of these massive vertical cliffs that extend hundreds of meter into the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188625900-0QIOS1G2GDCBJYN3MJH9/20240406_130824.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - There's a little lookout/gift shop about 100m up too. You can take boat tours of the cliffs from town. These girls took about 50 of this picture. Not efficient. You're fired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188628254-C5MASPTK78CXWYAEY85E/20240406_133845.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Unfortunately you can't get that good a view of the cliffs from the harbor because there's a bunch of walls and crap in the way. You have to take the boat excursions. They have whales! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188628389-BL77MGUR8LTLOLJGYXLC/20240406_134002.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Tons of these Mullets swimming around the harbor. I think the tourists throw food scraps at them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188630311-SW8X8L48L4Z2YML542IT/20240406_135348.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Playa San Juan, one of many beach/resort towns along the coast here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188630813-NQFSPJJCO9GX98RJ3UXS/20240406_135626.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - More lizards! They hide when you come near but if you sit and wait they'll come back out and hang out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188632642-7077LYBYYDNPHWT4W3AW/20240406_140219.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I think they eat bananas so if you have any, try and entice them to become your familiars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713188632731-9VJDUPDKIJN2ZBUPOSMQ/20240406_142344.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I think this is a golf club hotel/resort of some kind? Thought it looked cool! Notice all the banana plantations at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/39efd406-7f26-4809-9274-a205e9a01497/ride+copy.PNG Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out Last Ride :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189818150-U1ICK1IY9Z1NF5CZLF2X/20240406_142445.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Last view of La Gomera. Look at how high the clouds are on it! I wonder if the cloud height/cover is the same across all the islands each day because Teide was also clouded up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189818807-SORAMGEV0RLC248AJX08/20240407_093025.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - I think this is Villa de San Lorenzo? 500m up with a nice view of these small volcanic mounds that dot the landscape on these islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189820072-1ZUI29KZBR3775FUGK9K/20240407_103257.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Sometimes if you actually stop biking and look at something else, you can enjoy actual non-landscape nature! Like this Tropical Ten-Web-Spider living in the cactus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189822034-S6E1KEYH86K1AB2JVOT9/20240407_103355.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Just soaking in the views one last time. Nice even on the crappy south side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189829342-6ZJ5CWME732BFLUWLJ3N/20240407_185432.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Had a window seat for once! Goodbye Tenerife and off to sleep on a cold bench at the Keflavik airport... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1713189826789-DM1YFBE8OVS39J3I6YM6/20240408_144648.jpg Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Outside the Kevflavik airport. Really have to say that traveling by plane is such a painful shitty ordeal. There's like no way for flying to not suck at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d8158d0d-a0ca-415a-a0f3-5032d670b49a/chart.PNG Posts - La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/tenerife2 monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0df7bb93-4a53-467f-af6b-69d503d3b12f/heatmap.png Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d8022fc2-1ce6-4b08-992e-ed9814d5cd7f/weektemplate.png Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924540523-3V4I4KSIAHV73C2AAP4D/20240323_110344.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - If you have to travel to/from ferry terminals and airports it's a good bet there's some of these long distance shuttle buses. Look into them before renting cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924540292-SN44VTAOJ8DKZ4273WCU/20240323_124129.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - This terrible haircut starting to spread like cancer in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924543162-U9W98PQOBODWCCCDB427/20240323_141525.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Raining upon arrival in Tenerife. Walked like 1km in the rain trying to get to a bus stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924543203-44JFFCHR5RO1GEXWJT5Q/20240323_154658.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Pic of the airbnb. That was a nice nice one. Wish I could have shared these with people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924545410-JTVUNTRSAE027ZTCM296/20240323_154700.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924545679-PMKED6D0HVUVWX354YA3/20240323_154704.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924548408-IJG0DQ2UJ9BLOUOR10ZR/20240323_154721.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712924547775-QUV81L1O34J8KUAR0O6D/20240323_195238.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Had time to do a sketchy night ride 5km down to the beach town to pick up some TooGoodtoGo trash for my mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e489de75-feab-4927-839b-f1a5c765d64c/ride.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out West Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926047808-5MG32MB4O0MAKRYWNM4V/20240324_122623.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The south side of the Island is basically windy desert. It's definitely not where you want to live on Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926048487-23QMD89V39S2L3K4WDGR/20240324_122949.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The road snakes along the ridge and goes through a few small towns with run-down buildings. Not touristy but nowhere to ride and not much to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926049642-KE6YWH48ILHL6N1UL1ED/20240324_125356.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Looking towards the ocean it's nice and sunny then you look back into the mountains and....yah. Don't go in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926051603-LV77Y9Q1X9QPB8LNE9QM/20240324_133939.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Almost every single town on these islands has at least one of these churches. Guess all people used to do here is eat bananas and pray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926056037-YELQMRROBWKDVF98BEAA/20240324_140731.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - When you ride around some of the towns you'll notice the brain surgeons who designed the roads put these drainage grates in random places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926056040-N8RFJCD7DA3QYGX35F9E/20240324_140758.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Keep in mind, bicycles are not a new invention nobody ever conceived of before orienting their stupid grate in the perfect way to catch people's tires. Well done. Well done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7e2fecc3-e42d-4ed2-a4c3-b2b8bafdc8fd/ride+copy.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out World Rank 88 - Teide from El Medano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926553588-1Z0G0U37K9KHQ87CQ0GP/20240325_102424.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - My Airbnb was about 5km up the hill so first step is to get down to sea level. El Medano is a cute town with nice nightlife that's probably cheaper than staying in Los Christianos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926552964-PJ6N17FKZCHEVKY0FFBT/20240325_102555.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Los Christianos is the tourist epicenter of Tenerife. Here's a white egret to add to my bird collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926554230-PESEWPJQ5KJPT43U0I5N/20240325_103228.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Even if you check the weather forecast ( which you need to check daily ) you have to look at the mountain for yourself to judge if you're in the clear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926558104-RR3SCNH2TNVD3JEH4WY9/20240325_120202.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - As you climb you start to see these signs and I have no idea what the hell they're trying to tell drivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926559140-3V6QW5MS5RIXQDOQT0RB/20240325_124913.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The top of the climb. It had snowed on Teide while I was in Gran Canaria... The peak of the Teide climbs stops at the edge of the crater, you still have 14km from here to the Cable Car station... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926561582-GPM0JJJV5M0YM3E7HRWN/20240325_132825.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - More views of the south going down. Notice it's riddled with these small canyons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926563934-YFQRW5XKGLDM5QNUHOTE/20240325_134123.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - New town new church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712926562408-TP932OK89IGDDT2AAUHU/20240325_133952.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Imagine you have to worship this or your community shuns you. Man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/371fcb9a-2862-4850-8326-4c62aaa90028/ride+copy.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Half Teide Escaping from Rain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927359037-Z5462LSI1RYMZE50VXFY/20240326_105101.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Just a pic of my favorite ad from Spain. He's just loving his overpriced fast food greaseball. Look at him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927365841-BKFSR6UTEANRGC3VMD1N/20240326_123229.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Quick shoutout to Europe dogs who's hobby it was to sit outside all day barking at all moving targets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/61420095-a4d0-4260-b83c-ee9776e99caf/ride.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Teide from Puerto de La Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927805946-NJQQCGZQ9KUUB9D55IBU/20240327_110547.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - View of Teide as you turn west from the northern airport and make your way towards Puerto de la Cruz. Best view of it on the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927806281-XMQKJ50ETRJ67W9IW02Y/20240327_114242.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - They have these cool half tunnels along the northern roads which let you see the ocean as you drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927809752-IHQVXXDPQN3L5W13Q8PC/20240327_114457.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Look at this crazy view as you descend to sea level. Always big white hotel buildings near the beaches on these Islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927810222-O49YUD4F9XNMYER8HONK/20240327_114344.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Natural pool near the cliffs in Puerto de la Cruz, which is probably the most beautiful city on Tenerife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927812539-91TODUUCCGEX77MJ2VIX/20240327_114727.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Popping out of the tunnels right into the touristy resort section of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927813301-LAGT3L1I5FQBIC5MA2KG/20240327_114752.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927815218-GNV1REI1866FN1624HRT/20240327_114924.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Surfing on some pretty crazy waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927817495-FTGVQBQW9Y4FLZ8NNDWE/20240327_115045.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Black Sand beach with a nice view of Teide on a clear day. Now that's the life. Imagine not having to bike. So lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927817637-WN06516KZL0Y3V1W1EN9/20240327_125020.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Snowcapped Teide overlooking the lush valley. Life can't be so bad here can it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927819559-6GSCEL0OFH12V7ISDBJE/20240328_145010.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - When I left in the morning only the south was wrapped in clouds but they had made their way around just in time for me to descend in them yay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927820895-Y69VC25JRNDKCY6CM7R5/20240328_151514.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - A really nice Dragon Tree ( Dracaena draco ) sitting in a town square. These things are so cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927822324-8QIAFT9M52PPG5FUUG9H/20240328_153007.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Bunch of goats mowing the grass. Oh goats, if only your cheese and milk didn't taste like your poo smells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712927823476-SDDT8KTIA64RP8EKU033/20240328_153057.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Pretty sure goats are like 10% insect btw. Wasn't sure if they'd get mad and ram me so I didn't get too close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/49ee0cf2-0d73-4f73-82c2-f06f2135e357/ride+copy.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Chill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928903634-NHG6APYWL8KBW1PW6FL1/20240328_154643.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - My suggestion: Eat some of the animals to make space for more parking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928906129-5Y82SGWZYGG3HAGF8EKM/20240328_154959.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - There's a nice cactus garden in town. Again why drive? There's stuff to see and visit as you walk anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928906669-5WXXDRT5XU115PQ58LLF/20240328_155148.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - More epic views of the black volcanic sand beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928909936-PVI1DU7R9HWKH71C9DO0/20240328_155537.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - For all your Instagram needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928910791-2A9U61I03FRSKXD4EFF2/20240328_155716.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The cactu... cacti? Cactuses? were exploding with fruits on the north side. Isn't this just a goofy-looking plant? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928913603-20S290CUY4QUR88WS8BF/20240328_162226.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The town itself has all the typical tourist stuff. Old forts, churches and narrow pedestrian-only streets with endless restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712928915442-UNWAYS21S5XTXOFCD48T/20240328_163159.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Just such a nice city. In California that church would be surrounded with tents and meth labs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7520d58b-67b8-435e-8c91-058756bac493/ride+copy.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out North Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929308520-J6BSGTEEICA64K1YQ890/20240329_114714.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - The entire road next to the ocean looks like this. Beaches, cliffs and lush tropical plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929306288-LPQDZ9FGGLGMW3H1Y5FJ/20240329_115857.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - I think those old rock walls are... something. I should have paid attention at the museum. And learned Spanish. Or I could google it now. But will not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929308593-G22VFYFHKSS6K4PYH9EO/20240329_120349.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - When you get a clear day Teide is just an absolutely crazy thing to witness from the North side. The snow still hadn't melted. How does it even snow there? The clouds don't reach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929313428-3JU2SL317G29VJ53M0OQ/20240329_123305.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - This is some kind of special Dragon Tree in a small town about 20km from Puerto de La Cruz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929313487-1592ZGGOVDW63VT3OPOA/20240329_124427.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Protip: Bike your loops in the direction where you're on the side of the road closest to the good views! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929317713-3M29RJNHI37R6I6NZZMT/20240329_124729.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Again: Don't rent a car. People were literally backed up on the highway trying to make their way to various seaside tourist town. Worse: They slowed ME down. Straight to jail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929317292-1BK48697NZOE7LOIMPD2/20240329_125227.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - About 50km from Puerto de la Cruz now, almost at the end of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929331801-P1MCM4TAPK4N0OTSVHQT/20240329_132633.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Once you get near the western tip, the road is closed to traffic for this last little stretch along these crazy cliffs. You need to take a bus anyway, losers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929326633-UQCKF4GC8VDD3EG5E9BV/20240329_133345.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - My one regret was not going to the very end. The tunnels have zero light and are long. About 100m into it, it's literally pitch black, like you're floating in space. Bring lights... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929331686-DM9CCFTTNDNOMIL9AFH1/20240329_142455.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Looping back I climbed "the sea snake" which is this crazy 500m switchback climb on the cliffs. Look at that view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929335295-5J3S6CHB38GGX1CNRLKT/20240329_150321.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Sadly from there it's another 600m inland with not much views. On that peak you can turn back to Puerto de la Cruz or cross the mountains to the south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929335466-XXUJD402YY1DJSC8IDPV/20240329_155401.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Another nice view coming back down. Notice the boreal forest layer that starts to appear at around 1000m elevation around Teide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929337969-5Z856KBC39NJPPXHG6UP/20240329_170452.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Back to town and the goat team had moved! This one was nibbling near some delicious trash to add refined aromas to its expensive artisan cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712929339528-HD14A956D2TL2LZET8O7/20240330_102841.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Shoutout to the Airbnb owner's awesome Lab/Salami mixed breed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b5167f8d-ea68-4073-9d93-e50e1fc0f80f/ride+copy.PNG Posts - Back in Tenerife - Make it stand out Punta Del Palgo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712930480738-FCD0NYSMDYYAQBQ44EU3/20240330_103418.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - These guys are called "Tenerife Lizards". They are "the world's largest wall lizard". So like 8 inches.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712930480551-LRPYN8RRIESOJATTSCJ8/20240330_103615.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - You will hear them skittering away all day long if you walk/bike near any rock walls or rock formation where they hide in the cracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712930484184-Y34EMRG35GV5UQKU0B73/20240330_123928.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - There's some nice hiking/lookouts in the Anaga rural park. This is just 500m up in the town of Jardina. Then you descend 1000m all the way down to the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712930484666-YF4RGR0W2PONVLND2OZO/20240330_132828.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - Lots of natural pools in the small town of Punta Del Hidalgo. Essentially the end of the road to the Northeast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1712930487290-2HIZ4MSCEKRLDEB45K9E/20240330_134559.jpg Posts - Back in Tenerife - End of the road! Climbed 500m back up to Tacoronte to change in the car and pack up my gear before heading all the way around the Island to the ferry in Los Christianos. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/grancanaria monthly 0.5 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c019a8aa-36ed-47d6-831b-d5315138cfec/heatmap.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7b0055d1-d20d-4fe5-8e14-3c155e84c7d0/weektemplate.png Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2b95caac-9994-4964-b499-d17b6eb90dfc/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out First Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302612666-KO8RZRXD9MSXLA1YFGYJ/20240315_103441.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The harbor town where the ferry lands, as seen from the coastal road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302612668-M0NWQ1PA11OZEDTXBEVL/20240315_103456.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This road has the most amazing views of the whole island in my opinion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302615984-Q3J8DH7RO7NIJUI5SDSD/20240315_105411.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Further away still. There's almost 30km of this view before you are forced inland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302618475-QLMEC3197ZI5FA4WECX8/20240315_105532.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Soak it in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302618642-QA3H08FD4O6C3EIY1YDX/20240315_111434.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Oh no, not tunnels. I didn't know what was in stores for me on Gran Canaria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302620771-07ZEDWXZQ1FWV0FXLTHJ/20240315_111511.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Turns out this is a very bike-friendly tunnel. Huge shoulder, perfectly lit. Gran Canaria is made for cyclists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302615911-DDL027UK5P0M9583RAI4/20240315_105430.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Whatever this is, please don't touch my bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302622722-QM17A28R22GPVHN89CY7/20240315_113931.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Took a break in a random village. You're never very far from a place to stop and refuel on this island, at most 20km. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302624122-SOL6DRNYP86Z8RMG9J3Q/20240315_115911.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Start of the ascension inland. It's just pure Nevada-like desert at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302627091-DRUDAQW9Q1XLKKKKZQ7A/20240315_121233.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This busted up steep road snakes inside a canyon and takes you to a series of dams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302628545-0WQO3LG7X5A4OXXO95GZ/20240315_122857.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - It was hot and arid as hell, in sharp contrast with Madeira and Tenerife... I had no fear of getting rained on that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302630033-G8FNN6QQK7WQH1T6BVFD/20240315_124439.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Very characteristic craggy peaks all over this island. It's just a series of huge canyons running along the Volcano's peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302632726-WUS0TCHZ2WCSCS46VD42/20240315_124643.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - You can go inside this little fort and there are even some sketchy stone stairs if you want to climb to the top. I did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302633197-Q8R9HO1CAMVLU3RK4QMY/20240315_130147.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - About 1000m up there was a little village with houses build into the rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302634780-4MMP44DCMM9A0QWEWVCA/20240315_133828.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Lot of errant cats here too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302635554-C3LH0ARN3LYRFHHCG8H1/20240315_134610.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Water stop in Artenara. God it was hot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302637418-6OF4226K93DM6P1XPG12/20240315_135103.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Lots of lookouts and art installations in this small town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302638206-X4PV3LF8DDQG2KZENCUF/20240315_135145.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Around 1400m elevation here. You can see how dry the climate is on this part of the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302639254-QYRE3XYIHAY9N03IKBNS/20240315_145054.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Going back down you can see Teide peaking out of the clouds almost 100km away. It just looks like it's floating in the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302639987-MJORC3GE8FDBKEICGJ1I/20240315_150518.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Town of Atalaya, built on some kind of volcano-looking thing that may or may not explode soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302640892-13ERC5CJNSVL5KJ07LEU/20240315_154813.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Back at the airbnb. The 2 guys I was staying with are so euro they just had a Jambon aging on the counter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3ba80cf5-9d5c-4034-a5fe-53b2e9955f10/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Tourism Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302712530-VT37AH32CCRZOHTDBU2G/20240316_115105.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This loop is on the north-facing slopes of the Island and you can see how green and lush they are in contrast to the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302712696-XVQMB9KVA86H2N4XBUQB/20240316_122601.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Look at all this grass. What is this? Scotland? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302715515-0C6I5J72S7T5FW0RY6NF/20240316_130355.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - One thing Gran Canaria has a lot of is old catholic churches. Like. A lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302715782-FB7VYQQQW329L9RTNZBH/20240316_131909.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This one in the village of Teror. I get why people go there, it's got a very charming old city feel and is mostly closed to cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302717900-9FHY41YH3FQD01CCONE1/20240316_131937.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Look at the tourism. Look at it!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302718302-4790L31XIQM8DO29DX49/20240316_132143.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Look at these suckers just waiting to pay 5$ for bottled water. Did I mention tap water is not really drinkable in Gran Canaria and Tenerife? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302720429-I43RCOQAYL5FR0X0E1Z5/20240316_135020.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Got a mini muffin with my coffee. So damn euro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302720776-6PR7EU705RQ6PGI6AJ55/20240316_143427.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - It was nice to take a break and just watch people for a bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302722459-K3BZAIL29OTH9AVLOPM7/20240316_150242.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Further down is the.... pretty similar village of Firgas. Equally touristy. There's like 10 of this place on the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302730956-ZFUM5ORV0ZHF0C9VHAXW/20240316_153059.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Further down in Arucas you can find the towering San Juan de Bautista. You really can't miss it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302743851-7RHPPFAU8V7FLDO5UEPJ/20240316_153919.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - It stands out quite a lot due to it being the only Ghotic church I've seen in the Canaries. Looks very out of place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302746239-64WXMZBJ3N4ACNTD1RTF/20240316_160235.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Shitty picture of the endless Banana plantations you pass as you descend to sea level from Arucas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302751773-9S8XF71UC1151CZITHBZ/20240316_161015.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - More coastline riding! Good break from the heat as well but you have to ride on the highway... Kind of sketchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302747560-6TD7Z7QS0JG1IG30XM3B/20240316_160513.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Gran Canaria has a lot of great beaches and water activities. Awesome if you just want to go be a fat tourist cooking in the sun next to water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/607bd825-ca23-4a47-9e43-6f4832f686e7/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Spain Rank #12 - Pico de Las Nieve from Telde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302823580-J094R23YXY0YHAEZKYEZ/20240317_121635.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - One thing about these islands is almost all the buildings are small and look run-down. Just looks poor outside of the fancy resort centers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302824475-1C530N5RO0KGBI2ALX7R/20240317_130124.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - First stop is the Caldera de Bandamas. It's about 1km wide! Really worth a look, though the road is pretty busted and steep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302827405-ZDNYTYJ9821X1OYOMUCT/20240317_130948.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Random chickens just existing in the middle of the climb. Wtf. Rooster just screeching at me. Dude go home what are you doing? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302826794-BB6FUYDBLE5T26N10A3R/20240317_144735.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Start of the climb. Back to a relatively arid landscape "near" the coasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302829141-5XBAMHQZN26EG24IQB79/20240317_152553.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - About 1500m up on the climb you pass by The Caldera de Los Marteles. Also huge and worth stopping by! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302830848-FGBC5RTBWDUQ2YVWKBNE/20240317_152731.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - I think this one is called "Roque del Pino" located on the opposite side of the Caldera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302831869-TALIXT1BSNRXD33T651V/20240317_155808.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Made it to the Pico de Las Nieve! Check out the thick smog further down around Gran Canaria. Gross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302833130-I5OBMPUI7WJJI2YPTGZE/20240317_160035.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302835113-42DCHSPHB1FF2WW1W8XV/20240317_160137.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Military leaving all their shit on the best spots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302836903-4B5QFWBLTFVE0VPSGZBV/20240317_160226.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The car crowd stepping on each other to take a picture of the peak they painstakingly conquered. What an adventure! Driving for like an hour! Time for a Cervesa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302837117-3IBIS27342MPNZK64OXC/20240317_160809.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Going back down. Just not that great a view and always this lingering smog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302840740-JUD9OD98SX5GC9THE0FM/20240317_164528.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Almost all the towns here have nicely decorated roundabouts and each town has a bronze sculpture like this doing different jobs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302839208-TCUBAYIUHUTMM5VLEQI6/20240317_172739.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Stuck in socc...er FUTBOL traffic while going back to Las Palmas city center. There were thousands of these yellow shirt people, it was crazy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302876026-7OF11EONPXLYK4UGG12Y/20240318_091606.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - How historical downtown looks. Honestly everywhere kind of looks like this here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302880621-JIEEIKQVJLSK6503O0MP/20240318_101106.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Kind of hard to read, not gonna lie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302878180-6UCPTMGZK8NG8IQNI2AU/20240318_095249.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Following the road along the coast. So many boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302876627-QB9JW9CRU7J3CN9ESDA9/20240318_095240.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Even Batman's boat is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302879103-DUSUEIR4XC5EIRJKBYLV/20240318_095924.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's a huge mall near the aquarium as well as some more modern buildings. However for the love of fuck don't plan on driving in that chaos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302883965-R3YA9661BUVUWKPSYBYU/20240318_101427.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Tons of sculptures around the harbor area. Very geared towards tourism. Only one hobo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302890967-I5LJRRRQ3CPYFQDZDRIV/20240318_130248.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Reconstruction of one of Columbus' ships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302887011-5D9VNADLL9EYQ1IAWB37/20240318_103913.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - West side of the city has a nice beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302890439-I5CS2AX9CF56LG0HO01S/20240318_110928.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Picking up 3 "toogoodtogo" orders at hotel buffets. Literally one is sausages from those cans at the grocery store. Fancy! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302892425-IAPEJ03RTZMBDZMITQUZ/20240318_130804.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The low-key aquarium building. It's pretty huge and close to the bus terminal for easy access without a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302893629-WXTA606B99FWHPZ17XK2/20240318_131201.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - First section is a jungle with hundreds of pterosaurs hanging from the ceiling. Starts off real strong! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302895017-D1T94ZCQD7J0IX45POR0/20240318_131409.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - They have basically every Amazon / Jungle type fish you can think of. Some crocodiles, turtles etc. Yuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302896086-IX0PW09F51VHZ73L0PMY/20240318_131649.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Lil chameleon hanging out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302897669-Z3EXTH2UWQ6PNRZE7M8F/20240318_131943.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Tank with a bunch of Axolotl, the creature that wishes for death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302898037-VQPH0H15O6O56CTIFG17/20240318_132145.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - These are cool fish that can breathe air and waddle on the ground to move from a drying pond to a deeper one during dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302900139-APOH4GB7YXA49DBN88P2/20240318_133010.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - A half human, half mermaid. Very rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302902219-0HBM1RZESIWXQYOEHA95/20240318_134021.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The big feature is this massive aquarium filled with sharks, rays and large fish of all sorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302904549-YWK61BCSALU36D34R6XJ/20240318_134527.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's a bunch of comfy seats and classical music playing. Very relaxing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302905555-BQNX4DS2ZRQH23OA95MX/20240318_134242.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Bull shark. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302906700-H15VM6PMEEPF2V97O04S/20240318_135200.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - These little river fish swim with their eyes out of the water so they can see their prey. Nerds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302908397-H4YIJYZYTZX7YIW8YFB6/20240318_135259.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's a bunch of prehistoric stuff sprinkled around the aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302908655-NZK57W9U69F8DW989ON9/20240318_135456.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Always like dinosaurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302910147-KOUWFRMGWDMHK0UYHXB7/20240318_140133.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The typical guilt-trips. Plastic bottles don't teleport in the ocean, some douche throws it in. Find that douche, stop harassing me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302913641-GTLFAFADYEYCVC0ZY4RJ/20240318_140620%280%29.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's another large circular tank about 10m tall in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302916305-68UOL141YDBA8CV3A7DE/20240318_141137.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This guy was huge. God I need to eat him so badly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302913792-STRGFZIKEJGOY6J3FJUT/20240318_140954.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - These pictures are just a tiny fraction of what's in there, they truly have an impressively diverse collection. Worth checking out but a little pricey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302916719-E9DXA1QV881II2ESUT2D/20240318_141305.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302920149-23LFHVSNAHT1UX3C2OVF/20240318_152323.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - I named him "Euroguy". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302920382-HVD4ZDSY2CGZOOB7IHRJ/20240318_154038.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Here's why not to drive here: There's no fucking parking. Anywhere. People leave their car in random spots that sometimes block circulation just because there's just nowhere else to go. Horrible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/932b72cb-2d58-482e-8834-326a7c944356/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Spain Rank #10 - Pico de la Nieve from Carrizal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302956430-NOYZECJK3YF42CZFBSKT/20240319_130011.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The start passes through a town going the wrong way on one-way streets.... Wtf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302960601-4V5AQC2C7P6UP2QC4B9O/20240319_143830.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Not too many pics until the peak as I just tried to do it fast in one shot. Got 2nd! Because almost nobody goes up this stupid way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302955751-NTDTMWKBE8665ONWENJ0/20240319_143231.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Roque Nublo, the "cool rock" of the Island. You'll see it from just about every angle as you climb up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302957946-M0LOR54BO8N5A5KSBQQX/20240319_143705.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This guy just had enough biking for one day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302958480-6II2XKW6E1V0SKDZCOZ9/20240319_143716.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Little better visibility that day but still the smog. Must be nice on a clear day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302966729-KTEED07H07QE5ANOJUCX/20240319_150654.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - "Shortcut" road I wanted to check out going down. "Unpaved" can mean a lot of things for Strava. This is like a donkey trail or something, I'm not going on that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302965465-SGM71WRYRFKQS9ZD8PIX/20240319_152950.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Like on Tenerife, all the rocks are full of holes and caves. Good place to stop if it rains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302975309-NH5T9WB97Z468BTBOBYY/20240319_154912.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Some cool peacocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711302972089-995OA0QZULLOC1ZAA9K9/20240319_160019.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The eastern coast in Gran Canaria is WINDY AS BALLS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303014106-S0XE420T73787HMYUCAE/ea.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - That's the little sub! Had to do it, where else can do ride in a sub? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303005855-GXGE7RSALTKODJJOOVTB/20240320_100045.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Inside you can just sit in front of a window and plug in headphones that play classical music and tell you about what you're seeing. Very corny. I don't care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303005391-SVXPEH5UCO0XCYKA8JKN/20240320_100116.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Hi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303011885-QCFVJMYJ9U7RTYKRJOE2/20240320_101818.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's tons of fish around and they swim up to the windows and follow the sub. They're curious ( rhymes with delicious ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303010338-9EY8V1W69K58VGSVZ48E/20240320_101355.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - You'll see 2 shipwrecks and a bunch of artificial reefs, going to a depth of 24m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303013120-7NVZX1NKS9IDRUKEM8SM/20240320_104430.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The harbor / town are nested at the base of these huge desert cliffs on the southern tip of Gran Canaria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303014306-8LJ8V5P12YB4QB0OEYLG/20240320_105404.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Very nice! Again a hugely touristic area here with endless gift shops and overpriced "authentic cuisine" cafes and restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a17187a0-df28-4750-b160-a7fda66188b7/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Peak Loop from Puerto de Mogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303085288-JFDWKMLXVSBCQTD8SFXS/20240321_110235.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - A few of these resort towns/ retirement communities along the coast. Old people hives basically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303084622-FDU4M50ONO76MNUZU6KV/20240321_110711.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - There's even an aquapark in one of these resort areas. Prepare to lose all your money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303087485-8XDEP016SB66J4WVOZ19/20240321_122828.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Some of the coolest views climbing the barren landscape in the south. Boy is it ever dry here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303087891-3MFAW69T4D0JGHZU1ZGN/20240321_135816.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - As close as I got to the Roque Nueblo. You have to hike about 1.5km on dirt to get next to it and take your Instagram selfie. I am above such things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303090388-68TTQA7WDIMEW5QTO3EN/20240321_142313.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - You can see it was starting to get cloudy... and cold... as I was doing the loop around the peak. You're above 1000m the whole time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303090397-XILIRJJ4HR20J5AWNPG2/20240321_143128.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - It's interesting to see a diversity of landscapes as you get to look in all cardinal directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303094137-QX5ZRR7KI82DZZAQ8G0N/20240321_161646.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Coming back down due south. Really looking like the Grand Canyon here. Just crazy arid jagged ridges and mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303096406-5QIVKO0TWGHKIDE82GWU/20240321_161840.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - "Mirador Astronomico" located in the desert at about 450m elevation. Supposedly a world-class spot for stargazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303096708-WJ20ZX1T8EPXF18UY4J5/20240321_162333.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Maspalomas, where my ( very shitty ) airbnb was. You can see the dunes peaking out from behind the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303098419-1LPLV7SA0DH8C6OUEZZB/20240321_164209.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - The dunes are right next to town, mostly surrounded by expensive hotels. But they're easy to access and pretty unique to check out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/03404fce-7bbb-46c9-bc14-211a74215f06/ride.PNG Posts - Gran Canaria - Make it stand out Last Ride in Gran Canaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303157497-N8GK50C1L27TEBH5WI9A/20240322_111808.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - "Aboriginal World" or something. Reminded me a lot of all the "museums" in the Canadian prairies. Oh the "Corn Museum" in this barn...wow...yes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303157264-JM21Q7K6PF72Z7TS1OP5/20240322_111941.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Just going up the way I came back down yesterday, basically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303162891-SKKZ33EINUQY0R066IOT/20240322_113706.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This time though I stopped to peak at the camel park! How ghetto is it, really? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303162980-FZ6NZ2Y9DHY9SHGHLLA9/20240322_114030.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Super ghetto! It's a tiny ranch oasis in the canyon. There's maybe 10 of these camels tied to a post, having a shitty life. Probably worth skipping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303167749-K66IU0HX00QOPFT6VPSE/20240322_124730.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Just a random castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303167679-W6M8Y8AQLP7XJO8BQANN/20240322_125301.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Coming back down again. Really strange rock formations in this canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303172067-I2CLPHW60IJ6A85IBDZG/20240322_125510.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - This huge fortress-looking rock has big caves you can visit with a tour guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303172298-6OCJ433KEVV4ALE4H6AG/20240322_130613.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Is that crazy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303173909-WJYMWHZ2AKGIJSXS9Q8F/20240322_133818.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Making my way back to Maspalomas in the wind tunnel valley again... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303174252-8HYZHMRL6T4ZFQ58U1MB/20240322_151807.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Last bit of the day was a loop up to this rich people area with houses on isolated rock formations, like a bunch of James Bond villains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303177443-07PH1RKC922P0W3ZPZV9/20240322_152440.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - That road passes by Palmitos Park, which is heavily advertised on the island. They have dolphin / bird shows. It's pretty far and not super cheap so I passed on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711303178298-N6FIBI8KBHQ9L433L9US/20240322_152642.jpg Posts - Gran Canaria - Last look back inland as the storms were starting to come down towards me. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/tenerife1 monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2e500a43-d3ab-43c9-83f5-4157aa31eb74/heatmap.png Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/de94bef4-1336-4d86-9305-f8de228ad5bf/weektemplate.png Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130100466-VXF5YNOZ33Q6L9QSQXIY/20240314_123228.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - This is my first stay, in the capital, Santa Cruz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129927653-16HZJM8S5B6L0N5L1GDV/20240312_091129.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Airbnb was in a quite old building with a sketchy elevator but still decent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129909175-FHU68W8HEG0FG45DEIQ9/20240309_165525.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - More importantly, right in the middle of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129923090-IVE8GLBZ8DN2RMVI6N5B/20240311_080318.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - View from the balcony. It's right in the tourist area, with people enjoying the cafe life until midnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129927373-B3FP1PNK7HHUSU605L7E/20240311_152233.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Typical Tenerife architecture/street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129908566-APNVBWTKE4MJO5HEN8QZ/20240310_090149.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Like I'm not going to buy that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129924187-R83F632O1VJDCZ91U251/20240311_094802.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - A "TooGoodtoGo" run. Lot of stuff. Been eating so much shit on this trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129910795-N3SXEN0EVQWI0T3M2PVH/20240310_172252.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The coast/port is very touristic and has many swanky hotels and resorts for people who aren't cheap like me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129912051-9HM540RH4QRQ5T7ZNMFF/20240310_172507.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Kind of typical mix of new architecture mixed in with the run-down old city/apartments everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129913085-8ME7GQQIS943BQMSRDWV/20240310_172606.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Cool historical fort left standing near the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129914589-KYQFAZDW9VDSOTWZHI2B/20240310_172612.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129915524-8ZCJ88MGHTQ8O2BNPFJI/20240310_172724.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Very endemic of our times: The hot girl running after her "child" taking pictures for Instagram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129916532-CYBNE4NRUEN720WI005J/20240310_172758.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - There's also this huge auditorium with Sydney vibes. Completely clashes with everything else but cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129918972-2XD206XTRVPZMGGU23Y1/20240310_173033.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Some kind of Carnival going on that day as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129919531-L3ISNKOHK1QLB5UFND4B/20240310_173149.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The harbor extending in front of the cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129925153-MLY6VVEQAAQGFRV9A58X/20240311_103430.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Huge cruise ships drop people off daily, same as Funchal. You can watch them come and go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711129931894-GPW2WCKP37VHBELTL5BL/20240312_175152.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - One of many unique/cool buildings in the capital. There's about 200 000 people living here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e07189cb-cf97-40c4-bae2-b24507448841/ride.PNG Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Full Teide from Santa Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130243733-DDR2EVXV3CMIDLCGH0RJ/20240310_130226.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - At about 1900m elevation I finally came out of the frigid fog to this amazing view of the peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130245834-7312OE4X0HOB2CSBFQ1R/20240310_130639.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Some pros training. There's many of them who stay at a resort near the peak at 2000m altitude to get adaptations from the elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130246318-49954HD8XD5BRIWD9DSJ/20240310_135658.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The cable car. It doesn't quite take you to the peak, you still need to hike and it requires a permit ( bribe ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130247808-GS1DCIHGFVPEC2C2UM9A/20240310_135751.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The landscape in the crater is otherwordly. Just a mix of lava flows and desert for miles around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130250908-K9CLT3KBU3CQP6LW1C7E/20240310_141308.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The crater has its own climate, it felt like Arizona. Quite a drastic change from the foggy pine forest before you reach the edge of the caldera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130248455-BYTD6DESBRQFRMMQD1R5/20240310_140553.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Cable car station with a view of where it ends near the top. It must be almost 1000m of vertical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130251313-KBVE1SFSI7ZCZP3KKJ2R/20240310_142013.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - More of the arid desert landscape. I don't think there's anything quite like this on the rest of the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130253579-RBUN8HVVG99ERI3BGUW5/20240310_145247.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Hello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130254603-7CKGRPRFM92W4A52V8CB/20240310_145318.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Bunch of radar towers/ metro stations ( or whatever ) at the top. There's also an observatory if you're willing to make a little extra detour. I was not. This is a long ride... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130255382-PI0EWZHQTDFBODJPQK35/20240310_153749.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - View of the east coast as I came out of the fog on the way down. About 1000m elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130256480-TDITJDONUEL2ZIPA9FSG/20240310_153810.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - There's a bunch of these anthill looking mountains. Not sure what they are or how doomed the nearby people are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130260666-XOWM78UUFBWP8IPJVTWJ/20240310_155058.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Look back at the fog/clouds on the mountain. This was a "no rain" forecast... Yah... Okay.... TECHNICALLY CORRECT... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130262018-X28AEGPTXIVWJD8BOG1W/20240310_163332.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - View from a little lookout near Guimar. Last little climb of a looooong day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5971de86-04ab-4f5d-8b8e-62ee1f63e460/ride.PNG Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Tenerife North Ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130500116-5PO1E5FCFSB67P4L3AKW/20240311_104741.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - I keep seeing these chubby trees everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130501310-RSXDXZS98I4SXJ6IG2A2/20240311_105150.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Festive bridge leading to the "Playas de Las Teresitas" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130502512-ALMW485QQP7T47XN10L4/20240311_105432.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Very nice and huge sandy beach for losers who don't bike all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130586863-BUXC5Q3CEIGBRRPEOCSR/20240311_113040.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - You can bike 10+km on the coastal cliffs and get amazing views of the city and beach. Definitely worth doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130505658-DXOJY9GD81R85WDHFWVC/20240311_113110.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - As per usual, dipshits throwing trash everywhere. Truly us humans are all alike, why so much conflict? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130508160-85I70ZLVE3J9MKOCKO49/20240311_113352.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Cliffs going back down. All the rock faces have holes/caves on the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130511016-H3QS6QGIAFZ6WCZKOR23/20240311_120807.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Quick check of where I'm going up to next... Go away cloud. Stop. Go rain at the beach not here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130519580-N5K73GJ1WBU5LUZIQTE7/20240311_135449.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - About 900m climb to the top of the ridge. Some of the best views of the Island up here, with surprisingly lush green cliffs on an otherwise pretty dry Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130519976-XKYJ2OW7FR2PTH5ID7VW/20240311_140715.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Holy shit I look tired when I'm tired... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130521867-SSS2OLEFD5LSPHRUPOLK/20240311_141525.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - More amazing views along the ridge. A must-do road if you ever visit. Even if you just drive it. I will allow it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130595304-WPLX0R8IJZGPG3MW6KMI/20240311_122543.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Whole island's cactus population was having a fruit fiesta. Not sure what these do to you if you eat them though. Won't try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711130597624-TQEOU6INTZS9GD5LVK7K/20240311_124123.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Going back down. Lots of interesting rock formations on many of the cliffs here. If it was in Detroit that rock would have been pushed down the mountain long ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a90bb816-cd7d-44b1-84fd-150fa02f5019/ride.png Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Tenerife North Ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132199304-8MLKBYLFGJ0UCZPXBP6P/20240312_102805.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - 'Murica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132198974-Q6CLSFA8WSZVHQDPQW05/20240312_113305.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - View of Teide peaking out of its cloud blanket from the North side of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132203119-PG01GDMFR6KG8FIHI8OU/20240312_121536.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The road along the ocean here is beautiful and the north is nice and green while the south side is basically a desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132205532-SA2A2RPG6BJ3366XLOTA/20240312_132837.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Back in the cold stupid fog on the way up. About 10 feet visibility in here in case it's not clear from the picture. And COLD. Near freezing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132205743-6NYCGAJLWE2KI5XX20DK/20240312_135941.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Nice peak of the mountain above the boreal forest. There's always many biome changes when you go up such high peaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/844852f8-d2b3-4a04-8a28-490516bc5849/ride.png Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Make it stand out Meeting Daniel For A Chill Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132434438-4OYN0DIRW9AWAEAXUM6K/20240313_123418.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Texting while cycling. Illegal? Maybe. Smart? Maybe. Efficient? Definitely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132434475-LX7KVDQLLWITJ9IS5LVA/20240313_132706.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Daniel is one of many europeans who own property here because it's a lot cheaper and nicer than Paris and London. Making me jealous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132437372-5UUBJR5X6DWXQ20ZCMQ1/20240313_141836.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - On the way back I stopped in this little palm tree park. The capital is really a beautiful city with tons of sculptures and landscaping everywhere and such great temperature in the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132439430-MNSGAEYY0RKIXEZUMV6Y/20240313_142156.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Hey it's parrots of some kind! Awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132467513-D61OF5TXFJR1OJGW9JF1/20240314_105906.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Won't see that in Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132467361-MM8ZS3BWBQEHIO2VQ89C/20240314_110403.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Had a bit of time in the morning and noticed I was within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132469692-QDN36GMZWEDKR7Y881LU/20240314_111710.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - It's just 5 euros and decently sized, worth a visit for sure if you're around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132469857-2UM5BQS9YHJPZGN0YSBC/20240314_112626.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Cool 3D print of the island. You can clearly see the huge crater with the true peak of Teide standing in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132475183-GR7OZZFDKLTDB6XADVOF/20240314_113651.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - They have an extensive collection of butterflies from all over the world, as well as all the native Canary insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132472788-YO174VJC3MQXCWSVRR2F/20240314_113157.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132472627-UQCVF5XPDSNO5LKZ39PL/20240314_113312.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132475255-5KQGG8HQOJSDHE5EY7DV/20240314_113646.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132478509-437LTLLMW4S5EUYOCIQX/20240314_113915.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132481096-Z93M2XF8PYMN3DO31T1X/20240314_113822.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Saw these roaches in Madeira. They don't fuck around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132487565-24BM2PSG94I16PU5EJNZ/20240314_114729.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - They also have a section for all the animals that live on the islands! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132490544-3PPMPWUSJ09IR8B576CB/20240314_114806.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132490903-NE7VX3OPDD1KIOF3LM82/20240314_114825.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Even some that went extinct like this cool falcon : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132481338-J6I35XD4Q3SU5C7AJ4VF/20240314_114056.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Highlight of the collection ( in my opinion ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132488517-B2W430PJ7BBNLNW8MTTD/20240314_114649.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Yeah get in there you naughty boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132484215-ND8LTIBSND5SM8A9X8NY/20240314_114123.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - That face explains why I've seen a bunch of them squished on the roads... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132492892-JDYK9XVR8WI30WOFBWA9/20240314_115700.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - There's a section for random fossils and minerals unrelated to the Islands as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132493516-UC1B8Q5HMNAGH9CG0M85/20240314_120100.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Just your typical museum rocks that look 3D printed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132494834-1GGPOR376WJ5YID2PNUF/20240314_120223.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Best section is for the sea life for sure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132495919-20WZFVP6DN73K212EO22/20240314_120335.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Hi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132496815-97RJLNNWYUMYMDU2DQ71/20240314_120436.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - This museum is better than the one in Victoria but costs 20% as much. Just go there for the deal really. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132497260-4TT6IJLM00VCNJN3V27P/20240314_120831.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - I sort of glossed over how many things are in the museum about the Island's aboriginals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132499610-66IWCZOHX385CAF0XVEJ/20240314_121156.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Lot of skulls and bones in the museum as well. Like a lot. Too much even. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132499541-1JJFAK03ZTDY98WGLI0G/20240314_122525.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The Church of Immaculate Conception, right next to the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132505314-GVJ8A79D2F0IO4HGM8L2/20240314_155109.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - On the Ferry. It's huge and pretty luxurious. Way less crappy than the Victoria ferries. It has 3 cafes for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132502723-PQKN88475TPN49BXH4J4/20240314_155028.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - One of the crewmembers looks suspiciously like Justin Trudeau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132505498-C9XR5F8F95XWISYK5FAU/20240314_160122.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Leaving Santa Cruz de Tenerife behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132513467-BNVUX5PFCSGQXFKUCYZH/20240314_164618.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - Gran Canaria appearing in the distance. The two Islands are only 70km apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1711132515800-HZ3EJJQJ1PIKHMLZY4MP/20240314_171419.jpg Posts - Tenerife part 1: The North - The imposing cliffs as you dock in Agaete, located in the Northwest. Gives you a good preview of the rugged landscape of the whole island. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/madeira monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4721497a-b850-4683-8663-d84043b45c6d/heatmap.png Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8c78be44-2374-4458-a875-39bdf3495728/weektemplate.png Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/013d2c0c-8426-4109-a868-09797e8b21fb/googlemap.png Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710534116195-VNK6WWG0IATV5VPAU0Q7/20240229_075830.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Brutal 6am flight from Victoria to Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710534116348-MUSJVEFH82R166NI9SBU/20240229_141705.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Couple hours layover and then 9+ hours to London! You fly over the frozen Canadian north. Then it's another several hours from London to Madeira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710534118488-AJIK2XVR5EDP4D7IAGLP/20240301_185855.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - A shuttle can drop you in Funchal for just 6 euro. The sunset from my Airbnb, 300m up from sea level. Total travel time was over 20 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710534118763-TASH9IY70EK76IM8OS9T/20240302_062757.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - I was not staying in Funchal proper so I could afford this huge flat with modern fixtures. Damn! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710534120895-QWY22IJWOPIHNR9IY3PD/20240304_081801.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - View in the morning. It was the best place I ever stayed on vacation luxury-wise. It had an outdoor kitchen with a little pizza oven. Quite a place to stay for months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/94d6b769-549f-466e-b158-46df39f0a263/ride.PNG Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Madeira Center Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424081708-9A9FIJU4FD6I2YQQB2OF/20240302_100430.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - View as you climb towards the Pico Arieiro from Funchal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424085559-MVLPQ5D8PF8366BZWWER/20240302_112517.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - At just 1400m elevation I learned that Madeira is pretty cold still this time of year... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424093186-8BGB1T0ONVVLCF8TO8SE/20240302_113509.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - About 2/3 down the valley towards the northern shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424089212-9FDJU68B7PSCOE93R72J/20240302_120021.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Cliff edge in the town of Porto Da Cruz. Pictures can't really do Madeira justice unfortunately! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424091969-ZK6B5GH2ARXEAKBQW5ME/20240302_120048.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Some Jurassic Park stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424097645-CT1QL5FXTFK10YELNF0P/20240302_132528.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Town of Sao Vincente. Most towns on the island are just tourist pit stops. There's a bus line that takes them all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424105792-87YSJXM4PMM7JXIV1E7J/20240302_132821.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - We've all been there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424108677-HOOPY7MFW7KFFWD2CLGM/20240302_133027.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Starting to climb back towards the south side. What the hell are those? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424109636-ZSEV29Z5OPHO4S8JWB7W/20240302_140344.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - I got my first taste of Madeira's horrible tunnel system. On one hand they are sketchy as hell, on the other it saved me 500m of climbing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424111258-SFS9YF8POZV8AXS81KE7/20240302_152409.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Popping back in the south. Stunning views of all the villages built on every steep slope. Meanwhile in Canada "We have no space to build wah". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424111782-1GE0UO9FSAXLYOTJ3APR/20240302_160535.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Back in Funchal, finally! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424114348-AIBSEY3DD8K6NDB55L7H/20240302_163924.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - There was randomly a bike race in the city center that day. They thought I was entering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424123734-Y71Y852F2G5LFFL2IT3O/20240303_100952.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - A banana tree! Cool. Madeira even has a Banana museum. I'd come to learn that Banana plantation are a big part of agriculture in the Canarys and Madeira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710424122955-SA83TU5692N5S8X8Y86Y/20240302_190020.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Avocado tree on my Airbnb's street. Just printing that guac money all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536238998-4RJER5JEM3Q476F372Z0/20240305_170756.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - It's a 15 minute bus ride ( 2 euro ) to get dropped off downtown. Definitely look into buses when traveling.. You can watch huge cruise ships come and go daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536149128-S4SQV1UYQBOSD2UYX7JS/20240303_101618.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You can take a 3hour tour on this boat that is a replica of Christopher Columbus' flagship! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536151426-4CXTM4IXYM73TBJHRE2A/20240303_102041.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You'll see the ship coming and going all day from the harbor. Sadly it's a ship of lies as it's motorized and not powered by sails. Ship of lies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536157812-FXWT5TJ7YN8O4EHHGGOI/20240303_103546.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Tons of little crabs hanging out on the rocks in the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536163183-X8Q3B1YPQLNR4B8DQ68F/20240303_110800.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Zodiac tours are the best. Get to whales fast and you are nearest to the water and animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536164289-ZT4AQT6UVZDXKS9WKN0Y/20240303_114535.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Bottlenose dolphins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536162181-UH55ZS7SRUROFWAZD1JH/20240303_112107.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Short Fin Pilot whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536165232-OY8HTJWXPQRCZGW3H2MV/20240303_115052.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - One one hand we saw tons of these but on the other it's just two species. It's not the best season for whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536166466-88KE0U6STR4C5XG28TIN/20240303_124731.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Ominous clouds hovering over the peaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536167227-9E3T3RIP83R7GXHGZGAY/20240303_132857.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - From the harbor it's a 5 minute walk to the cable car station! This guy hates tourists. I think everyone here hates tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536169271-RTQE6YTZQDQZ7Z336H47/20240303_133321.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - The cable car takes you 500m up to the Montey Palace garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536170045-A541L72JP37QTDXBJJLG/20240303_133623.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Sorry for the terrible pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536230129-FMG4FEM3P8I7UBRRFCUS/20240303_161335.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This is a decently sized botanical garden that makes for a relaxing visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536179594-1MAZLJK0NVC55D0C890M/20240303_150140.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Prepare to walk up and downhill a lot because as with everything here, it's built on a cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536173982-44JVZ6AO3KSI4CIF747Z/20240303_145801.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - There's thousands of flowers and trees of all kinds here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536192849-RZUIB1F2Y3MRMAPJQ29V/20240303_152851.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You'll see lots of this flower on the Island. There's cultivated flower beds with all sorts of exotic plants all over Funchal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536179391-OUDC8RVG5HW1WV2EDRMV/20240303_150044.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - The garden doesn't cover that large of an area but they packed it really tight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536175159-EUVMO9KTQFHD0FEQ2OH0/20240303_145835.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Every little corner of it has a fountain, sculpture, little installation or whatever else. Take your time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536184274-7VUURCV0W01H3WPOMB3R/20240303_150453.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - In the center of the garden there is a huge pond with a bunch of swans and ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536186837-1R1JYO964VLI9OH9G6UL/20240303_151329.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This thing is huge and doesn't mind people at all anymore. You can just walk right up to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536189960-4B10RY0DJRQ0G6IWFFXW/20240303_151411.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536193279-718LSA24QS59DCXQ6768/20240303_153313.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Canary Island black bird. This is their version of the American Robin. You know that shitty bird that's everywhere and probably displaced most of the cool birds? These are also loud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536207700-7UWPAL7K1F09E39ZWYVL/20240303_153621.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - There's even a huge Japanese garden in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536205700-5R0KKXY9O36OICISSJGI/20240303_153609.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - With a dozen koi ponds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536213869-N61BM0WCLSA7TU71SBB6/20240303_154329.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This is a traditional Madeiran house. There's a few kept around the island as relics for tourists mostly. Pretty Hawai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536216465-0A22LA32QTY0PY6J6EJ1/20240303_154516.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - These things are called "Dragon Trees". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536226244-NECXS79E2O3J90KQCQLP/20240303_160429.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - There's a section of cycads, aka dinosaur trees since these date back millions and millions of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536230361-6837KLHOZI1WB64J6U8M/20240303_160440.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536232505-XF1TFHYANZG32RK0V9E3/20240303_161819.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - "Capela das Barbosas" is right at the garden exit if you want to visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536260989-RL1GTXM94QSHNIO3CX9G/20240304_163432.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Back in Funchal. The city core consists of many streets such as this one, on cobblestone, with lots of little shops and restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710536250156-1Z2IA7GTHI759OVSGQUG/20240306_180138.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Sort of the town square! Everything here is a bit of a tourist trap though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6bce8384-dd34-467c-a614-d9c8711d1010/ride.PNG Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Pico the hard way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710576688644-11A8YOGZFAUIMXQBEH18/20240307_140919.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Why is this route called “the dumb way”? Well you start at the port and climb under the cable car line up to here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710576688516-UAX9HKJXS6ZL4CV45M67/20240307_141006.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Which is about 400m of elevation (higher than the Eiffel Tower ) gain at 22% average. You pop out at the Montey Palace where you will see these guys: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710576691791-H9GDWWA9L29SN67ZMISZ/20240307_141010.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This is "the thing" in Funchal. You slide about 2km down from the Montey Palace on this silly 20% road and then you take a cab the rest of the way back to the city center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710576872816-WT51R0A3W2VGKJRJS4XU/20240304_095409.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - If you're wondering why I didn't go ( besides the price ) this is why. This line goes on forever. No thanks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539783569-K8F8VLQAGT2PSI767DHP/20240304_102533.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - From there you keep climbing all the way to the peak. This is about 1000m up from sea level now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539785481-WTTLFN7QY1WXK43MMUDW/20240304_113401.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - The view from the peak. It's right at the center of the Island and has amazing views of the clouds rolling over the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539803511-13EU2MNW61AKOTK80COS/20240304_113703.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This proves I was there. See. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539802601-VTOUMNQOSSN4ISIEBT0I/20240304_113728.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539816596-2T0G75K9IL6PSVN1GUV5/20240304_114619.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - I think that little thing is the very top. I didn't stay too long because it quite cold here, at 1800m above sea level. It's quite a climb on very steep roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710539822783-SQ00SJPPMYPNZNXFHFV9/20240304_114702.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - A lot of trails start from the peak. Typical lazy tourists just driving up to the top of everything to take a picture like they accomplished something. Banned I say. Banned. Only I may take a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0b6eac4f-7212-4bc5-8107-66b5c00715dd/ride.PNG Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Madeira is a Series of Tubes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578078053-LX56DUSBYPNX06ZC3G16/20240305_105041.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - From Ponto Del Pargo you can go down to this lighthouse and check out the cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578078574-5UJZGIWH8ULFLIKQMUII/20240305_105006.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Lot of errant cats on these islands. He's just enjoying life, watching tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578081226-YT5M2J9WO24LC7V2UBBR/20240305_105339.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Reminds me of Newfoundland and Gaspesie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578082278-46PFG8N889AI1V2DJ8TM/20240305_114616.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Typical architecture of the Islands. You will see things like this everywhere, it's quite charming, though everything looks kind of old and falling apart at least from the outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578087236-7VHN1F6IXJ3KR1WFW2Y2/20240305_120158.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - From Ponto Del Pargo you climb a 500m hill and descend a 700m cliff into Porto Moniz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578090973-X6UI5YJ2YCR3NFN19423/20240305_120117.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This definitely seems like a popular tourist spot. It has fancy restaurants / resorts and stunning views of the cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578083530-3DXJRTCRWLY6AL8FT2P2/20240305_115404.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578090993-6KVJ8O5P7VRFEL89L8ST/20240305_120240.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Many places on Madeira have these natural rock pools you can swim in, if you can tolerate the cold waters... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578093815-T8KEQN4BTPS6Y3XXQ7RA/20240305_120300.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Epic waves crashing into the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578094441-Y2DTZL73CC735HYP8UY1/20240305_120831.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Porto Moniz is definitely worth a visit, though it'll cost you 70+ euro to take a cab there. Alternatively there is a slooooooooow bus ( 3 hours ) that drops tourists off all over the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578095406-CS2HF18IW5BW2LLDAMXH/20240305_121313.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Porto Moniz is where the climb back over starts and those clouds weren't looking good. I was already cold at sea level and Fanal Forest is about 1400m up. No thank you, not today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578098652-5KUGGN2Z8H6P1PO77AW7/20240305_141554.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Unfortunately the only way back to Funchal from there goes through about 20-25km of these tunnels... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578103071-VSVF3UHC1C2FD5535CY8/20240305_152410.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - These absolutely shit tunnels with no shoulder, an just a token sidewalk meant for maintenance work. It's not clear which of these pedestrians are allowed into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578100201-HEHRHXGVVUXVCQ2VST1G/20240305_144122.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - That one was the least sketchy one... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578101234-AQY31AQJBLV1W2YQXE2G/20240305_144554.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You'll pass into a few more tiny touristy towns like Paul do Mar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578097444-0ODBUEDTR0040J7JHSYN/20240305_132853.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - From Calheta you can finally escape the tunnel system and snake your way up the cliffs back towards the city. There's these beautiful terrace farms everywhere inland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578103959-PMUDFWOK0P9S715HK50Q/20240305_162315.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You can't be on the main road here since it turns into a highway. You can see it all the way down there going through more tunnels. The bypass road makes you climb up 500m... Brutal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710578105898-Q271QMC4GWCWW29ZB7Y2/20240305_162619.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - There's houses everywhere all the way up to 700-800m elevation near Funchal. It's crazy to see how people just made it work. Everyone has a view of the sea here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3bb70c43-f19c-4bc5-b92e-f377361ba7f3/ride.PNG Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Pico Easy Route https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579355631-MGY9H30TRIJVECQSS505/20240307_140908.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/49e3fd58-d2a9-43d1-8014-81bc9a72a4f2/ride.PNG Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Make it stand out Nun’s Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579600977-IVGWEVUS5ECEDRKBHIWQ/20240308_120602.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - That means "lookout"! You have learned a word! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579595114-X0DCKHO0YMDU9N4XR23R/20240308_120952.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - The island is infested with these tiny lizards who scurry into the bushes as you bike by. You hear leaves rustling all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579607986-FOCI3HIKJ2YWW4M12WV6/20240308_122506.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Really stunning view of this tiny town in the valley. The lookout area is built along a sheer cliff hundreds of meters high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579601994-PKCP3PJ0LSGI4MI9UA3N/20240308_121113.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Nice weather while it was storming at the peak 800m up. The mountain way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579598170-YYJPOLDYIB4TECXYYTC2/20240308_121053.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579604182-I0OQYNJS8ADGZ2OB42CO/20240308_122626.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579608219-CV1C85D6P1M9SOCA65Q0/20240308_122930.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - You can go down there but you have to go through a 3km tunnel...again... I decided that I had had enough of that shit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579610262-GIOGY1SZO01LTHJY05MW/20240308_131745.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Back down I stopped in Camas dos Lobos. There is a skywalk somewhere here that overlooks the cliffs. I didn't find it ( was too lazy to check ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579611254-R3386H4J81MLE0YR39VM/20240308_131756.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - It's another very touristy area with a network of narrow cobblestone streets and lots of cafes to stop at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579612442-7IFN2I1Y1L5T53B9F4G6/20240308_132600.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - One last view of the cliffs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579613185-IP7FODZK7DIVBUGN3HNC/20240308_135800.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Fortaleza de São João Baptista do Pico overlooking Funchal. If you're a fan of history you have lots to explore here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710579614498-JXZJUVS8PYI3H85JOJI2/20240308_142835.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Goodbye Madeira! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581573528-BGV0HM1TNTQ30KLRJLEW/20240302_193458.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Madeira wine. Popular tourist activity here is to visit the producers and do tastings. Ham flavored chips are also common and great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581574346-TAYRU2010JLTRTFYYA2G/20240303_140702.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This is "Bolo de Caco" or basically worse garlic bread that they sell for 5 euros everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581576458-94VNVX2Z2834O46A8N7U/20240303_141721.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Grilled scabbardfish with banana. The banana is not a good idea, but the fish is great! It's sort of like a chunky cod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581741681-JQFELEHQHWSPES5SWZQU/istockphoto-1061434532-612x612.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - This is a scabbard fish. A deep sea nightmare eel monster. But again: Tastes great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581578126-9FC8D0MRD62EZCGQRMQX/20240304_135042.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Passionfruit flavored soft drink, "Brisa". I approve. The candy bar is pretty generic. I think everyone's figured out how to make candy bars by now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581579218-TJ5FQLYYJKS8G66RTCT9/20240304_162136.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - "Pasteis de Nata" or custard tarts. The filling tastes quite eggy. Not so bad but doesn't beat a butter tart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581580680-XO3ZSFYLH9XCNV8L3YZ9/20240306_161218.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Honey cake. It's a thick spiced cake with molasses and honey flavors. Pretty good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1710581581134-4O5HHOEGVKANLZASXB6D/20240306_180234.jpg Posts - Cycling in Madeira - Tried the "TooGoodtoGo" app there. Way cheaper way to get bakery/restaurant food while on vacation. 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It’s also home to some kind of Shakespeare stuff. The actual theater is behind this new construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190214651-AADYNK0PHYFYHNHRD764/20230605_141825.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Went up Ashland until I felt rain, which wasn’t very long. Then I tried biking a bit near Emigrant Lake here but I could see lightning strikes across the skies and everyone was already fleeing the area… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190240001-MV6TMO93DYYF416N4YT0/20230605_170337.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Drove all the way up to Crater Lake hoping there wouldn’t be rain. It poured the entire time until I literally got about 2 miles from the fee hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190245006-7NQSZH1IO5LMP122DBMB/20230605_170444.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes It was 10c at the hut and the crater is 300m up from there. Cold as hell. Snow everywhere. Crazy since it was 32c in Ashland! From heat wave to full winter gear and hoping the rain wasn’t catching me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190254618-YFHU6NBB8GLP0OZCYF19/20230605_195225.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Drove from there to Bend, which is a decent little city home to the very last Blockbuster store. I have to say I don’t miss these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190262826-CLL28I1DJMPJ82SUFUG5/20230605_182227.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Mt. Washington looming in the distance. That means North America has 3 Mt. 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Suitably Hipstery, as per the legends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190698360-3FJFGPC3HKN3EN5MBY7N/20230606_092936.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Saw a guy in a bike kit sit near me so I decided to ask him if Mackenzie Pass was open. He told me it wasn’t… then gave me these TaterBoost things. It’s his company! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190739254-FS7BBUJVHNHKA2ARXAVH/20230606_132330.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes You just pour water in the bag and mix and you get a sort of instant mashed potatoes thing going on. Meant as a portable endurance snack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686190752609-DMNQN0P6VK8DH5VUGOCO/20230606_132520.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Pretty tasty. It’s good when you’re sick of eating gels. 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This isn’t even the official hills! Naturally people walking all over these and fucking them up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686191971085-MHDV3HOTO4U2ON9DHYVR/20230607_095720.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The far end of the park, with a look at the Painted Hills reservoir, adding some nice blue to the palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686191981610-9IYMKPFI6XW623Q95N34/20230607_101732.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes This one is called “Red Hill”. Don’t know why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686192191097-UIE1TQUR7KOS659BMVV5/20230607_104042.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Best view of the park, from a little overlook just a few miles from the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4affbea8-cbbb-4f8c-9a25-1524b6d0b005/20230607_135633.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/789f6222-c072-4ef1-bd1b-fbb4a9ebe4ab/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes - Make it stand out Mt Hood Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418663413-IWNCRDLK5QW5SYM95ZZ7/20230607_210154.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Love’s Truck Stop shower. Never tried those before. 16$USD is pretty damn steep though. Anytime Fitness was “just” 100$cad/month. So 5 showers at Love’s = Monthly membership for Anytime Fitness… woof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418642693-E28XZN3CG4ZNHQD1CSRX/20230608_084122.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes There’s cool badlands/plateau scenery all around eastern Oregon. Oregon: A land of bums and natural beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418648125-9FCT6AKCYUYJCRI6DWBA/20230608_114019.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Up the first pass around Mt. Hood. Found some ‘Murica remains that the local yokels/dipshits left there. I’m not a big environmental person but at least I don’t trash nature on purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418701212-D56RKGI3DIZ0T4E14CRS/20230608_121803.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Backside of the first 700m pass is a garbage gravel road. Over 10km of this with a section that was completely destroyed. This is why I started with this side. If this had been blocked by snow I could at least just turn back and still do Mt. Hood itself and end up with the same KM instead of 200+ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418672809-UG1TU1SH3UNGWR062TPR/20230608_133440.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The mountain see from the northern little towns. It really just towers over everything around it, it’s quite spectacular, especially when it’s not covered in fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418679402-XNMRCJFH6RTY1VQR3FLC/20230608_152159.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Top of the 1200m Bennet Pass. It’s just 40km of going up at 2-4%. Then you go down a bit and turn on the actual final climb up to the ski lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418692473-UU2TBLMAIUZGHILNXQ48/20230608_161959.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The climb from the road to the ski village is about 8.5km at 7%, going up around 600m. You get above the tree line and it’s obviously cold as balls as random snowmelt creeks and falls blast you with subzero air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418700613-1OAGWTIHDYT0NVW0LZ33/20230608_162226.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Summit parking lot. It’s a huge area with many ski lodges. Was pretty busy, I can’t imagine in winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418741785-5UPJYTZPOIELFPGZ32FV/20230608_163250.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes One of the lodges. They’re really luxurious. Good place to rest and warm up/dry your clothes if you’ve been biking in the snow/rain up this thing. We’ve all been there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418736527-PBUIS3TH59UNI17ZCZV9/20230608_162559.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The main lodge has all sorts of weird art and exhibits / rooms you can visit. Even guided tours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686418739342-GECRKE07AFXLXR5O4VMW/20230608_162707.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes This stuff but x20. Free museum just for biking up! I would have biked it ANYWAY, suckers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ca1e5175-c704-43b7-bfd8-f8f4f6905d5c/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes - Make it stand out Columbia River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419960665-1TD6FIXVBZLI2RQZGAWC/20230609_113254.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Filled my water at the camping that morning. Was some kind of old timey hand pump. Yeah I’m not drinking that. In fact I’m throwing this thing away now, thanks lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419967360-IREK1XOE0SV6CZ7H9N5Q/20230609_121046.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes First bridge across, so-called “Heaven’s Bridge”. Really thought the view would be better from here :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419969600-LGE0JKIG2WC3K8FG6SUR/20230609_130949.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The one downside of riding on highways is all the trash in the shoulder. Fixed with no issue, thankfully. Unlike my derailleur… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419974908-YWFB5HQP6YX54WUUQFC4/20230609_142858.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Second bridge, 70km east of the first one. Landscape changes from hilly rainforest to the Sonoran desert, with this region’s characteristic round yellow hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419977529-IFYBK21XJLSIS2OU6M3M/20230609_142902.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The Dalles dam. Open to visitors. Just no time to detour with a broken derailleur and storm clouds over my head. Life is about compromises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419985679-TP3N3FO5UI9THQAAJEU3/20230609_145405.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Me taking a break from the monstrously brutal headwind to take a picture. Still 60km to go at this point. Tried to fix my derailleur with the aluminum trick like 30 times but it just refused to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419984508-ZHE0DML0JD53117NP5T6/20230609_155210.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The north side of the loop has much cooler views at least. It’s really quite a nice road, I imagine much of the river is like this. It goes on for hundreds of miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419995310-2SISZNKW65U0CO6OH2D0/20230609_160948.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes My friendly dino friend at Sinclair gas station. 18km to go… The Skittles were delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686419990805-J40W6D9WHCO7O2UDSFIR/20230609_163537.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes There’s 11 of these tunnels. They have no shoulder so I timed the cars and just sprinted through. They concentrate the headwind like a funnel so it takes an all-out effort to go 40kph in there, it’s ridiculous. You will die if you’re slow and go in there though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c6e28263-5e58-40c2-bda9-72d4a80834ea/route+copy.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes - Make it stand out Shelton Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764376577-O8X82RL4QZMPYLDPCZIN/20230611_134937.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes My friend’s squirrel army is coming along nicely. They work for peanuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764386462-CPCBGXP16Z0UT5LYPD8G/20230611_183812.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes First did a little hike around this bridge. You just go down to the river then back up, about 300 feet at 40-60% gradient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764380034-DS6CH7KHUEGB1N4U3OCM/20230611_180802.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes There’s even a rope at the bottom! Damn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764385920-9XHD12K5MKZJ73BPPQ4Y/20230612_130507.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Check out this little Shire historical waterwheel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764391071-CCNGZZV1VM2E2JJ9P3Z5/20230612_132231.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes The entire bay area between Seattle and Vancouver Island is dotted with these types of beaches. Lots of little lake homes. Wish I could add “far from the hobos” but no they’re in Shelton too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764393289-Y09VDYR8AGTDOC20GOUS/20230612_135647.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Passed by this chainsaw wood carving shop on the way back. Eagles, bigfoot and bears: The Pacific Northwest Trifecta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764402921-VC8C5YXXLFELKK3QXWY4/20230612_135656.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes I’m sure it costs thousands of dollars. If I was rich, I’d gift this to people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764403399-N2NFKCREIN0TYABAYBKL/IMG_20230612_141045115_HDR.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Good Minion representation in the area as well. Their simple shape lets people turn all sorts of random trash into minion lawn decorations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686764397057-O7WPJKCPNLYOARWQUY3M/IMG_20230612_141018182.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes I’ve seen them all over North America. Minions are truly the grand unifier of the western world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6aac61c1-d94c-4c6d-919b-101347884e14/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes - Make it stand out Hiking attempts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686765425389-IBEEU8MDCWCL2QAHR1TE/20230613_121828.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes That’s Mt Washington there. That makes 4 Mt. Washingtons in North America: Vancouver Island, Washington, Oregon and New Hampshire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686765423040-5F8EAICGMEZCLPWUQL8H/20230613_131640.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes It’s a 4.7km hike at… 40% average gradient (lol). Basically a staircase. I only did 20% of it before I realized my Garmin was off by 300-400 feet. What you’re seeing is the same trail I double-backed on here, with 120m separating it. Since the actual trail was like 1 foot wide and really hard to tell apart from the surrounding roots and rocks, I decided it was best to turn back before I get myself lost in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686765425435-WSXSMVKUQ1K3LIF7O6BE/20230613_143815.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes I just wandered around until I stumbled onto the Mt Eleanor trail. So I tried to make it to the top of that one instead. Sadly the last mile of the trail was snow. Btw if this is the “summer trail” mid-June, what’s the winter trail like? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686765710902-OABX879Z3P829K1MJP1P/20230613_144653.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes That’s the top there, about half a mile up. At this point it was really steep and the trail was just pure snow going over a rushing river. Since I was just wearing a t-shirt and shorts, didn’t really feel like falling into random icy streams as I struggle my way up. Blue balls day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1686765707852-U3FFAQFX9GUO1HYWK881/20230613_153024.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 5 - Volcanoes Best view of the day was just on the forest gravel road leading to the trailheads. Couldn’t even make it to actual viewpoints on the mountains because of the damn snow. Maybe next time. These are the two big mountains near Shelton ( about an hour away ). https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/2023summertour4 monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/61910e9d-c48e-4ede-98bd-00b8c50a9c83/routething.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6aa57c16-2425-4fd8-bd96-d6fc097c632a/weektemplate.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f5ec2a20-974b-4abd-a60f-504b8b28aa39/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out Truckee Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494275672-G0AT8LJA7EUBF99GIEFX/20230529_095956.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Marc leading us along the bike path that connects Tahoe to Truckee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494267192-5BAG6NEAM2T3YCS4IQAM/20230529_103049.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Ryan and Mike random ass shot in Truckee. Looking for that lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494274167-PCI0K28M1QCFARQ8W7BD/20230529_104910.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - We just rode along the lake to the end of the road and then back. No loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494277517-IAE39EENYJVB7Z0XD6Y2/20230529_104922.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - It's just the discount version of Lake Tahoe but still pretty nice. Has a beach, that's all you need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494287210-4F9RRRKXR0HD438Z1Y6I/20230529_121357.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - On the way back we finally stopped by the Penny bear. It's a huge concrete statue next to the water... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494283164-J9U7FZYITB5VQOFETK51/20230529_121321.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - It has over 203 000 pennies stuck in the concrete. Built for Burning Man in 2017 and then moved to Tahoe, with all the other bear-themed stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494283504-J7DG908RITWG12SZPIQP/20230529_121336.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Mike in awe at the Pennybear, like those monkeys in 2001: A Space Odyssey in front of that block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494287771-O7KBD341F6NW5GVHF8ZJ/20230529_151557.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Later that afternoon we did a ( very short ) hike to Eagle Rock. That's the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494288742-BKYX8M8BDOX0FF19Z7PM/20230529_151916.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Some painted ladies fluttering around the flowers at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494291525-IDSMKULFGLCU1KVECLB4/20230529_152125.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - This thing is a "Plated Fence Lizard" apparently. These tiny guys are running all over the place in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494292414-GK5G30KVHCY3XVIV52K4/20230529_152253.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Ryan and Mike soaking in the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685494296031-EG1NR6XFUWN0K9RXX0RI/20230529_152557.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - What a great picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/febc6995-cd5c-44bb-884d-368c161f4929/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out Lake, but Counter Clockwise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844609950-G80AQW465HGPZ0IHT3JR/20230530_110443.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Lake Tahoe is split between Nevada and California. The Nevada side has a bunch of sweet Casinos and towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844610866-Q2R33Y7XGKN9X1FZ4SQC/20230530_105111.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Art for sale at a little coffee shop. Seems like a bargain if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/58600116-800d-44ae-8133-46d3db86221e/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out Lake Britton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844856766-45XYS5Q6ESJTZ75QKJAT/20230531_141610.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Driving from Lake Tahoe to Mt Shasta. You can see the mountain quite early as it towers 3000m above everything around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844851155-6D935UNT2I009088JVM2/20230531_125921.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - The whole way there is a volcanic area, with tons of these rocks all over the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844853028-F637DQX9N22IXEEFMX8E/20230531_130108.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Lake Almanor, about 3 hours from Lake Tahoe. Got a little bit of Lake Louise vibes going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844856562-R9TOIHRAX0H794ZM0TAR/20230531_132418.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Passing through Westwood, CA, to check out this huge wooden status of Paul Bunyan and his historically accurate ox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844872061-7WBN9R6419M6RYMV8NWV/20230531_150358.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - About an hour from there you can find this random sculpture bonanza in a tiny town called Cassel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844859751-HBC4LHUI313G1KT0VXX2/20230531_145544.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Mouse Dog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844860016-LM1UEEVFOE9XLLC57IQ3/20230531_145639.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Jimmy Grasshopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844861385-BYUT98FOO9V9H80YWZCB/20230531_145750.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Cybercat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844861731-KHVF9Q626R3W9XFBG3N6/20230531_145903.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Sassy Robot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844863430-XUI79II4F499EX1GOE3K/20230531_145945.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - "You're Going to Oil Me With that Can?" Robot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844863836-2VD0IAFP5PRZKEBTE3SC/20230531_150114.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Just impressed the paint is still on these at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844868873-3PIC0TLQO2SY3T99YHMS/20230531_150248.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - I'm sure this is the biggest ant... I have to know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844868818-Z01VK4FKIQC71GGVGM6C/20230531_150325.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Ok last one. But there's so many more. Definitely one of the best spots to check out for these roadside attractions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844875139-I91CONX2WWV4J7TXOOP0/20230531_155959.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Lake Britton. Very small random lake stuck in the mountains. Just the right size for a recovery day ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844874582-Y5I0CJHNE7MDAG7YGTAF/20230531_161039.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Going slow means I stop and take pictures of wildlife. Check out this Turkey Vulture perched in a tree! Pretty rare to get close to these birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844880408-L8LR51ILCJNABHGZCNI2/20230531_161338.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Butterfly orgy near the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844881707-EZM2Y3KVKEM59D3NT243/20230531_161532.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - This cam is so good it's getting all the little scales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844888580-5BUNIF7TT253UMWO69UY/20230531_162515.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - There's a little dam across this lake, with a road to cross on top. Who knew? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844897923-PEWKVS3JRD3Y204B37PY/20230531_163711.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - There's also a 15% road down to the river base. Not today world, not today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844893288-KM8BDS7D64W2FC8KPSL8/20230531_170620.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Burney Falls. I think. There's a little loop of trails and some campgrounds around here. Nice little spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844897456-2MZKRBSFIYIISPJYJTOO/20230531_170638.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Very nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844899728-1991ZIDEVI7TECW4Y19D/20230531_180758.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Approaching Mt. Shasta. I didn't look up what it was before so I was pretty impressed seeing this giant mountain approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685844900733-5W6KZ7ZOX1QXWS83DQ8V/20230531_191431.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Stayed in Shasta City, right at the base. Mt. Shasta is the 5th highest peak in the USA and definitely the most impressive I've seen as it just towers above everything else around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8f7f129e-8295-42c4-ba79-424dd833714e/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out #64 Mt Shasta & #100 Parks Creek East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846261495-9X49TIQX5K9APZL7D40K/20230601_120543.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - This sign is how they actually got Capone. Just waited for him to go skiing and bam, life in prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846266074-HCJOTUAD8U1OY4XDRWN0/20230601_122942.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Not an amazing view from this climb. The view is the mountain itself. The road takes you about halfway up and then you can hike the rest and go die in the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846284636-02HODRA9R6C7ESOEKX2X/20230601_123327.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - End of the road. They really just don't bother plowing it. Yeah blame nature for your laziness, guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846290852-HF2NPPDVJ5BGUQ9DSPMN/20230601_155104.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - 20km away, bottom of the second climb. You can see Mt Shasta with his little friend, Black Butte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846269921-5XXZPCJMC7YFSMVZROAR/20230601_135833.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Saw a sandhill crane family at the bottom. Not sure if they're wild or being raised by ranchers here somehow? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846273778-4CQ82C57U3EWAL48Q0PE/20230601_143448.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Very nice views of Mt Shasta at about halfway on this random climb. It's just a boring highway pass so there's not much to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846287707-NEF3YTEVKNFUWEBO2IQ9/20230601_152336.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - End of the road. Saw a truck doing a U-Turn there. Bet he was happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846290631-WBF7M0S1KLF2BKHUT8TN/20230601_170929.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Back at the bottom I saw a group of these things. They're apparently called Helmeted Guineafowl, a farmed bird around here. Looks like a turkey crossed with a quail, it's hilarious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846300512-13MU1L5GDKT7MSEEK50B/20230601_172731.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Had some time to kill so dropped by the nearest McDonald'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846296551-9SV340W65M26KMSNPDPO/20230601_172454.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Some loud redneck and his brood were happily feeding the gull swarm. Hope they find your truck and cover it with turds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685846297316-8052815II3U0V4VI9CJD/20230601_172656.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - And yes some of these become chicken nuggets. It's the perfect business. People buy fries, feed the gulls then you get free "chicken". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/521b75a7-a4ee-4891-bf06-de16636ed39b/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out #68 Etna Summit West + Etna Summit East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847603243-UTX7HGB2ZL2105S6GLO7/20230602_074000.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Started the day going through the nearby small town of "Weed". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847599634-7JJHXMBOH2ZWTT8LNC98/20230602_073700.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - And yeah they're really leaning into it, with tons of weed-themed souvenir shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847608427-KXQYY75ZER1MF5ZHQE8P/20230602_085941.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Parked on top of Etna Summit. You can't see much of anything on either side until the very last 500m of road that just has nothing on either side. There's a trailhead on top as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847617892-7GK9WMV8NNTTAZMWCPN3/20230602_090011.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Very nice view. Really good feeling to take a whiz on top of mountains, with nobody else around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847624180-RCB8UAIKH0HAARPV1LG4/20230602_112736.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Found some 'Murica on top as well. Sounds pretty rad to 'Murica at the top of a mountain too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847616678-RFND0W7EVGN2A92KOK19/20230602_100130.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Some Mule deer chilling at the bottom of the west side. Lots of deer in the area, they must smash into cars constantly given the extremely narrow and steep drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847626671-IYQHXO52J1C8FWM8YMTQ/20230602_101259.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Of course a river can be found alongside the road. Where do they even come from? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847629227-Q5J939R3JILDJZPDTT3C/20230602_123646.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - This is near the top, after like 12km of 9% grade. There's no god damned way any cow makes it there, what is this joke? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847635941-7L5BBPAFVOP16A6NCLJZ/20230602_150311.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Drive from Etna to Happy Camp is the sketchiest narrow road that follows a river canyon. Constant hills and sharp turns. Don't go here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847645441-EA99VF7OQSZ1CLUKTOD4/20230602_155830.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - My prize for making it to Happy Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847655615-D3FILGN8ML0HONBW0T24/20230602_164403.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - From there you have to take another narrow mountain pass road to connect to the highway. It's over 1000m of climbing in all burned lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847662706-FG6HSR8POSA5IMYRAO4C/20230602_164325.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Not sure what happened there at the top of the pass. I guess it's a hassle to come clean this up. Given the road, it's not hard to imagine this happens decently often here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847663443-NAZISVF7G3XBUUPPN7CE/20230602_201604.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Decided to go camping in a small Redwood forest campground that night. Florence Keller Park, near Crescent City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685847671515-Y9XI0Y7W00WV237K2VZI/20230603_094556.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Pretty sweet campground! Finally back near the Pacific Coast as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/86226603-6c52-4235-a353-d28c406a4f9a/route+copy.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out #61 G O Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685990428412-2O911WFPXQ3IRJON06OC/kom.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Got to KOM (fastest time) by a lot. Felt great, just smashed it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685848639819-9F87GD17ASJRA3XMHKMQ/20230603_142613.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon After a drive through the winding redwood forest, you end up at this bridge where the climb begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685848624507-89K7K2N6YSIGLRS9DAHS/20230603_141006.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon That's about it for the view on top. The road keeps going but I have no idea to what or where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685848644045-525MX2CAVEU85R1V1VF1/20230603_165745.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Found a little trail from my car down to the river. Just a nice relaxing day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685983884970-W2053DOVAM841HVH2QD7/20230603_214405.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Spent the night at this huge pull-out on the Oregon coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685983897038-PLVLBJZ760UU69DBK3U4/20230604_075057.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon It's really something else, I'll have to drive / bike down this way one of these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/58b7a895-69b9-4a87-ae1b-9b7c2b1c8d88/route+copy.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon - Make it stand out #91 Bear Camp West + East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984534080-9LBR74ULT1Z7HZQN429M/20230604_092615.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon To get to the climb you need to take this small winding road along the Rogue River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685985125182-19S7PJ7SG1UKH4RPYT79/wtf.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon It's a super sketchy road that's mostly one lane wide and it barely even shows up on Googlemaps… It sort of connects the Oregon coast to Grants Pass and the I-5 highway. Closed most of the year due to snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984537771-MZEB86PAJ1U0CZT3QAXG/20230604_111525.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Since it starts at sea level, the top is just endless boreal forests instead of bald snowcapped mountaintops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984535072-7KMG2XI4Y8AT8R6YEU7M/20230604_111042.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon There’s a little road that keeps going up but it’s still completely snowed up. When the hell can you ever go here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984550629-GKL0H9J49AU7V8SBN04B/20230604_114007.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Another good view while going down the East side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984564204-KJ7HVU315TCMV889E368/20230604_122512.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon The pass gets you down to the small “town” of Galice, which is also on the Rogue River. Tons of trucks just bring rafts up the river through the pass. Very sketchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984550344-NMBYHGZWHWX5L2H1CVOP/20230604_121955.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon That “Town” has… a vending machine. I expected at least a gas station. Thank God I brought cash. Oh you can do boat tours as well but no one cares about boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984540806-A93VGOMZ97FU0OWXDVNU/20230604_121858.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Good advice. How fast does water run again? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984557254-E0P79WTKZLJL6SVDOQTK/20230604_202325.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Once I was done with my 5 hour ride, I just drove over the mountain to Grants Pass. Sort of a last minute plan to go inland instead of up the coast back home. Hey, might as well since I’m here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984554715-A8VQXWQFVJ39A16BRYGN/20230604_202221.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Grants Pass Caveman. There’s a mild caveman theme here. I think they’re leaning into the metheads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984561509-N0BU0TIFWYRW7KQ81WAL/20230604_202355.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Welcome to Oregon, where nature meets hobos. North America is really turning into some kind of shithole. Beer-smelling shirtless hobo at the rest stop…. very gross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685984565065-C0SLAX5NAHISUJWGG09Y/20230604_204528.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip - 4 - Tahoe to Oregon Someone turned a broken tree into Batman. That’s real recycling there. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/2023summertour3 monthly 0.5 2023-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dbfa340f-e4eb-4b80-8b7b-6ae01e051040/weekpicture.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2d057d32-f5e0-421f-ba4d-126b981e944c/weektemplate.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948217592-8GW2DH4609H5OXFV9P9O/20230522_075150.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Woke up to a few of these little guys having made their way in the car. Had to leave windows open all night to even have a chance at sleeping... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948216145-S0ECBTQFIAM8TNIKA26T/20230522_140952.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Desert drivers. Go fast, crash hard. Big brain me have. Vroom vroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948218871-9FNMCDC77VZI9ZHUWA39/20230522_160914.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Now you're really getting into that Arizona desert landscape. Flat, no trees and bald mountains in the horizon as far as the eye can see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948586001-4NXGRY09485KZ21LP0BW/20230522_161022.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - More strange rock formations. All of these things tend to have names. Where do people even get off naming rocks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948586132-JR9X9B2F0H1TBNSRJI76/20230522_161100.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Hours and hours of driving through desert valleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948588490-GOFX76P8WNHEKFAQ9ML9/20230522_161116.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948588847-W7KLU45NT8I8YTI5RJHK/20230522_165907.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - I thought googlemaps tricked me into going through Death Valley for no reason but it's really the only way across to California from Vegas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948591067-6YAIEANJVC7XDZ85GNM5/20230522_171838.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The start of the descent into Death Valley. You basically have to go there if you want to make it from Vegas to Tahoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948591288-ZEY5VTVWOSKAHTWABWYA/20230522_171842.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - It's really quite a sigh, you kind of just have to drive there to get a feel for how vast it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948593416-TD6AEJUXC7GLEEZTAQPX/20230522_172145.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The bottom of the valley, over 1200m below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948595390-8UJIAHOB25LE18K5CONY/20230522_174140.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Was only 41c at the bottom ( 29c at the top ). There's some dunes. Salt. Rocks. Death. Lots of death. People built a tourist town here though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949339043-8DJTXW0EEKLZRR54YEJS/valley.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Elevation profile of Death Valley. There's 4 of the top100 climbs there. Do them in winter if you know what's good for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684948599236-CSGRHJAHW1WIQMQU7E3P/20230522_183249.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - There's a second dip and a sketchy cliffside drive to get you out of the west side of Death Valley. Wouldn't do this drive at night let's just say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949681204-D032KQLOEDETFKC8WLW1/20230522_210551.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Stayed at this little motel in Lone Pine, CA. Very expensive touristy place at the base of the High Sierras. 115$usd for a bed! But I was wiped and needed a good shower/ rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949676255-JHH2TD1LBIYN8DUKZBOT/20230522_203157.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Saw this little guy just chilling at the entrance, eating ants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949675864-0AEB501Q6C25KHRU219H/20230522_203303.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949678940-9NRW7EINWU4Z7Y9EXN9J/20230522_203622.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The entire area is big on western memorabilia and movies. Lots of John Wayne worshipping going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684949682708-Y6VMP2TU2MSE39ZHNFWG/20230522_212632.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Decided to just go out at a bar for a beer. Unfortunately the burgers are a little more expensive in Lone Pine. 30$ French toast breakfast...Yeah... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0e5dab1e-d857-4887-805e-57b1ebedf127/route+copy.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out #12 - Whitney Portal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951020703-QI2O28E65CG4NK6H4DFI/20230523_095104.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - You can see Horseshoe Meadow snaking along the same mountain range. That's another top100 climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951024227-VGA5A4BOSRED9KP3OISP/20230523_101533.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Rear derailleur just wouldn't shift anymore so I came back down into town and found one of these pins was broken... Great... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951024434-RSVOJGV51H6W28IPDEQA/20230523_104118.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Friend Mike suggested trying to use foil to bridge the connection with the battery. After 30 tries it worked. For some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951025827-2CEG6ZCE38Y3DBGJOS84/20230523_112447.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Back up the mountain we go! Look at this thing. Humans make rocks better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951026571-R8BC3R61HJ293GIPJDK8/20230523_115338.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Just the face of a tired, tired guy sick of dealing with mechanical BS. Stop inventing things that break. Things shouldn't ever break. Yes. Do that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951033215-9EAYF64HB5JY8MCONL3T/20230523_120133.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - This climb takes you to the "base" of Mount Whitney ( highest point in Continental US ) where people start the hike to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951030397-0LHMHWN0ZJ6EHOBOK7HJ/20230523_121105.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - I love signs that just dispense good life advice. Mount Whitney in the middle there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951033949-80TH89U6W29A9ZZ3PBQG/20230523_121737.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - This is a spectacular climb as it just creeps up the cliff and gives you an unobstructed view of the entire valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951035339-OM53K45UD26JCGESV1GQ/20230523_125707.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - View from the very top of the climb. 1400m up from Lone Pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951038748-OOOX34KTIORQJ6525FOS/20230523_133202.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Breaking was wonky going down. Turns out: Another melted carbon rim. Trash. Stop making this. Stop. Just stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951037819-4KKYA4ZGXEZK6I3NTD3M/20230523_144903.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - No second climb for the day so I just drove the 4 hours to Carson City, where there's actually civilization and bike shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951049694-ADIMFE7I1LV4TLPHZZI8/20230523_153634.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Passed by this bakery in Bishop. It was advertised in Lone Pine, so had to be good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951043545-5RF1VO5E11Q6X7X21IMH/20230523_153224.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Came here for this. What's famous about this? It's just bread. Oh the water is special? Get the hell out of here, I'm keeping my 7$. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951043435-0GHFOBAGYSV7YGW8L2BT/20230523_153525.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - It's a huge bakery with tons of cool stuff though. Wish I could eat 4 cakes a day but... sadly this is not our world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951050465-ZGRGNEHQHWRFAHUJBPQX/20230523_153531.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - In this world bikes break and donkey-shaped cookies and donuts make you fat. u_u https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951051518-3AIYDXK9LJW8LPK3ED1F/20230523_165556.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The drive is pretty insane though as you drive along these high snowed peaks for hours and hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951052600-NRB451WXRV25UJGD4QHW/20230523_165606.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Desert at the bottom, snow on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951790601-M91RDP3GW6BCDS4S5WDM/20230523_172040.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The lake was formed by a huge volcanic eruption. Nature can really fuck shit up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951789695-FAJW7IRUPWXKNKG1FD0Y/20230523_172057.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - More driving through the Sierras. From there you get near Yosemite Redwood Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684951792187-XOMUJ7B69ZQT0QZO6MPB/20230523_172102.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287908373-5W664P3UW3ETAF43JYGY/20230524_143236.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - No biking today, just finding a new wheel and trying to fix my derailleur... But also this Chocolate Factory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287904182-2LBTNGSBBVIJTUB18EDO/20230524_143035.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Which is home to this giant prospector statue in Washoe City! They also make some amazing fudge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287916717-KWAJO7G4XNGDIH3DBTWK/20230524_181624.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Just a few pics of the chalet we're staying at in Tahoe City! It's real fancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287908478-HKRW76EXLJK9FKGDPZ53/20230524_164211.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Very bear-themed as well. Like 30 bear related items in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287928285-F6GSJWOQQJAZAUW3CLMC/20230528_073529.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - It's almost too much you know? Almost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287917343-5S5AYFF0HJM7M33C2YT6/20230524_181651.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Has a hot tub! We stayed in there 4 hours the first night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287931038-QICOIJ4LP9N9841AQ5GR/20230524_181654.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Lake Tahoe is an alpine lake, which means...yeah it's cold. And full of snow. This is in June. This is like 3 hours from the Sonora Desert to the East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685287919916-K6WLB3NHZWD2GR2YBNKV/20230525_062640.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - White-face woodpecker. Boom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d7e52013-108d-4e86-9b0c-a20b4ef28d13/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out #93 - Mosquito Ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288117997-SWH2EX8O2UH9T8FS30A4/20230525_115348.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Ryan and Mike at the bottom of the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288104237-9DJG43GC71HYNLMGFQCQ/20230525_120542.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - You can see the switchbacks carved in the side of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288130358-LLS96AG542RZSNJNHY0S/20230525_120634.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - It's definitely one of the more scenic climbs, with a nice river meandering at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288146668-44IETRJXX7TF9UOCE5MY/20230525_143256.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Another view of the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288139572-K77PJNGMO9XMCDNC1O46/20230525_134143.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The top doesn't have anything, sadly. Not even sure where this is a pass... too exactly. Camping? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288142258-F2KV5XL7ON4YBMCSOIJB/20230525_141948.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Great view while descending. It was a nice closed road today. The forest on all sides in the bottom is burned to a crisp. You really have to want to live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/61870467-d19f-45c1-ae5b-ca2fa9caf085/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out Tour of the Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288307890-758PCR38173ERL3T0ROX/20230526_095037.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Just the guys at the start of the ride. Looks like this the entire way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288319734-CS4XXASLMK1K5467QCDC/20230526_113517.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Summer girlfriend. It wasn't meant to last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288319182-II7F5M5NJGLBVCKJOG9Z/20230526_120207.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Another useful shot of asses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288331272-RNH5PUOG14IG1CPO2M4K/20230526_125144.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The best vista point from around the lake, about 200m up. This is the only island on the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288326933-089ATGDBNWIJL9M2DQMY/20230526_124405.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - There's a tiny little abandoned castle on there. Used to be a tea house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685288326953-4LUIV0IV7YFMMBYQEYVM/20230526_124235.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Thousands of tourists doing this all weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fb2b6e53-2ee9-431a-9488-fd4b5e0e7d75/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out #76 Mt. Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289033101-9FF68QT28CC5KITYMZF5/20230526_172557.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Steller's Jay. Very common bird in the western alpine regions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289037304-Y2ZM8AMN0OVN9B8LXPTU/20230527_102301.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - A nice view of the lake again. Was pouring rain when we did it the other day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289039392-NQZY0436SL68C44JUZHS/20230527_121648.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The guys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289041490-75JMRHQJOTE3I6F4XZ05/20230527_121652.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The bottom of the valley as you cross the mountains from the lake to Carson City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289043591-21XZ3781SOQ5TE5CAT57/20230527_121657.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Mount Rose. I think? It's stuck together with a bunch of other big snowcapped mountains in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289048973-FUG3WPMNHVRETO3XL4MZ/20230527_141542.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Top of the pass. Restroom closed for some mysterious reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289048498-NSSQJZ1VGYZ1QVJFAXB5/20230527_145540.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Went down for ice cream and saw this weird dog looking at us. He was hungry. For flesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289051643-3VS7GTFITI6796FM8FM9/20230527_151859.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - The lake has a few very nice beaches, though the water is ridiculously cold. You really have to want it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289052397-WOYDPV95LOH5KKHPSCXT/20230527_172218.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Saw a sweet mini-putt that night. Better than watching sports on tv. Ew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289058175-9NBX982GQ5U0MIWH24A6/20230527_172249.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - We didn't do the Dinosaur one :( The castle one was 28 holes, Dinosaur only 18. We're big boys, we need all the holes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289057496-M29LRD743DO6GPDQ6V7A/20230527_173620.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - My one shining moment where the little animatronic spider pushed my ball into the hole. Highlight of my trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685289060478-1V8B3XJCP1GRBL7JS309/20230527_173822.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Just mini-putt things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/48a598ee-df52-47f8-8798-c613cc520bdd/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Make it stand out #89 Monitor Pass East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685372056339-FMHK7SL33AGRZ6XIWU1B/20230528_113042.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Pic of the valley looking back at the mountains hiding Lake Tahoe. It's just a large wide open rural area between the lake and the desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685372056033-6QJMFZQX6M5IPUH45YR3/20230528_130016.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - While it's not that high of a climb ( about 1000m ), Monitor Pass has some of the best views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685372059252-ILFM3HAFYHWXTZR2I2C3/20230528_130942.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Look at this cool green valley that slopes up between two mountain ranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1685372058426-QI5VQ83KHS2S1MJQN6KK/20230528_162308.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip 3 - Vegas to Lake Tahoe - Long drive back home, having to suffer through the swarm of tourists. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/2023summertour2 monthly 0.5 2023-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9402c24e-84b1-4022-b37e-56b0c1e04c83/maprecapsmall.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/879fa04e-f43e-46c8-8d3d-1afc19b47d47/weekinfo.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3ab2a7a5-cbe4-4e66-9e46-2259260419af/_route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Kootenay Pass East + West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247432568-X59LZW97AL3RL8MJUUOD/20230515_153509.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Hey look, a river. Is this one called "Kootenay" river by chance? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247401334-WGWXE43YJ0ZOND3CQ8M8/20230515_130812.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Some bighorn sheep scampering from the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247415580-06XJS758LCFKVETPT1I4/20230515_144832.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The west side pass has the best views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247405855-E0VMZX9L6IXHNV79YF57/20230515_135421.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Top. 25c at the bottom, felt like 10 near the top. It's well above the snow line and lots of little falls of melting snow randomly blast you with frigid air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247410997-Y3WYI5N9EWRYMDA1NLXO/20230515_135514.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - At the top there's a rest stop and this maintenance cabin for slow plows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247415249-F6SOFNDSU5UQKN2X3JFY/20230515_135552.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Lake still frozen solid. Happy I got to do it because this seems like one of the sketchy climbs with random weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247424846-ZKRPLHF4U4S8TMD0DKZA/20230515_144849.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Driving up the pass to take a more chill picture. I went hard on the bike doing the west side ( 4th overall awe yiss ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684248606519-N75ZU8TJQU54NE6QRI76/IMG_20220527_130026094_HDR.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Last year's weather at this point.... Yeah... Would have died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247430890-KY85D6PF6W28J1BSJZLF/20230515_154359.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Bottom of the other side opens up into this gorgeous valley in Creston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247434069-D8EH8D5SBAMTWO80V040/20230515_164744.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - 2/3 the way up I started getting rained on from these scary clouds... The road was still dry so I kept going. No regrets. Got rained on hard on the descent... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247437008-H0XNHWBBFVODX7DN0K3G/20230515_184955.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Evening in Creston. Just a breathtaking valley town at the base of the alpine rockies. Looks like Switzerland but they have the weather to make wine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247443938-M4WNRMPNW75LPFA6KU05/20230515_191435.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Large "his and her's" dice at an RV resort in town. Not the biggest anything but I'll take what I can get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247444304-NZISG3R3FPHHW3BAYH56/20230515_213452.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Evening in Crankbrook ( about 1 hour away ). This is Elizabeth Lake right as you enter the town. You can see the Glacier Rockies in the distance already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684247447277-DMBULT4UWX2QNG2O2AAT/20230515_215338.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Only place in town for campers. Wal-Mart dropping the ball sadly. I just passed out anyway, brutal day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3257cf49-4ccd-4e6c-94b7-55422d9a3204/_route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Sinclair Pass East+West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417740280-N6AXWFCY7Z387VFU36R1/20230516_065643.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Tim has a new donut for me. Brownie pretzel thing on chocolate cake donut. 7/10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417754296-D6F6DT5UO0L71U62BHXH/20230516_101552.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - First stop: Kimberley. Little Bavarian inspired town center. Pretty cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417765706-AUP54RSUJ5QVSK2P3S01/20230516_101848.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have the World's Tallest Cuckoo Clock. You can pay 1$ to have a little guy come out of the doors. I did not have that dollar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417775697-MU9A3JCSD811G3CNM5MK/20230516_121954.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Ride starting in Radium Hot Springs, one of many mountain towns as you drive up towards Lake Louise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417850627-FGP1A8TWJIA0DX75XQFG/20230516_143620.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have lots of cool statues everywhere near the town center. Everyone who lives in this valley is probably rich. Yes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417846863-CBBOUBIUONTH222O0JCJ/20230516_142932.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The pass starts down in a canyon that takes you to the hot springs pool/resort area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417827206-6H48DCPVCD9HHP2SY6JE/20230516_142832.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - I like this picture. This is a good picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417807523-O3PTHM1H488EQ2JCGFCA/20230516_132042.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Top of Sinclair pass with a good view into Banff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417801426-8PWIFP952QZ24XWOFVMB/20230516_131948.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Used my 100x zoom on the mountain. Thought it was a storm but turns it out was the smoke starting to come down... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417798547-4SLBGRSIPQN1EF1TVUQO/20230516_130924.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - At the top you find Olive lake, which is a different shade of green than the other green lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417787406-Y47BRIM2HV9QJXGNJUN7/20230516_131144.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Free sunglasses at the rest stop too. Told you these guys were rich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417793950-CZLY5PX06R89WNSM03V5/20230516_131915.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - This one looks pretty hungry... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417816814-OL7ZDOD3DSKP68WHCYVG/20230516_133116.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Bottom of the other side of the pass. This is Kootenay river winding along the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417816375-HTX1JIAOYWGBQ408PO83/20230516_141453.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Saw another chill bear just eating some grass. I really want to pet them, they look so fluffy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417860770-REL394131HLIHIWNNB0P/20230516_154536.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Back on the road north: World's Biggest Paddle in Parson. I saw it last year but lost the pic with my tablet. This one is safe now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417917724-6LBZF4M1XUOCXPWW683T/20230516_174530.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Arriving in Lake Louis area. This is the Natural Bridge, 20km from town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417917211-UD2GXWEWOKXRXC48P5FZ/20230516_174817.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - As you can see: No smoke here. That's foreshadowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417935211-U21PPHMLEAWCCDAFFNOV/20230516_175242.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - My phone app tells me this is a Columbian Ground Squirrel. I've named him Peanuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417936393-WMF50593AJY9A08VY0MW/20230516_181013.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Lake Louise and Banff actually belong to Alberta, making Alberta not totally suck balls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417955308-14CRLPYU8R3QJYTILEH8/20230516_201618.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Camping night. Was pretty windy and cold, unfortunately. Why couldn't it still be 25c like before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417947674-WE2MQM59NVTT7EOW9VF0/20230516_201722.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - God damn these are good. Fire tastes awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417960487-W6XKZ3XXFUD75IAK5IMC/20230516_202546.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Tons of animals around the campgrounds, so that's pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417967589-7MWX0Q4ZFOZBBO1PAYGL/20230516_202559.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - ENHANCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417970614-K8MDM2XA207RC1YISRBN/20230516_204002.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - This group of Elk chewing grass on the edge of the campground. Someone's stupid dog yelled at them and spooked them away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417981010-41IO8UFU78BKNRBEFNXP/20230516_204140.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have patchy fur around this time of year as they shed their winter coats. Probably. What am I, a science? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684417977461-37EH7SS8TIO6N3QV62ZE/20230516_204154.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Male growing his antlers for the season. I think that's how it works. Maybe it's a teenager. Look, I just bike okay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4da6e97b-07a1-4e1d-8741-45d16e2c0fc7/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Vulcan: The Star Trek Capital of Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419645059-L8S87UYUZZVBC8MHI9FQ/20230517_090057.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Town still completely smoked so I cancelled my camping. Had planned a big biking day in Banff but I don't want to smoke that many cigars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419641430-WTM1AJ18FE7A2FSJXHD7/20230517_091257.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Can't even see the cool mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419657998-5SRI8CX8AKVNHSFOBODM/20230517_092803.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - 20km east in Cranbrook. I almost bought whatever this hot Sasquatch was selling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419658998-FN6HDCQ1X5QPZEMQ5DMO/20230517_094638.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Big head in Cranbrook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419665648-9S4PKHF4XF9SCEX41SMX/20230517_111112.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Giant cowboy in Airdrie, AB, just north of Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419669778-9PB3SF1R02SLW51ZZBMJ/20230517_111002.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have more junk there as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419674752-3M74YMW2E6FZ30U04B4W/20230517_114452.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The upside down church, in downtown Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419677235-BQWA331ME5KRP3GO3MZY/20230517_114607.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Woah watch that you don't cut yourself on that edge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419757569-XXTUO8F1CQHB0N3UVTOZ/20230517_135725.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About an hour south of Calgary you can stop in Vulcan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419690638-MZ43K2JT9RO8013BLLLE/20230517_134247.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - It has a little museum at the welcome center. The girl working there was happy to finally see someone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419686217-G5YLRSQFGRD03CQOFZHE/20230517_134232.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - This is the big thing in this town. I wonder how many other places like this exist in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419723556-60FQ7COMEK40ADCUCPUC/20230517_134815.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Look at all the actors who passed through here. Actually impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419704681-G6IEGOPOVV7REDL9VBB4/20230517_134349.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have a little area with fan-made costume replicas. I'll just let you enjoy that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419705423-P7VF0QID9N56IWDTO2R0/20230517_134434.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419710955-NPYQK6SP43F4HWAW4U5W/20230517_134451.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419712018-3QEUUO3R25ZY27A20PWD/20230517_134550.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419726591-HKKBXMU6DML2ZF5UBSF6/20230517_134619.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419748586-MEZNE2AU9RV66NJM830L/20230517_135109.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They have a lot of Star Trek memorabilia and a few movie/tv used props. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419746426-U1EIWNER21R7BIDGELAE/20230517_135356.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - I dunno, pretty cool for a 3000 people town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419768586-ZLX6BX89559ZHSA40A5W/20230517_140825.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Side note: To the lady lip-smacking as she's eating at McDonald's near me: Gross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419773361-KDKZWR84HFEM45JU2IIM/20230517_140920.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Just did a small ride around basically the entire town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419774551-TRL3PGINJRILIDFH03GC/20230517_140932.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - They even have a few Enterprise street lights. It's the details that matter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419782155-AVTU9M4SGMWSSECFJWZ2/20230517_143629.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - If you hate Star Trek it must be annoying to live there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419783585-L209H01JN6AJUGTILBFO/20230517_144016.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Bet this guy loves Star Trek though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419795373-Q721RJ1E3H9K8IJG63SQ/20230517_160135.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Onward to Lethbridge, home of the World's Largest Wind Gauge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419803041-I5YPIQ0P46U7MYD2LZ2E/20230517_160604.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Non-functional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419809216-RHLHBVVS9C63HBMKW4DN/20230517_161439.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Lots of Magpies in the midwest. They're a very cool pigeon replacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419817208-B93EW9V4FTCQUG2NGS01/20230517_174601.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Stop at Tim Hortons one last time to mail some postcards before crossing into the USA! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419813678-UP5G92F4QVYR7XC3KPCB/20230517_201621.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - There's a Red Tail Hawk on every 5th telephone poll in the prairies, they're absolutely everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684419819541-CIID38UWEHJ0Q9GR0CH4/20230517_201715.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Almost at the border and still that red smoky sun letting me know my lungs hate it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/434b2e6c-ff1e-41a3-a590-8a789e9e5d33/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Tower Rock Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632638019-W5JJEFX59O4LHNVDKKK8/20230518_054811.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Spent last night in Cut Bank, Montana. Coldest spot in the lower 48. Felt real sketchy. Shitholey one might say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632645634-SZ9LANENTXIUA6OLGTU7/20230518_090532.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Rural areas and towns always have these hoarders with random junk all over their yards. Yeah you'll fix those 7 old rusted out 1950s cars ONE DAY Bob. One day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632650742-3VFH26HB4F3U89ANVNXT/20230518_091719.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Northern Montana. Rolling grass-covered badlands type landscape. In other words: Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632659459-TV9L11FS5I9HM71P1WWY/20230518_091916.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Some 'murica holes at this historical info sign. What a wanton act of dipshitery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632660850-3KJC96RNE8EUHRLDSXN4/20230518_091922.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Tons of scenic overviews like this inform you about the settlers and native confrontations. They really love that stuff in the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632663607-BLT45UJG7XNGJ55GFEDC/20230518_102134.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - First planned stuff I was excited about. This is really out in the middle of nowhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632673679-UOGR74JVWDMFFD9066LW/20230518_102156.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - There's the tiniest museum you've ever seen and supposedly a giant dinosaur skeleton inside... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632686850-EQZICTMULWD596FTI4UV/20230518_104019.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The head of this giant Seismosaur skeleton greets you when you walk inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684632679867-LGGPXXGH7XHHZSOHBRHW/20230518_103212.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Video of the dinosaur in question: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636281021-NJHYQLHWL2QN44XLFLYL/20230518_111110.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - On the way south I randomly passed through this mix of Western + Dinosaur museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636282262-FTBQTHOGFXM6T6FMZC5S/20230518_111154.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - I was a little worried this place wasn't going to be up to snuff with their dino info... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636301041-W8M3J6UGX1Z3F4R5ZY41/20230518_111227.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - But I worried for nothing. Finally a dinosaur representation that is up to date with the latest scientific data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636296718-QOSBUNC6G0EUAK3YH9IX/20230518_122707.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Great Falls, Montana: The Rainbuffalo. Actually seemed like a nice town. Montana gets nicer the more south you go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636306485-VV1OFHP68AHO199UA7SW/20230518_130137.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Discovered this cheap high protein snack at the Conoco gas station. Roadballs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636311822-QELZ8NM3Y16JGZ02FSAX/20230518_140252.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Some more of these "projects" I was talking about that people all have here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636332984-FHDV3D76TDCA9XK44GZO/20230518_145156.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Tower Rock park. You get this view for about 10km as the Missouri river meanders through this little canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636352462-VDDN4B5UYTUDEIPB9A9D/20230518_150124.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - And old railroad track follows along the canyon as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636342320-R5MRMJZUNCK9CALXK8FD/20230518_150905.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Passed right by this gopher snake while biking on the highway. He lunged at my foot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636350657-FJIDDS00QABPP5EILUWC/20230518_150925.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Look at him making a face at me. Yes I knew it wasn't a rattlesnake before offering my tender juicy foot to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636316778-NXJ0ZYTSGXTSAGRF2VKP/20230518_141002.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - One last look at the river. I have to say Montana is a surprisingly beautiful state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636363185-XK443VPH8K7KN1OG5N7T/20230518_173845.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Giant buffalo skull made of heavy steel plate in Helena, Montana, the state's capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636362921-9VYJFU0K0GIIX5ULJSER/20230518_174036.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Government building in the back there. Glad we don't have kings anymore living in big opulent palaces at our expense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636368797-7L3L7PH8QSJACA099EXU/20230518_185250.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Passed by many Osprey nests going down south. Stopped for a big in a promising bird area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636365192-I367C7OLF1AG1USR9XM8/20230518_184658.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Osprey really hate it when you stop and gawk at them. He was gone in 10 seconds but still got this pic. Yeah screech at me some more you dumb bird, it's too late. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636368183-Z9KIITGNHKH91F9GZ985/20230518_185534.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Spotted this sandhill crane hiding in the bush. This is a premium good bird. 7.5/10 goodness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636386412-LVJJM6TX0FJCPC9RDVDE/20230518_193158.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Drove down towards Yellowstone. You start to climb quite a bit into alpine terrain, above the snow line. It gets "rugged" as they say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684636378974-FD0OVX90KVKGLF7X9EN9/20230518_202215.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - One of the last pictures of the day before the darkness, in West Yellowstone, Wyoming. There's nothing but shacks and snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ab2406e5-1925-420a-a976-fff4b0e4284c/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Mount Harrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637446895-UJ4T66ICPLM1A03QA75D/20230519_104115.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - A flycatcher at a rest stop. It's amazing what you can see if you just aren't on a bike going fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637446550-IEINMBW4ZG7NWSA321QL/20230519_104441.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Eurasian Collared-Dove. This is a chonky boi right here, I thought it was a hawk from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637459807-0I8FFJC2GDUYUAFAOU2U/20230519_115137.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The bottom of Mt Harrison area. I could already see concerning levels of snow not even a third of the way up these mountains... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637491845-85TXHFNNIEDYZTYC3WGC/20230519_131601.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About halfway up you get a good view of the plains, before you turn towards the ski area inside the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637464350-OVCOU9A5JCK8QGDJ2Y3V/20230519_124958.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Snow everywhere at this point. Thankfully the snow here isn't as cold as Canadian snow. Don't worry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637482019-5830H6HLHDXW4XDW2R6I/20230519_130704.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Nearing the top... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637490290-2SMX37QI16NIJ1L6O64M/20230519_130255.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Damn it. Still a few kms to go at this point so no way I'm getting off my bike and walking this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637504198-RPMTNQO8IXSB08VU4HNJ/20230519_160512.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - On the way to Salt Lake City I passed by this bird sanctuary and decided to stop since I had time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637509309-GCC0Q76DFTPJNH0HKKIG/20230519_163446.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About the only evidence that there ever were plentiful ducks in this area before the sun dried everything up. Lame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637519328-8MESBMEB8T3WO78VTOMO/20230519_170330.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - There was just a huge Cliff Swallow colony nesting on the visitor center building, covering it with crap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637509357-3XJLLJU5CXAO5P1B14V9/20230519_170238.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - These little guys munch of flies around the marshlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637514741-TYCYCR4ZSJVTJVZWELE8/20230519_170739.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - A Great-Tailed Grackle watching me from a lamp post. Some birds are smart enough to know humans can't fly so they don't panic when they see you walking 20 feet below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637525808-EGQ55G6QEC6D9GZ21I46/20230519_182220.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Stopped at Taco John's day prior and was disappointed by their lame fast food burritos so just made my own roaditos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684637529295-SA4FEF9M6BNIYDX3LCK0/20230520_101221.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Rotisserie chicken + DrPepper beans + corn + Mango Salsa + Guac + Lime juice. 10 times better than fast food garbage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bfc4d70a-6435-4e9e-b373-db6beabb2e9e/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out #31 Little Cottonwood + #51 Empire Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679861956-UVXVP7BH95FQIB5H5J0M/20230520_105216.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! Sweet lifelike giant Iguana at the Red Iguana Mexican restaurant parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679861129-MPADFRPR82R8M9F4RWKV/20230520_105403.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - It's popular apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679873197-45ERUSKPPXPZJA276KF0/20230520_111423.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Really cool life-sized rainbow humpback whale at a traffic circle in Salt Lake City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679893633-PD4NLGAF8HRI80X8LNKC/20230520_154121.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Top of Empire pass. It starts in Park City, a douchy ski village with "No parking" signs everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679886442-SQ8Q3S1V2MU0CC1BI9WB/20230520_130912.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Yeah I just walked the last 500m. Salt Lake city is in a desert but still at elevation. The top here is almost at 3000m https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679885265-5ELVV4WX0HKQ4E64SJ7X/20230520_130931.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - So cool I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679909643-K18ELRGQC7UW42DINVCP/20230520_173109.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - There's a huge clump of cities between the Salt Lake and these mountains. It's pretty epic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679900809-3N8LDWNQGEQVR5KIY93A/20230520_131033.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Only picture I took of Little Cottonwood. Some guy had latched onto my wheel and I was going pretty hard, had to see if he'd drop. He did. I win. Forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679913392-2WV9C93GZSVS7511ET2R/20230520_174343.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Largest Blender in Provo, about 20mins south of Salt Lake City. Sort of cheating as it's just a vague building shape and not an actual huge object. I take what I can get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684679917509-JZ8IBES90M312Y5LTPP1/20230520_180229.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Stayed the night in Springville, still at the base of the mountains. Really reminds me of Chiliwack, BC, but with desert instead of farms at the base of the Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f25b61dc-93ee-46e4-a3b6-ab054432e722/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Hwy 31 and Hwy 143 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900675276-F14XYNI9J5OXVV346YV3/20230521_100257.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The road between Salt Lake down to Fairview is amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900676559-A0LAW06GFSKK9F7MFKQ5/20230521_105631.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Parked at this little junk museum in Fairview to start the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900680433-5E3A3I86IC6IKUBESVKS/20230521_105704.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Museum was closed but they still have a bunch of old farm equipment on display outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900680959-M8D4DH7TSDC7AU3A0NG1/20230521_105731.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Tons and tons of cool old wagons and trucks too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900688842-84KIJ48I12NL16JDI4AG/20230521_105734.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - And whatever this thing is. Automatic butter churner? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900686958-1N9D6JZQGLTDTZF3MDB1/20230521_105756.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Old firetruck back there, very cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900691292-R5EN07Y8L9XXXQ4QN4UC/20230521_110701.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Start of the canyon climb were a bunch of deer watching me. Have to remember them coming back down in case they decide to delete me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900692033-YVI3DK7HGUMH0TZISU8P/20230521_113016.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About 1/3 of the way, very cool look back at the town and valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900694960-MGHPO740NBMSZS9WNKAL/20230521_114512.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - These little snowmelt rivers bring the temperature down by a lot if you're having to ride next to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900698564-3RYK5TWJ1MCMK4CAX1FN/20230521_122958.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Top of the pass. Really off change of scenery from the warm desert below to Canada in February. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684900696313-O17JHIGTQLM7WWGCPE25/20230521_120530.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About 1/3 of climb is a long flatter section up top with this sort of view all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943409757-7MSZ1GTBFJVJORLD5JR1/20230521_125844.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Coming back to the car, I see someone started a little project while I was gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943410129-MS69HSP7EI162AIFNBOC/20230521_144604.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Back to the cool landscapes driving between the two climbs that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943413028-01K79OYTH2W23LB9FWFG/20230521_151053.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Going through random patches of rain. Foreshadowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943412642-KA09NADJJCRQX94H2GXT/20230521_161835.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Bottom of the Parowan canyon. Very scary skies despite 25c at the base. I just said "fuck it" and went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943416904-871ASFQIFUHS78YCSXKK/20230521_170315.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The canyon part has interesting rock formations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943416826-16I0N6QTZGS2XUOOJ5O2/20230521_165635.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The river in this one isn't crisp cool snowmelt but gross mudslide juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943420797-1WC7O28PKKR6WYKIQ86K/20230521_170548.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Burned out trees in front of the rocks. Almost every dry area on the continent has huge patches of burned forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943419986-1NY61FR7IBUC8O96AS1U/20230521_172923.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - At some point you turn onto this 3km section at 11% and you can just see this MFer's house sitting all the way at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943424536-4ISN8M9QIE3NZGBP0BHZ/20230521_173300.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - After you get over the super steep part you enter the town of Brian Head. No pictures because I wanted to GTFO as soon as possible. Can't believe people live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943423854-AWVPPXD6JP521I9I2BF5/20230521_180513.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - The top ( I think ) of the pass about 2-3km further than Brian Head. Had a nasty headwind the entire time on this climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943428200-VLJEIV4SJSGTKA41Y0W0/20230521_180846.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - About the only good view you get up here. Again it's 25-30c at the base of this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943428061-H67UKVPREMP56C4EP1RH/20230521_180850.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - As I turned around to go down I saw the blackest sky I've ever seen start to swoop in on the mountain. Uh oh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684944137264-CVDYCLKUZCSKR52IYHY3/20230522_130708.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - I had a huge stormy tailwind going down the 11% section and it just melted my rims from the braking... Just started going down slowly but... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684943430767-XIL18FJG529WDI3VCF2O/20230521_185732.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Storm started about halfway down the mountain and kept getting worse as I went down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/acac095a-92ac-4af7-9ce4-6d77eff459e5/20230521_193139.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Tour 2 - Rockies to Utah! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/2023summertour1 monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4bd4f1bb-7b7c-4c2b-85a8-787101bb79a3/weekresume.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/80db4cb2-d03b-4dc1-bbca-9df8a95bfa60/week1.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906162993-LPIAC49JUMRRLH6HA3Q5/20230418_171807.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - American Coot in Esquimalt Lagoon. Very hot spot for ducks here in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906162609-2ZG3OWYNUHT6TQMI2K4F/20230418_172608.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Northern Pintail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906168727-O7UWBR6D0IGM8TXMZZFB/20230424_171606.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Brewer's Blackbird just fluffing himself trying to mack on chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906169988-0W4ONDALE08J2HXDPXFU/20230424_172022.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Not sure what this one is but my phone is so good you can see the scales. This is like 4 inches long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906173253-0GI775VMB3Q0210DVNJ9/20230424_173630.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Herring Gull holding a cockle. They fly up 20 feet into the air and drop them on the rocks to get the sweet goo inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906191677-8TBDU13MJS479MWUTNSB/20230429_145133.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Down in Sooke people are coming back from fishing halibut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906193088-7BA9WS6HR9EXL6IHLK6F/20230429_145050.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Guess who's waiting for the scraps to be thrown their way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906177754-GOQMXMV1NC5U23EAOHIC/20230425_173528.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - You can often find them just lounging around just 20 feet from the docks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906183489-IDOGKHBMTM6S5EWSUKUW/20230425_173649.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - They really don't care anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906183552-YN380WYS6G7RVOEE1VDB/20230426_155259.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - There's bunch of these black bunnies who escaped into the wild and now populate the peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906187483-R165UXDFH6CFTMVDII0M/20230426_173348.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - California Gull. I told you this phone was good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906199069-9WHTXH6VT3BMCDFVT4C0/20230501_161108.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - American crow. What a phone I have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906198854-UVQZSCNTJJ5GEMQ7N4XL/20230501_161938.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Blue Heron fishing in the bay. I think this is about 30x zoom. With my other phone this would be about 10 pixels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906206655-L0UOEIGGLJPNKHFWE9OW/20230501_164322.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Ton of these small deer are around the University, maybe10km from downtown. They're sort of trapped there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906215940-WW115UOGGF4L6LHGELXN/20230506_164843.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - My Chosen Cafe / Bakery. They have a petting zoo of some kind in the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906215062-CEOAC1Y1FW1507AC33I3/20230506_164850.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Tree goats. They really have it all. How far do you have to drive to see this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c234e204-3285-4274-8f5a-d1db8eb3562d/_route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Back in Vancouver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906297276-8CVXDW1LTVXNQB5PMY1H/20230509_120425.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Pelagic Cormoran seen from the ferry. This is 100x zoom so pretty good all things considered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906299603-FHGUQDR40W8B4HGPW8N4/20230509_120840.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The ferry from Sydney snakes through the Gulf islands before heading towards Vancouver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906301475-4KGY424096FH2RLIQ0T5/20230509_121259.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Was a beautiful day out, just about the first sun I'd seen in months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906302802-RJJ9S13SATQ4XHURLM45/20230509_160818.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - This school's got a giant Chuck Norris viking mascot, what did yours have? A little sign? Huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906308658-QSRXM59S7YHGTXYP7MS8/20230509_161019.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Truly majestic he is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906307281-TA40UHLA4BF8Q7WC8ZVG/20230509_164817.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Giant kinetic weather vane with little spinning wheels, near the Vancouver convention center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906314635-U78S248HJTLTNNITE9UE/20230509_164836.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Harbour Air terminal arriving downtown. That's the life right there. I have to try one of these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906314288-DU3CT4IC4RTGSKKSX5V8/20230509_170101.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - A-maze-ing laughing statues in Morton Park. Donated by the Wilson5 foundation, probably as part of some elaborate tax evasion scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906322274-Y46GM0MW9QLFTR3X3SWC/20230509_170201.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - "May this sculpture inspire laughter playfulness and joy in all who experience it." Said the artist before devouring another child's soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906333998-GYPVVXGGCS0YSKYCATLN/20230509_170713.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - "Engagement" installation on Sunset Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906342090-31HIDE0QTL8EZ9XBYWAH/20230509_172201.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Just some typical Vancouver things now. A hobo meth lab exploded maybe? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906342074-6REROOFPI1F51NKSTKRK/20230509_172515.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - "The Birds" sculpture, downtown, depicting a pair of huge house sparrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906361258-FOU4AZ4FNBKI0K0OKY2F/20230509_172540.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906360967-VLYDM0MIVP1V7FERL4O7/20230510_094844.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Back at the Time Hortons office at the end of the day. They haven't replaced the Justin Bieber timbits with a new promotion. Very sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/00395c44-178b-4e56-be3b-93c90e3cd99a/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Seymour Damn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906526680-42N952RGEZL27AKZ5Q8F/20230510_125800.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Woke up to find my rear tire had flatted overnight. This little guy was the cause of the slowest leak of all time. There's little piece of wire like this everywhere, you just can't avoid them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906518322-OGA301DD0YDKMIDL1W1U/20230510_135805.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Crossing the bridge going north. Again, amazing day. Really just wanted to take my time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906528485-4FM76NLOMEM20T8EL5A7/20230510_140258.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Railroad bridge as seen from the road bridge. Vancouver is truly a beautiful area... until you actually are living there and trying to get anywhere within the city. Enjoy the traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906546493-L5S6BAAH0VZ8SA042LTC/20230510_143223.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Oh yeah right I've seen that one before. What else is in there? Lions? Condors? Triceratops? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906540864-MVHICS9DQJ3DDLLAFI0J/20230510_142729.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Oh.... ok fine. This guy was huge but really didn't pay any attention to me and the hikers walking around him taking pictures... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906544664-FH7T79ZXTWO1UK5T58XE/20230510_145025.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - I'll never be cool enough to be part of such an inclusive society :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906552225-IDSBIE9T9K6L6RBIPO07/20230510_145302.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Top of the path, which is just an out-and-back through the woods. You can't actually go on the dam u_u https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906535368-D8HTSMZYRDZD61PBBAJ7/20230510_140418.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Bridge on the way back to town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906553776-L8V8LNCH9NXX4Q1NXOWO/20230510_155047.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - North Vancouver, at the base of the mountains. Lot of rich people boats there too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4596beb1-712d-474e-b084-7b16ecf0692c/route.PNG Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Hell's Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906670465-V9TLOTW9JUDPQOTWIE8I/20230510_195430.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Dave next to a Japanese firetruck he's working on. What a cool project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906658473-565QQWWB55619PD5ZYD0/20230511_095439.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The giant Raspberries in the middle of a roundabout in Abbotsford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906667455-VGDAR9DJNAVEA8R5F3HE/20230511_095816.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - I didn't try very hard to take a good picture... busy roundabout and whatnot. Didn't want to cause a crash from all the women staring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906675728-5RPVZUC5NC7TBXUAODRU/20230511_121006.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Hope, BC, the wood chainsaw carving capital of Canada. It's a small town that acts as a hub in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906898647-1KEFLQYGCENHDWUS3ZMT/20230511_165821.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - From here you can go north to Yukon west towards Calgary or South/west through the southern Rockies ( where I'm going ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906680243-UBAD9VMPIYFEUS3IUVBL/20230511_121111.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - This is my reason for stopping: The Rambo. Also did you know this is the town where they shot the movie? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906682101-IGR4KGA1MTRIENY7RJS2/20230511_121139.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Asked an old man with very few teeth to take my picture. He was nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906686774-SBW49GE13QAGTO5IW30Z/20230511_121355.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The town is build around a square park with tons of carvings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906690144-F6EKWK6NRKZQL2EFFCRP/20230511_121533.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - This x50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906703190-98ASEJ7EZP2QPYCWYWX2/20230511_130037.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Now I can say I went to Yale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906702717-55KD9GK8971YHJX2KAMA/20230511_130607.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - About halfway to the top. You just follow the Fraser river north along epic mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906735144-VM5872YM6BU1VFEJ1IOT/20230511_130933.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The road follows the still operational railroad track built in the 19th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906747122-1HPB0JONNDOMWX3E7PSF/20230511_131145.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - There are also 5 tunnels between Hope and Hell's gate. They're sketchy to go through on a bike because there's no sidewalk or shoulder in there. Get ready to sprint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906761236-RYQXYDA39DMSD6EX0OQK/20230511_131325.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - A rock that seems like it has a name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906757504-IUSS8PWCWU7AGEP64DFU/20230511_133915.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Really takes you back to a time where this railroad was the only way through here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906777223-CT7MLT053GW9LOEO598B/20230511_134150.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Stopped for a quick pee only to be greeted with the usual random piles of trash. Some guy in 1985 probably chucked a bag off the side of his car and it's all still here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906814715-NITG0276C3NVM9ABHO6B/20230511_142953.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Hell's Gate tram going over the Fraser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906787701-N7SMXNKH9QH8DWU1UC1Q/20230511_141946.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - 36$ but you get to ride it out and back! The bottom has all the touristy stuff: Expensive fudge, expensive burgers, expensive trinkets. Has it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906782602-GM4ZXHGVU4PZK89AH9SL/20230511_142042.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Oh there's carvings too. You thought you were done with the carvings? Big mistake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906877718-J3FTKDKOKG7DXDFN4ZVH/20230511_143220.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Hell's Gate is the narrowest part of the Fraser, meaning it has the fastest current. You will learn all about this if you visit the little museum. I will not spoil it for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906861954-6MR9H64MDOA7KUEL59H3/20230511_143410.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Can you believe I discovered this by accident? Sometimes you get lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906843854-BZAIF5FJBN51WZACPHP9/20230511_143038.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The cafe/ restaurant. Not a bad spot to grab a beef honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906814701-ST4S0CL83SSF1T3Z9L7R/20230511_142605.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906878194-AOQHVH98VDQPCUCKAYAW/20230511_143600.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Stunning. Truly majestic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906883409-LW3UBK08BBW1HH535BBP/20230511_144927.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Fishery museum. Guys, glue isn't that expensive. You're selling 6$ ounces of fudge in there, come on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906883593-72UZN7BTY2HHG36079JJ/20230511_145026.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - How they used to cross the river before the road/rail. Big god damned NOPE from me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906888436-F350LULBZDKJAFRRDB41/20230511_145213.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906888594-RNQ57ZGM01FN0F2Q2SWX/20230511_145306.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The face they make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906895307-K18C2Z16LU33B6KYJ2Y9/20230511_165248.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - There are a few tiny towns along this route. The Fraser really goes on forever it seems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001005173-8RTI4GL98M5HBNZFGVLF/Picture2.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - I checked and it goes all the way to Jasper, making it over 1300km long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1683906892487-3AKYA8VT02VQ8MLHS33K/20230511_165546.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Camping on the riverbank. I miss camping. Camping soon. soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e57c4516-9abf-4d20-a2f5-1b2e1bab5e3c/route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Apex + Carmi ave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001921908-HG921FUJMA2DF89310BC/20230512_085939.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Beautiful morning at the Penticton Tim Hortons. Locked bathrooms, "no overnight camping" signs everywhere.. yep welcome to the expensive west coast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001922257-E6GEU8GNDD9VDAJP4WBC/20230512_093458.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Back to eating my yogurt goo. 0% Greek Yogurt + Oats + Protein Powder. God it's filling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001926169-7QJUPJMSZE5YQRQ64B2Y/20230512_104721.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Start of the climb featuring the Okanagan desert landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001926707-2YTQZWTD5J49FC9ZLAQ2/20230512_105306.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - 1/4 of the way up. Epic mountain dwarfing the pastures and ranches below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001972219-IC1K4OOJ6BE4OB3M5P3I/20230512_124711.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The bottom of the climb follows this small river that snakes around Green Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001964806-PNSPYFQGUU0QT2TEDU4N/20230512_122850.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Ah yes the industrial-strength cattleguards. Gives you a little break from pedaling at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001946094-XQUXZ9OPIJV9KQSSYON8/20230512_114649.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - About halfway you turn onto the steep part of the climb with many longer sections around 10%. You know shit's serious when you see snow near the top while it's 25c at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001951252-QU01MDHEU4UG1ODCZPZU/20230512_121425.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - More or less the top of Apex. It's a whole ski resort/mountain town. Who the hell lives here? Are you nuts? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001947585-T4912DKSYB4M7DBAN01M/20230512_121053.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Loose dog watching me go up. Guess they don't get many cyclists up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001957034-4CM81NKO9BGFEZLTY7YV/20230512_121908.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Ski resort/center parking. There's not that much of a view as there's so many mountains all around the peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001967218-WGTOLMATAZ7AB0XTWNRD/20230512_123220.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - You get a better view as you descend. The switchbacks aren't that steep but the road is full of sand and small gravel so watch out... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001975286-ET2SQAVM1PF3V0TSTVRT/20230512_130308.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Columbian Ground Squirrel. Check out the picture quality compared to last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684003691761-CYW75P05VG4FVZX4GP6I/IMG_20220523_161943027_HDR.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Last year's phone ( some crappy Motorolla ). This groundhog was much closer than the squirrel above. Very sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001976833-4UASDUZZGXXNAPWDYNMF/20230512_130420.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - As you turn south to loop back you pass a goat farm near a quiet lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684002002347-7HZHAQEB3TE3095TY9KN/llama.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Last year pic of this rogue lama that's apparently stirring shit up. Didn't see him this year. A true terror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001980748-X0YNHTEVJ9K65ZVHC3M0/20230512_131313.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Lot of signs of large forest fires all around the Okanagan. Apparently it's dry in the desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001984134-1GK54O8NB2XFJNKPTNC9/20230512_131801.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Horses spilling out onto the streets. I never know if animals are going to flip out and ram me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001987747-KV70MTO03H1UIH0WWS1G/20230512_131956.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The guy in the back was stomping his feet at me. Is getting kicked in the face by a horse something I have to worry about when I bike? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001991503-GTWYLASKQCHROPO82DET/20230512_133647.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - As you reconnect with the highway you can rest at this large lake. Saw a bald eagle there as well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001987012-5OFETUNXE4XI0MJJENN6/20230512_133536.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Thank god I didn't drink this garbage assuming it's just normal for the region. Turns out there was a water advisory in effect. Thanks for the warning guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001993904-HDJSH05Q1KTXPQVH1LS5/20230512_134500.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Little painted turtles taking in the sun. Speaking of which: 6 hours in the hot desert sun has fried me quite nicely today. Fuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001993864-T32XFTKJTGSWQG9ZVA8Q/20230512_134803.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - 50x zoom. Common Merganser. These dive down to eat little fishies. Green head = Male, brown head = females. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684001996848-OIVJKY4HZP03LZ7SSK1F/20230512_143523.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Before hitting Carmi I just took a break at a nice restaurant for a beer. I was really smashed at this point, I'm not good with the heat at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684002000509-IIQF867OEFUWLE4U0HUO/20230512_163824.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Top of Carmi avenue, on the opposite side of Penticton as Apex. Looks a lot like Anarchist Pass down in Osoyoos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684002002845-FZBBMRRHXYSHSVKQMWU7/20230512_172734.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Tried something new: Shower at the community center / pool. 7.5$. Not that bad considering Anytime Fitness was 100/month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/128a0e1d-8129-45d2-8b7d-e72942acde18/_route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Crystal Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171487423-QOA38V0ROPOXUEWYNMIQ/20230513_081802.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Hey look who decided to save money and live better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171459527-ZX6YALWU36YMZ9810VEY/20230513_075546.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - This raven really found a goofy spot to nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171474236-1GPAJBSUL8XAWE5G8E3B/20230513_132141.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Kelowna is built on both sides of the giant Okanagan Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171480237-1RRG8ZC8DWOAOWQ3CM4K/20230513_133849.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Attempt at a view about halfway up the hill. Most of the population lives in the valley around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171512322-ZI87HUOXI12OC7R56SHX/20230513_143706.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Oh we're doing this shit again are we? I don't even see any cows around here, I think they just built these out of spite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171491214-49AN8BEYR3P8FDO7O1E6/20230513_142647.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Top of the 750m hill is just this guy's property in view of the ski resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171500620-WQFW64T8S81SE6N12MOT/20230513_142724.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Oh your dog is allowed to bite me if it spots me near your property? Is that how it works? You put a sign saying laws don't apply in your yard and you can operate an underage opium den now too? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171515755-ZS1JM3OJH4NUD54RHEAJ/20230513_144242.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Another view from the top, going back down. The highway has the good views though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171516514-3EPWK8SIOJ4CI1RUXQOG/20230513_145507.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Really wanted to try the fruits but it was a month too early. These stands are everywhere in the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171521561-26XSUEL4N7EY05UJ569X/20230513_155306.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The Okanagan valley has a Southern California climate but with actual water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171519555-GEE8EVABYMRO7Q2IOTUH/20230513_161224.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Taking the highway south through Summerland. Amazing views all along the lake from Vernon to Osoyoos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171522600-OZSR1GK94SZ44TXRBB3X/20230514_105048.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Most large roads are flanked with vineyards and orchards of all kinds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171528350-DT3UUTTNND6Z61AGZD9C/20230514_105751.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - I googled a pic of Tuscany and put it here. Or did I? You'd never know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171538646-M5EPRUFDLMOPP48YL51F/20230514_105911.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Stayed at my friend Alex's parent's house in Oliver. It's a dryer part of the valley but just as gorgeous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171533769-3XI56N8FGPLHM8WWAJ45/20230514_105931.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Now this is a view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a4ffc952-955d-4460-b85d-506ba23f7453/_route.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Make it stand out Bonanza Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171709417-CU574OUGH9CMFJAVG4TJ/20230514_112120.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - View halfway up from Anarchist pass, as you leave Oliver/Osoyoos area. One of the best views in the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171713724-PDT55SL7AKN88151KDO6/20230514_125405.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Sometimes I check out the weird local stores. I think this used to be a Loblaws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171722377-XDW3DDGRH2PWJQDPRRKD/20230514_150102.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The start of the pass with the ever-present river along the road. Must be expensive to build all these rivers in such good locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171717863-0J9DSVHQ4SBZT2U2O8N4/20230514_153340.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Paulson bridge, about halfway up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171739350-YC49UJS11DDMU1GITGO0/20230514_153645.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Has a nice view of the valley. Wonder where that dirt road connects to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171731772-XZ1518PF7XXB5NMWNCST/20230514_154823.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Still snow near the top of the pass. Did I mention the Rockies can be cold? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171744349-I1J4IKPFSNSOCE9O8RJR/20230514_161511.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Top. Climb is 1000m. These "elevation" road signs are cheating. Why don't you put one on the moon too, that's really high elevation. Count from the earth's core while you're at it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171750486-TPA4TTGEP0VOYNM9PSQO/20230514_161827.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Never that much to see from the top of these highway passes but huge biome contrast between here and the Okanagan desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171754974-LDX5YSZCOSFQ4K16R3B3/20230514_172017.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Went back down looking for a little trail to some falls. Oh. This is really helpful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171775195-J7NF8L04VUDP6YWRXI6N/bestmap.png Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Here allow me to give you a map of my own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171755595-XMWIB6TB713ASURI0BJ0/20230514_172314.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - I need to take more pictures of signs. Look at this thing. How can you not want to eat this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171761002-16SCOKVWZUMVXT8UR1IY/20230514_173057.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Christina Lake, at the bottom of the climb. A nice quiet little town with some camping and whatnot. Lots of whatnot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171758951-GVOMNIANKIBTNJQWDVP8/20230514_180827.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The heat was starting to melt my supplements together into one ultra-powerful super pill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684245410233-17S8EVMG6UWGYYXL9J7R/20230515_104616.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Current Mood: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171763943-Y5FRH9A9KPAH5KZ7VMZG/20230514_180952.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Booked a campground. Pros: You get to shower. Cons: Costs 50$. That's 50$ more than 0$. But I love the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171773178-RCB0M9WTHDXI0TT382KR/20230514_194448.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - Check out the table tracks as I moved around to escape the smoke that did a full 360 so it could keep blasting me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1684171772600-V2QTNDR6J2X9E32F29U3/20230515_090500.jpg Posts - 2023 Summer Trip Week 1 - The welcome center. Has a cool optical illusion floor painting of the railroad. If you have friends, they can take your picture here. 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I don’t know why it happens but they’re almost always like this, making the true NM examples very rare. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/2023resolutions-update monthly 0.5 2023-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/721d1b9c-c433-43e3-9e30-7930c3e3495c/taxxx.jpg Posts - Resolutions Progress Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e8c6c158-2a16-48ff-9941-06f4542938a5/lotions.jpg Posts - Resolutions Progress Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b3fa4cf0-8d36-4065-a157-4179da2a508c/progross.JPG Posts - Resolutions Progress Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/960eca11-22a5-41b8-9818-4eba8ecd3631/book.JPG Posts - Resolutions Progress Update - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/foodsofnewfoundland monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4d13fc53-dd0c-4469-8d23-221e771e5ebb/_ratingss.png Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ef19f0c6-ae39-4b25-9feb-d88282c592f1/IMG_20220714_180135351_HDR.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Moose Diner Where I got it: Frontier Cottages, in WiltonDale, at the intersection of the Viking Trail road and the 431 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2c95a4cb-b21e-4b1d-8b0c-611a6cfef3e9/moose.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out You can apparently also get it in the tourist town of Rocky Harbor, the popular stop in Gros Morne National park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9011ae01-30bf-49c8-84ca-9cc5461f0b51/IMG_20220714_183257987.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out The meal: Coleslaw, boiled carrots, fries and slow cooked cubes of Moose. Moose is leaner than beef and has a faint hint of “something”. Little pepper maybe? It’d be hard to tell apart from most red meats in a blind taste test. This will not blow your mind as a culinary discovery. Moose just doesn’t have the delicious grease content that makes cows so prized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b31c9e92-849a-4f94-8361-e653c60bf662/_rating3.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bf630274-8182-4a51-9e1d-6fad1e3d4077/IMG_20220719_190024332.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Moose Burger. That was delicious, the faint taste of the Moose works great as a burger especially combined with the crispiness of the fried edges on a burger bun. Counteract the lack of fat with some nice sauce and cheese and you got yourself a winner. This is probably the best use for lean game animals in general. I’ve tried more steak-like offerings for moose/deer/caribou and it just can’t beat cow. Where I got it: The Celtic Hearth, 5 George Street, St. John's, CA A1B 2C3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d7b817c9-70f2-4940-aa5e-0f61b345756e/_rating5.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bedcdd5d-df47-440e-9f97-29979afe59b7/IMG_20220719_184054615.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7e04437f-eb42-46ed-944e-f2e4edf8202f/_rating35.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/52eee1de-41a2-4ca1-89c3-774ef44747d9/IMG_20220717_113139195.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4addb335-21a1-4891-a59c-75cf30414484/IMG_20220717_113840697.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/34997557-41f8-4726-a89b-a149fed0223f/vincememe.png Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c8eec877-0b8c-4887-aaa0-97656a1cebf2/_rating35.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8fe63be2-20aa-4bdb-a467-5d7cb36ef4e3/IMG_20220720_082622205_HDR.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Pretty much just salted cod, bread and scrunchions, which doesn’t taste like much because if you just fry fat it melts… This dish tastes like holiday turkey stuffing. The hard bread they use softens and soaks up the flavors. It’s a pretty damn hearty meal, especially for breakfast. I’m down with this replacing omelettes, just spruce it up with some spices, maybe a bit of gravy? This dish has potential. Not bad, not bad. Where I got it: Classic Cafe East, 73 Duckworth St, St. John's, NL A1C 5H7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9c5f7064-56f4-4d39-9184-66ba408ca39a/_rating35.PNG Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1dfc743f-7193-4382-ab17-4f03cb247928/jiggsdiner.jpg Posts - The Weird Foods of Newfoundland (2022) - Make it stand out This one consists of roast turkey ( with gravy and cranberry sauce ), boiled cabbage, boiled carrots, mashed potatoes and the two Newfoundland specialties of salted beef and pease pudding. Pease pudding is pretty much just mashed chickpeas. It has the consistency of a hardboiled egg yolk. It’s uncanny how it exactly mimics it. But it tastes like lentils. Salt beef is pretty good. Imagine a big piece of beef roast that’s softened due to the salt instead of the cooking. It’s halfway between slow cooked meat and some kind of canned food. Best part of this dish by far. 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Certainly a big thing all over the island. Their claim to fame is the fried chicken sandwich with their potato wedges. The potatoes are… meh but damn they do make a tasty chicken sandwich over there! Sadly also a testament to the dying Newfoundland culture as traditional foods are being replaced by the more delicious melting pot foods like pizza and hamburgers. 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We’ve been working together for 20 years now I think! Got my internet start doing Picklemanwith him way back in 2002-2003! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f2b06533-db29-4add-8cc9-b832befe747e/01_monterey.PNG Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Cruising Around Monterey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466449406-8O6W6FET17PQ2HTAQ5QX/IMG_20221205_120531349.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Monterey is a bougie area near the ocean with a great Aquarium and some wildlife watching excursions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466449761-QUZMVYORT9S4LTRDQRU2/IMG_20221205_120630790_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Nothing says christmas like a warm seaside town that hasn't seen snow in decades.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466456157-3B9TMTIM7GVOLP1WF5J0/IMG_20221205_120737917_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Epic #artiste #photographerlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466454519-794FZIR9ZK16VTJGU57V/IMG_20221205_131016237.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The bike path/road follows the coats and offers endless views of sea life hanging out and screeching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466459446-T69YB3C1GVTH41SOI028/IMG_20221205_131045762.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Heerman's Gulls here. 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Seafood restaurants and souvenir shops for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466467226-A8RVIUP4XE3243A98GBP/IMG_20221205_131912124_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The coastal part of the loop was beautiful, felt I was getting away with something not being wrapped in fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466476918-ETFZ8P076DLWY654PTGC/IMG_20221205_133049788.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670697406564-HS2TNGLZC5HN0PQUA89Z/IMG_20221205_131146300.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Seals just resting on their individual rocks, pretending to be comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466481549-7ARWW3JZJ6WKACH3ASDY/IMG_20221205_133159518_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Resting on a cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466484771-L1GN6OXX0M7BLJMBELNK/IMG_20221205_133221504.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Black winged seagull watching me. Where is your neck? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466487330-SYO62ADAO5A1JUXTAPYA/IMG_20221205_140747219.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - More great views. Lots of beaches all around the area too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466489733-3VIVZMUAMWOPDNCAY1NQ/IMG_20221205_140750429.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Like 30% of this coastal area is golf courses too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466492726-0PW58Z7E9YTC4IMJ4F5F/IMG_20221205_140811482_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Big waves crashing on the rocks. Many surfers out that day despite the cold. Bad California day > Good BC day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466495602-9ISJ0QN5PEMX3CEM5W05/IMG_20221205_142418302_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Little outlook with the lone Cypress tree watching over the cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466499018-2BKB1AIZ51V5YSI47YAZ/IMG_20221205_163429117.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - After the ride, headed north to catch this Big Artichoke. They just built half of it though. Barely counts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466501541-4TGMJT65S0TM0X6WEVB6/IMG_20221205_170529639_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - I stayed in Gilroy that night. That's right, THE Gilroy, Garlic Capital of the world and possibly even the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466510953-8YNCU6ONM3C60RYLY8MP/IMG_20221205_171101767.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Home of the Longest Garlic Braid. No vampires here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466513631-XLPJYFS5SR0L6XO6U8VC/IMG_20221205_171115521.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - I feel like if their building was larger they'd just have kept on going with this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466508065-LT9UEESCPWXJS4EICZ3B/IMG_20221205_171026328.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - You know I have to buy this now. It's fate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466516344-K2N21XWVSUKAI3G5TIDM/IMG_20221205_171442014_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - So imagine those exact flavors but your breath smells like garlic after. Does garlic add anything to ice cream? No. Absolutely not. It's an obviously terrible idea and I regret nothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466505974-72870CTZ13CW2LPXC1IF/IMG_20221205_170814469.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - "Garlic World" sells all sorts of fancy artisan products, including this 200$ hot sauce which at that point is likely just bear mace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466582149-7T4AF02PN66QM1XYZMOW/sauce.png Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466518019-1MV19K1K1PDJ28VCI1OA/IMG_20221206_112900244_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Grey Whale replica up in Santa Cruz near a little marine museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466520480-5EPMGZNQ8P9OS8FYDJL1/IMG_20221206_113120715_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466523201-TW2107LPHW7I2PZXWSMF/IMG_20221206_113301441_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466525338-XJ9RD0459IPPZ9EAFYN7/IMG_20221206_113507574_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Santa Cruz area, on the way to San Fran. Again gorgeous beaches and harbors. Town really looks like nothing but I imagine houses are worth millions anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466550388-RVLXXZL38MXQWPA08HL0/IMG_20221206_115630827_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466528694-W4LHGBCE2Q739OXZIO5M/IMG_20221206_114905305.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - You can visit this blue whale skeleton sitting right outside the oceanic research center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466531545-8WH0OOA6BHRQP2ZNDG9O/IMG_20221206_114925252_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466546077-PPBHLEU5059RIDL1BZSO/IMG_20221206_115624283.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466533875-8HJMRB6R4884EO9OTNBL/IMG_20221206_115144112_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - It's crazy huge. Somewhat amazed it got preserved this long just being outside too. This thing is almost 90 feet long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466537726-JISWBZ53D08O4EOYGJI1/IMG_20221206_115341797_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - This gray whale skeleton looks tiny by comparison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466540474-TVXDDYSS00QDSKJ30XX1/IMG_20221206_115412677_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466542857-IR0LOX9LW8GBU398K79E/IMG_20221206_115531046_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - It's not because this is small either. Love me some skeletons. More skeletons everywhere please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466553583-WLHDH868LYW9S3GUMDDU/IMG_20221206_115958396_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Elephant seal statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466558420-I3EWPWKN6LYN0QV45B05/IMG_20221206_120017009_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - You are one of God's most grotesque mistakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670466562455-MZWW957SIIB3DN21Y2KT/IMG_20221206_123330575_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - A bit out of the way in a little town called Felton there's this thing called the tallest covereted bridge. I have zero idea if this is it or what it is. It sucks don't go there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d37c0cb8-09f1-40c8-80da-d7efe0f239bc/02_sanfran.png Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Noodling Around San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972139731-O59TO1QGR4AY03A9QETT/IMG_20221207_122342610.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972139929-1I50YJ5ZKOPRPTYR2MNR/IMG_20221207_123907872_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972140617-XFMHSA7AICBQV2ZHD81X/IMG_20221207_124620696.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972141011-Q49EEGVCH5CMBFLQ3AW6/IMG_20221207_131226417.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The line to take pictures to the Golden Gate bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972142333-BMNIM9YQRQF7JA258OHK/IMG_20221207_131245854.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Not a creeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972142444-26WABAWWE6056HHDD970/IMG_20221207_133833498.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Some people living in house boats in Sausalito. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972143976-LFJ45XBU173D2LUUJBNW/IMG_20221207_141403718_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Once you get out of the city it becomes quite nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972144745-V427UEOHEJJGLXXPNOHO/IMG_20221207_150345431_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The point of this ride, this giant woman statue in Greenbrae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972145988-BDB8922O6HXX9CL9IJE2/IMG_20221207_150359884_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - It's pretty dope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972146607-A47BHIQPNWSTAZVJ7Y72/IMG_20221207_150431058_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972147900-KU0ZAGWMIY2YDGUBRTLA/IMG_20221207_150623793.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Took a little break in the shopping center. This looked good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972148398-GJFKZ6KCO46TMQMZHTST/IMG_20221207_150924015_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - 6$ ( with tip ) for a sugar cookie. God damn this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972149649-H3BP47BGV8FRXCW1GR1Y/IMG_20221207_160533481_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Back across the bridge, still a bunch of people lining up to take selfies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972151093-13D5W8VJN08JSJ9TERDV/IMG_20221207_163344024.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Land's end. Well worth taking a little detour there if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972150432-8G3LCH7XL0UCF0LBAOWH/IMG_20221207_163022046_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - These are all over the city. Good advice cops: Don't own stuff! That'll solve theft! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972151968-62GT8XAGXLTIXLAUHY1W/IMG_20221207_163436697.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - More of land's end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972152488-LR6GDPRPUVPUM67DIVRU/IMG_20221207_163714073.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972153427-X6DPNNP5AOJVJCUJJT1R/IMG_20221207_163844045.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Turning into Golden Gate park to see the world's largest Dutch Windmill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670972223312-YAD8L6FZ3QXA744BPOC3/IMG_20221207_164136982_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - It's pretty sweet. Don't know why it's here but hey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/21db20ea-a05b-495a-af37-f1613ced591d/03_sanfran.PNG Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Big Commuting Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973674689-4984CYJ7A5DUTWQJFUIW/IMG_20221208_114642667_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Next day commuted with Valina to her job at Rivian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973675014-YPQ2CJ4X3FPN5HU3N93H/IMG_20221208_114719538.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - They make electric cars! Don't steal the design PLZ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973676319-ZDBHY6MF70ZF1PLPAMVA/IMG_20221208_122926541_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Coming back across the mountains over Skyline Ridge. 800m climb or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973676404-NEXEMP9Y8HMBFIVS83X6/IMG_20221208_130553580_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Pretty good views up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973678053-ZBUH8ISUHM61Y839691Q/IMG_20221208_142331871.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Taking a little break at a fancy bakery in Half Moon Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973678040-PZVN2Y9UNM1E8XJH3R65/IMG_20221208_142909929.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Earned it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973679116-613ZK3PXH8CGUQ60VFUQ/IMG_20221208_144845170.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Following the coast with some sweet tailwind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973679679-9WPYINPH2M6POHIYLEV4/IMG_20221208_150659441_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Amazing views of the beach following highway 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973680975-79PFHD4QYI9SQ9M4BTOS/IMG_20221208_211347619.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - That night went to the Tonga Room, this famous tiki bar in downtown SF. Very expensive drinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1671309718618-CSQ5F99UHN9FJP2WEFHK/318349923_519275120152465_868063158238050403_n.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Standing there bombing some pretentious corporate event with people I can't imagine making an honest living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670973681427-IXT4XXE4INXBXB4UCV4B/IMG_20221208_214228125.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The cool part of the bar was this huge GingerBread house they built in the lobby of the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1671309706042-X6U26O37KVOJMOHYP3OX/317995387_527423042629102_1430971287566936448_n.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - At night it gets real festive in the city because you can't tell there's no snow. They have a Time Square vibe going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/61053fe8-e761-4679-8b23-5ff3b1cc5385/04_sanfran.PNG Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Expensive Bakery Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f3cc038a-3f26-4f7b-b3a5-b9506ac40ac6/route1.png Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out The road back/around the bay area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974342195-8AEITK2FXUFILOHLDXJ9/IMG_20221209_094943234_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Last day in San Fran, leaving ChinaTown behind. Very goofy place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974342575-XUNT9U530NOS4RQGALYJ/IMG_20221209_100253949_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - My garbage visit to Lombard street. Enjoy this picture from the top...? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974343692-BFN3ZDUESQ7BXQWLGQJV/IMG_20221209_100512999_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Nice view of the city from the top of Lombard Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974344585-QES3FJGZV9SMHZIDKWU9/IMG_20221209_101827053_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Palace of Fine Arts. Very fancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974346297-5L9W31U7REI1WS7EFPVB/IMG_20221209_105846300_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Conservatory of Flowers, in Golden Gate Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974346769-3J6QXQJ9GEPCJPJGJDSI/IMG_20221209_113141985.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Went to Arsicault bakery. Big line, but moves fast. Worth going, those things are half butter at least. Get in my mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1671309637643-Y2ADX1D3TBPM9VIKYNOP/319884563_844913586743333_3484288895300401481_n.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - "The Making Of" picture of the previous picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974347947-Z5HEFM3GHSJEMZVVAPPY/IMG_20221209_151132405_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Then drove to Berkeley to hang out with an old Montreal friend. This is the top of Grizzly Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974348499-NGUK9AMLO7610JF0F0CI/IMG_20221209_153352448.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The San Francisco is leaking out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670974348784-OAEGOL9OH6QFW5EHV85F/IMG_20221209_153919997_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Badass live size fin whale at the Lawrence Hall of Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bb56a03b-18e8-4c99-b171-601e568426c0/route2.png Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out The road back home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7c62a153-edc9-4b98-ad8a-81f209dbd420/route3.png Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975188420-KPLJYWSWXV1GIVNMKD7A/IMG_20221211_105343495.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - 1 hour north of Berkeley, Santa Rosa, CA. Huge structure made of bike parts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975024257-KFIUI1ZVCO43KISUBD7O/IMG_20221211_105006000.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975027947-JCEPHY6CUKQP207NK71V/IMG_20221211_115422626_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Healdsburg, CA. Lots to see here, including this huge hammer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975029738-3I5J00EJ9H4WMZ1F72F1/IMG_20221211_120440573_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Huge Coyote sculpture at a winery in that city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975031656-S0R6R4ED2P8I8DQTQKIK/IMG_20221211_122023193_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Lord Snort, huge junk boar near another winery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975031640-3BKJ0MYL3ZLUDG704I1E/IMG_20221211_131510004_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Ukiah, CA. Little gas station made from a Redwood stump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975032569-QEC5ERMGTBRGQTXX024X/IMG_20221211_131631409_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Oh yeah that's the good stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975033682-V5YIQF50DJB7POE1HVEZ/IMG_20221211_145809225.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Taking the "Highway of the Giants" route through the redwood forests. Very cool. Very bigfoot infected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975035596-6RGIEATFUGRJLM2JSJQH/IMG_20221211_151943828.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Free? That's the right price to get me to stop and look! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975034220-1V7F3HDFDVZ00N8B468U/IMG_20221211_151844436.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Kind of just a hollow stump you can walk inside. No hobos here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975035934-MROFG4VJY44NQ9K5HABV/IMG_20221211_153259610.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Huge fallen redwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975037074-9D9DL1NTVDHMV55KL12I/IMG_20221211_153557532.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975038258-G3GQAHPHH8ZRPKGOWQJM/IMG_20221211_165851106_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - McKingley, CA: Largest Totem Pole! I think it might be the official largest one for once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975040764-KQSJ452A0Y7EFEOCY78D/IMG_20221211_174050936_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - From here I begun driving along the Oregon coast, absolutely beautiful bit of road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975041663-0C4RA5GV03PKGZ04JM4A/IMG_20221212_102107792_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - The Devil's Buttcrack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975042081-N0I9AMRFNYKHA1FCDIAI/IMG_20221212_102635883_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Crashing waves dig into the rocks and create these sweet dangerous chasms for kids to fall into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975043041-O8ZQM4OOLO3RUW5MRT05/IMG_20221212_112136028_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - More gorgeous views of the coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975841673-NQFGZ5KB2S4RXL1XBTMP/IMG_20221212_112330335_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Probably 25% of global tourism is "Water Digging Holes into Rocks". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975841151-DF2KXGX4T9TAYQA4X09Y/IMG_20221212_124405827.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Tillamook: World's Largest Wooden Structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670975842163-ULBCYTESHRIR44R9FNWN/IMG_20221212_124801386.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - I believe this used to be an Airship hangar. It's truly gigantic, you can't tell from just this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/01cc37da-b590-4250-955f-ab466c114b37/04_beech.PNG Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Make it stand out Long Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670976170702-5BJL9XDPAOMBFUKP5J59/IMG_20221212_154940331_HDR.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Dope sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670976170206-9LKMWX0RVENDAKV5INFO/IMG_20221212_154153334.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - It's all hard packed sand on here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670976172321-OKTL7QP8REUKVD3TV0LH/IMG_20221212_173520871.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Really nailing that middle ground between "It's big" and "Nobody Else Wants to Make This". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670976172693-CF6KN8EV1R1CI5PYGKVS/IMG_20221212_231321400.jpg Posts - Bay Area and Trip End :,( - Friend in Shelton has this sculpture. Turn the crank and it feeds him donuts. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/california-climbing monthly 0.5 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/69602f31-d810-498e-bdcb-ac630c0382d3/climbs.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/719dfea2-00c9-40eb-82a4-f6af79146be0/stats.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290684946-EUEQJJ8BQM8F6MU1G37H/IMG_20221126_122643765_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Gas station dinosaurs, Gila Bend, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290687161-WBC1LKSKTXJODCS0KA14/IMG_20221126_122849378_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - These are very dope. There's a definite trend of roadside dinosaurs in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290682369-2OTRGHMRWC4K1QRSAKXS/IMG_20221126_122505901_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290682393-0D0TUWSN4684CUVDF2KN/IMG_20221126_122553124_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290685009-Q92HME0CNBG5Y4RYS1AX/IMG_20221126_122659396_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This one is covered in stickers from all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290690134-EVBPN5K3AHWJI1DGS3ZP/IMG_20221126_144310822_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Quartzsite, Arizona. Largest Belt Buckle at some gift shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290690507-MJ595US5HRTA5THYCX2B/IMG_20221126_161354253.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - On the drive I passed through this huge actual desert complete with dunes and people riding around on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290691535-51PKMZ8O62GE0U0NBZRU/IMG_20221126_161413815.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Looks like fun honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290691949-T1EWS2VL6JXD873KFKUV/IMG_20221126_165326200_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Calipatria, California. Tallest flagpole. It's not that tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290694447-FSZ6ZDFF44HOOYM8LMIA/IMG_20221126_165530588.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This could be two miles high, come on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290698725-9ZVN95WGLE5PXEU6HVOL/IMG_20221127_082520858_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Arriving in San Diego: The largest lemon! I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670290697006-N2R5KIE1Z8KK3CRIMT11/IMG_20221127_082515722_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This guy asked me for change while passing in front of my camera, smoke in hand. Here's a money-saving tip: Don't smoke. Also: Don't live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6dccc875-2b3d-4f2f-9b85-9e20c1e8be76/01_palomar.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Palomar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669917536698-PB7S2W65X9XFWZ5CMXDL/IMG_20221127_112321693.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Top of Palomar. Great weather, beautiful view. World class climbing for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669917549068-OIL25LZTJ8WTN8J6B4UN/IMG_20221127_112432708_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - About 1 mile up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669917558244-4DBGOMHCEGE1CLA4EJ5I/IMG_20221127_170245822_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Rushed to make it to La Quinta in time before sunset, for this badass statue of a huge Road Runner. One of the best roadside statues for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291179823-S7I8Z3EM2JL230QHCQYC/IMG_20221128_065748198_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Then onward to the east to the famous (?) Cabazon Dinosaurs. I believe it used to be a restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291181621-NK20JNMWJXD0QDTYIS86/IMG_20221128_075415051_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Now shut down? Either way it was ludicrously windy so couldn't take a tripod pic of me with the dinosaurs : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291180090-7Q8V25XMX100FHMVR7PT/IMG_20221128_065821583_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Also they dressed up the T-Rex for Christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291181260-1X1NW8CVVCODFA6UDXGV/IMG_20221128_065902233_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - There's something weird and hollow about Christmas in the desert / California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c963032e-84b0-4934-860a-f1960b1818b6/02_highway18_highway333.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Highway 18 / Highway 333 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291479958-Y0FVAOOEYQLZRNNTGNE4/IMG_20221128_084722836_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Started the day ..bright..and early because the sun sets at 4:30pm or so at this point... Fog is foreshadowing for the rest of this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291481392-0P29OUAOU0EKSZTKF83S/IMG_20221128_111224770_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Top of the first climb, at over 7000 feet. It just goes on forever and ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291482686-2PQ76HR5FUWZ79PT30QI/IMG_20221128_111256605_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - There's this rock full of grafiti at the top. That's the only sign you get that you win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291483147-M06ZFGC2AV6UPTWDAROH/IMG_20221128_112050696_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - You pass along a ski resort to get to the top. Seeing people snowboard wasn't something I was ready for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291484093-WE67UACU5G131X1MI3RS/IMG_20221128_114726006_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The Rim of the World road kept me above the clouds for a bit, but it was still very damn cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291486655-5B38WLARUEYUKMQKW6IB/IMG_20221128_142205721_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291485313-SWSFKIGUS7BL62WYVKI9/IMG_20221128_122600428_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - View before descending the second climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670291485902-1YHB55GLZOWLDU7ONTPR/IMG_20221128_134941377_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The highway 18 climb is shorter, steeper and more scenic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9020b484-54b6-4727-8ce9-71088756fa87/03_onyx.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Not Quite Onyx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292057264-H1M1KVNHI5W0ZQBQDN8Z/IMG_20221129_110724753_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This is not anywhere close to the top... Fine going up. There was also no one there at all. Last thing I wanted was to change a flat up here and freeze to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292056769-LJWTTO8YOL8J6MT89P6U/IMG_20221129_111504019_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Just 1500m up, surrounded by snowy mountains. Just like home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292059155-LCNIRCEKOAQJMMI9WGGK/IMG_20221129_111939308_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Nice view going down though, with mountains peaking above the clouds, always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292061340-SWKNR0PTG21C9HO200ER/IMG_20221129_112031087_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Shout out to my movember attempt. I don't think it's for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292063708-IJICFIR898RCVCUML9NO/IMG_20221129_145738850_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - After that I drove around a bit to visit big stuff, like the Largest Paper Cup, in some industrial park! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292065356-OX3EUFKF1KH2OX7PYWGG/IMG_20221129_160433941_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Then this giant cow, instead of the promised Cannibalistic Hot Dog that is on closed fairgrounds. Gotta watch RoadsideAmerica they keep sending people to inaccessible things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292067439-430BGW3CNLGHWGL1YFOX/IMG_20221129_162106346.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The famous Randy's Big Donut in Costa Mesa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292067649-MO2N9OQVSW43JZFERLC5/IMG_20221129_164457975_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - World's largest surfboard, Huntington beach, CA. It's a good one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292069533-NDUQHGWGYSOHT0N6R7P1/IMG_20221129_202031310.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Made it to Glendale that night to stay with my old time internet friend Rog. We went out to get a fancy donut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b2f2bde8-5167-4fae-bbb1-a3dcb4d2d9dc/04_baldy.png Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Mount Baldy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292760830-BMJBZ1J3KFHFHH89PBNG/IMG_20221130_152858138_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - That's the top. Just a ski resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292760307-0LS2HJH2TUNAIS0SYOWO/IMG_20221130_152921100_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - View going right back down. Not much of a view because the sun was blasting my face already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670292761961-SBFGWQSAI1V6O04P5DLF/IMG_20221130_153730043_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The final half of this climb is all very steep switchbacks with decent views of the mountain town below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d5ac0ec1-a8f1-46c6-9585-7d4f2b470391/05_glendale.PNG Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Hollywood Chilling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294214481-YREI2K20QPPU80MCBVFG/IMG_20221201_120926141_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - I didn't even realize I planned a route near the sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294213511-8SQO4IEQMPX0DOVIJSAI/IMG_20221201_121031255_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This is enough of my face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294218502-YAWZAOHY7NHRMSZ9F1HG/IMG_20221201_121558563_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Griffith Park observatory here. Once again a cloudy/wet day. #CaliforniaLies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294225046-OR296II2WQHOPPJD46GW/IMG_20221201_132550761.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - It's a nice little 300m hill. Good cycling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294215698-QRYI72KB00P6I7NP9XG9/IMG_20221201_124210156_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Along my route came across this street with dozens of disgusting camper vans parked there, despite all the "no parking 2 to 6am" signs. Grossness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294221525-LCGJIP19K1EDOCBU98I5/IMG_20221201_130931398.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Just dipped into this comicbook store in Glendale. Why not? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294222975-0OBNL0UXUFA1DAUICAET/IMG_20221201_131129569.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Isn't it great that they hold onto this stuff for you and you don't need to buy any of it? Just look and leave! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294219963-09HOESXO7H7G8VDFHDPP/IMG_20221201_130728950.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - "Statue of the Virgin King" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294221308-OM9PYJ00NE5DRMNYBRGI/IMG_20221201_130834206.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Love those goofy old comics. The bar used to be very low for what passed as entertainment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294225340-DTI9DUK27YKEKHUZSJK4/IMG_20221201_135056713_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Very badass laudromat here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294226070-R5F0271RHFLD975LKIB6/IMG_20221201_135855603_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - STARTS AT D. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294230934-MOBGECZBY78A8V4Y7UUZ/IMG_20221201_135924593.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - America's Most American Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670294227561-XXVSGYC33U3XLQ87KLXF/IMG_20221201_141738605.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - There's two of these goofy museums full of quirky stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/522059b6-066a-4eef-a0e8-b8d62342290b/06_saddle.PNG Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Dawson Saddle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296171071-V2APOBK996085ODFKVKY/IMG_20221202_100529719_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The bottom of the Saddle/ Crystal lake climbs. Notice the ominous clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296241864-LYFM1S0FVBSM532Z5LBL/IMG_20221202_112129772_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - This is where the real shit begins. Beyond this point the road was full of debris/rocks and I was completely alone in the frigid fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296277088-DM8DXB3X0A7A1U2HLW72/IMG_20221202_115424684.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Did not mess around at the top. The wind was howling and pushing more and more clouds and fog onto the closed road. Was one of those "Is this where I die?" days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296275570-009ZJMJZ4MOLKZFN4Y1T/IMG_20221202_115201978_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The other side of the pass was clear and sunny though. Thanks...? Amazing view I didn't stick around to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d1717873-2661-41a7-81b2-8c5e72973505/07_highwaytopine.PNG Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Highway 33 to summit of Pine Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296798584-SHTGUN7W45QDE4FF1PAI/IMG_20221203_131901546_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The bottom 3rd of this climb is the nicest by far. Long winding road along the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296791647-DYA56NT3RTUPU5QYCZV4/IMG_20221203_132004928.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - I tried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296814377-SPGCBPI07UUFQ8CQHP1D/IMG_20221203_132027678.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - More views of the bottom. Imagine with a good camera. Imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296961051-1DXV4QKHP6POR9CDJB85/IMG_20221203_151924771_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Near the top of Pine Mountain. One side is this vast desert-like sea of mountains. Beautiful, just too freezing and late to stop for more pics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670296960627-3EULE6WMHFWAWTH4TTEC/IMG_20221203_163006738_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Got to do the descent of the bottom 3rd at sunset. Weather was decent and it was a great end to a challenging day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1e593ee1-184a-45e6-a4bf-75872743877b/08_refugio.PNG Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Make it stand out Gibraltar and Refugio Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297555668-UTHUUAI9NE7AQY37TRYB/IMG_20221204_114149849.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297562695-QJDRKSYT54NN9S2T4Z9S/IMG_20221204_114149849.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - That's all you get for the top of Gibraltar... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297566486-ETC0595A9HEPOKH2OIGF/IMG_20221204_134355189.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Bottom of Refugio starts in this lime/lemon orchard. Smells like Mister Clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297589405-ILVUB6UC9G78KSUNTYV7/IMG_20221204_152456790_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Super epic views nearing the top of Refugio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297629369-1WJOWZDGHT5OWEJI50NV/IMG_20221204_163319731_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - You can see far off into the distance and all the way to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297624715-HJ8OBS3GU2S3RJ9Y5495/IMG_20221204_162731763_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - Just endless rolling green hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1670297614101-OTXVDIE1VTVSC5F22KWC/IMG_20221204_151919538_HDR.jpg Posts - California Climbing Adventure - The actual top of this climb has no road on it, it's just this gross rocks/dirt section. Pass. No need to flat on top of this thing this day. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/tuscon monthly 0.5 2022-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644511639-H51DPF4IS96DXLT07SQC/dino1.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Rusty T-Rex at a rock shop. Dinosaur bone fragments looks the same as pebbles. But they cost more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644513934-EYZPC8UIGU0HGJ5FMKXS/IMG_20221108_114816595+copy.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - This one is great, large quail family installation. 65km ride for this picture. Worth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644622750-61EV521R0KLRGFPBOW5K/quail2.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - I... I dunno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644620698-1AL0X9AY709F1OORFRXC/limon.png Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - One of the big draws of the area is Mount Lemmon. Here it is from about 25km away near my friends's house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644522779-NCTWHBZZWU9SPLJABTXW/IMG_20221109_102802650_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - On the way you pass by this huge T-Rex statue some creationists wanted taken down ( lol ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644525978-A8WVYWTKNROYHIMO9OKH/IMG_20221109_103149899_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Then this giraffe in front of a store. I like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644535957-W8TE8AMSMXXS7MS3SJ9C/IMG_20221109_131208916_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - The official Mt Lemmon segment is 35km long and climbs 1660 meters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644530588-YEZO6RJ5OFXNCYPRO5Q8/IMG_20221109_130435159_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - That makes it one of the longest climbs in North America, though it's not very steep. It's just endless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644533593-23EGUXUCZLZHYEOGYN0A/IMG_20221109_131022241_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - That's the top with the nice view, but it keeps going another 10km and climbs into the forest to reach the fabled Cookie Cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644528250-6E6TI2OD5XHS7WQKMT5H/IMG_20221109_125537823.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Cool display of the mountain at the visitor center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644558541-1GPBQFUGXKMO6UFW8NAL/IMG_20221114_125415256_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Back near home there's this .... interesting... bear statue that the people in the neighborhood apparently dress up according to the seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644541759-CA0L9KQE6ZA6FF5KCJKH/IMG_20221114_122816129_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Of course Tuscon has its share of large interesting statues and I have enough brain damage to visit them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644557191-2LLRSB001M1459GFUEFD/IMG_20221115_144336874_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Thanks to my friend Carmen for doing a statue tour with me and taking pictures! And letting me stay at their house. But more the statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644568700-Z5KED6OYLZWB7OJO69PA/IMG_20221115_145122451_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Giant wine bottle, the envy of all Karens desperate to post drinking memes on Facebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644568576-BKPADMZCKRAJKNU8MY53/IMG_20221115_153553599.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Large bull with large balls. See the attention to details is important. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644578551-TD8Y306DL3JFUPHYB8Z6/IMG_20221115_160556654.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - "Invisible horses" statue. From the side you see them... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644586802-YUBNCXTKP5X0UHL13L2U/IMG_20221115_160609828_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - From the front, you don't! Especially in a car going highway speeds. These are very cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644592394-DSYUYOPNKCL9C9AUFZL8/IMG_20221115_164550564_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Rattlesnake shaped bike path bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644597559-52FU24Z3AOYY8J7CV69F/IMG_20221115_164956822_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Huge Tiki head ( it shoots fire apparently ) at a downtown bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644603605-7DSPNCZPVGMM9OAL2N8J/IMG_20221116_134151940_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Big chonky rust elephant in front of the Tuscon Zoo entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644597465-0BHARBJFEHKVRKTGHSTM/IMG_20221115_170148496_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Welcome to Tuscon sign downtown. Trying to copy Vegas eh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644601197-AIU6F4P0TMT2C6CYLV6O/IMG_20221116_142105748_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - San Xavier Del Bac Mission, south of the city. "The oldest intact European structure in Arizona". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644607207-GF5832J0LVT64QZ5VBTI/IMG_20221116_142230737.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Completed in 1797. It's in a pretty rural and scenic region of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1668644612043-VB1WGF998U8030GSJMET/IMG_20221116_142415492.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - "Some 200,000 visitors come each year from all over the world to view what is widely considered to be the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/79683077-18a6-4eb4-b42e-a13e2335de0e/breadd.gif Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424253657-RR7F7C08GAQA94HQCC9D/IMG_20221117_161323614.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Went to this place one day for some Sonoran Hot Dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424255990-AQO0B379CLXY2FNY679W/IMG_20221117_161555847_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Apparently it's an Arizona thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424262291-2FMWR938ASS1130YS6AI/IMG_20221117_161609416_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Sausage wrapped in soggy bacon and with some beans added. Can do better guys, can do better. Who's leaving 5 star reviews on everything always? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424264860-X4IOLA7M07PDINLN7ODB/IMG_20221118_155253045.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Road Runner snacks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424271475-F5NWNF4HXP574QC4A8U8/IMG_20221119_113158794_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Did the Tour De Tuscon. 101 mile race. Happy to have finished with front pack, under 4 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424284135-RKPFYNP371959UK4GM33/IMG_20221120_161907875.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - This place is infested with these little wild pigs called Javelinas. Here's one eating some garbage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424284655-YFGTWNIYGKYBXO0XOBHG/IMG_20221121_103101233.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Went to a Mexican bakery/meat market to shop for fancy gift candies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424294115-AOZMAC4S33ZTLCG7R5GY/IMG_20221121_103106538.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Didn't buy any of these. Can't tell if she literally just coated Gushers in chili powder. That would be Mexican as fuck though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424300821-15F6DEHKG2ISQNUYR3GS/IMG_20221123_112132832.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Some of the things I bought. Contains food-grade ingredients. For sure... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424301324-KP38ALYHY0LMG2P1PJPY/IMG_20221123_120141933.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Pima Air and Space Museum. A very popular local attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424308367-CGTS5D36GCEPG424QJ6F/IMG_20221123_120146946.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Ryan over here enjoying the planes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424308060-Y2TQ12V4DJ7UT2NLJSFA/IMG_20221123_120334500.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - The highlight of the museum: World's Smallest Plane. Worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424314469-3LKQ1EANLCBCA1K615RI/IMG_20221123_122058450.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Pretty good museum honestly. Where would the museum industry be without wars btw? Thank god for wars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424314873-HVAGM2ZWYTF5Q6PGB7DP/IMG_20221123_122143681.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Some goofy submarine plane designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424911286-JLDJ71DBEIZ74HP6T9E0/subbbb.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Wasn't until the 1980s that science advanced far enough to make this a reality: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424319960-QOO85EY0G99MA9K69UQX/IMG_20221123_122219712.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - A shot down wreck they fished out from the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424320216-U1UDMQU9TBPCC4GYVRHS/IMG_20221123_122753520.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - The Famous Blackbird. I have no idea if it's famous, It just sounds like I know what I'm talking about if I write this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424331626-8LHZ8BB8W5AL4J56BKFP/IMG_20221123_125940791_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Top 10 airplane facts honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424322387-AE0O31LFB1PHWVXQNQRF/IMG_20221123_123643234.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - The bulk of the plane collection is kept outdoors. Enjoy these plane pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424322715-MCKEL7U165TQU5DNYZES/IMG_20221123_123646671.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424324263-CFEUGGWWH1HW5SUUVAZQ/IMG_20221123_124453986.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424336226-PQYKSZ9ZSK8PC0QTFUNY/IMG_20221123_132532057.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424338871-ODOCO5FHN4IXAVV4EP94/IMG_20221123_132537080.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424334395-WQZNFFXZIVB3AO8KUWE0/IMG_20221123_130040812.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - This is why we can't have nice things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424355798-J6MPJKCU6MDA30XY17XZ/IMG_20221123_161904019_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Another tip from a local: Popovers. Mexican friend bread with various types of toppings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424343944-XAQD9JZPDCPNKHLB8YSR/IMG_20221123_161505263_HDR.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - An example of convergent evolution here as Mexicans seem to have also invented Canada's Beaver Tails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424355833-WG40SMU0HDU2K8ARBDJS/IMG_20221124_163046996.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Stayed until Thanksgiving! Made this sweet potato casserole. Very delicious diabetes goo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1669424359795-X521NTRNWDQON4S9W6EW/IMG_20221124_191036935.jpg Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Finished the night very late ( 9pm ) with watching this now new Thanksgiving Classic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2bcb5c25-0427-4c26-862a-1420148f479b/preview.png Posts - Chilling in Tuscon! - Make it stand out See you next time. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/arizona-california1 monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848126491-S8DS6SN6CKGTJXJGO387/map.png Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - The way out. 3100km driven in 3 days. Some biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667846432613-U84DK3RXZVVYFLXTZ2GP/map01.png Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Hit these on the way down, will get the rest on the way back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667846479239-DBHE44VZLN9DLB2KRNV1/map02.png Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Long stretch of nothing here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667846496877-WGFMQCDHV4URA81PWFAU/map03.png Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - And Tuscon, made it. Nice and toasty here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849777835-NHDIYWKK4FKF6R1WCW2Y/IMG_20221103_094549592_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Supposedly largest egg, in Winlock, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849775935-QG8318KAAUJG6VHARE27/IMG_20221103_094620400.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - There's a bigger one near Montreal. This is a travesty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849791632-DO65SI5315BN9P3ZZ1AJ/IMG_20221103_103431785_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Tallest totem from one single log. Very suspicious, trees grow way larger then this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849803562-T8VIFORCK7I88J8UV751/IMG_20221103_120122069_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Tallest barber shop pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849804489-P4L21WMZ6UTW3LSP6WAK/IMG_20221103_120155246_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Ok I believe in this one. Lazy, but legit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849818726-KZLIHCHY56UNOE4EBL4A/IMG_20221104_105751688_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Biggest box of raisins, at the Sunmaid factory. There's a gift shop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849825621-BP027B4Z7LBBC1ENZALY/IMG_20221104_115603671_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Largest olive. We can do better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849845117-9D1IQ7555MEIRE7FD03G/IMG_20221104_193935104.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Largest thermometer, in Baker, CA. Gateway to Death Valley/ Vegas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849837883-WH65XJS7MIXOUMBQK3WX/IMG_20221104_194516543.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Happy it was lit up because I got there late at night. Got to keep driving for 2 hours so I could get to Tuscon faster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849851587-6XQJVRI10C45MEOWSMQ2/IMG_20221105_082533893_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Largest Desert Tortoise. Very nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849868664-P2FM9C8DF5X711HT3SW2/IMG_20221105_133035024.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Largest Kachina doll. It's some.. mexican thing. Hidden behind a cactus moat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667849868220-1U6OGJBK71IRFZ10YLBK/IMG_20221105_142016773.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - America's largest sundial. Better then the Canadian one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848323232-IIR9ZF2WY9ZUNJFQAL8G/IMG_20221102_111604899.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Starting in Shelton, WA. My friend there has become king of Squirrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848335069-11FNUY2DRYVFXPCWBXB2/IMG_20221104_145418157.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Climbing around Bakersfield, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848335799-HFMKZN4RNH1WR950H7A5/IMG_20221104_154407521.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Really looking like the desert in BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848345178-E3F2XM13NU5MYNZ7O5OS/IMG_20221104_175849805.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - The sunsets around Death Valley are something else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848356427-MI8KBWV0FHXVBPFDYLG9/IMG_20221105_082955222.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Bullhead City, an oasis in the desert. Has the Biggest Desert Tortoise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848359701-PZYN7S22OSQ1G8KOQNJH/IMG_20221105_115938230.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Arizona landscape. Cacti everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848391572-Z0DB89F13N3OV7AFW0XF/IMG_20221105_120022400_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Murder plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848384870-ODDEKDDOL0AU6I6EZVYH/IMG_20221105_135234164.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - These grow to 20+ feet tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848410699-502WHUE2H9P3M0BHDUSN/IMG_20221105_135257227.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Tequilla plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848411310-O6VWL8W8ARR5B358ARY5/IMG_20221105_140410175_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Stopped in Carefree, AZ. Had to pay 5$ to get near the largest Sundial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848434634-1T7U4E2VGYLMSIS7ULAG/IMG_20221105_140550172_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - If you're rich, this is what you do. Buy paintings and sculptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848447431-VBCWVCQ6PE0ZJ0D68V71/IMG_20221105_140735303_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - 5900$ for this fire pit table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848478151-J6T9PYLQSAD4UQUKQTSS/IMG_20221105_142027298_HDR.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - So many screwed up plants living here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848480431-5J41VAQYXIC3HR378HEM/IMG_20221105_142051704.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Big Boi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1667848493000-I3KEEB6J3A9HNZB1AS69/IMG_20221105_152440073.jpg Posts - Arizona - California Part 1 - Trash eating birds. 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Quick, Easy and Cheap Guide To Car Camping - Just sit in the parking lot and mooch if you want to be cheap, or buy a coffee and do internet stuff. You can even download youtube videos and watch them later: https://www.4kdownload.com/-qab5p/video-downloader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4daad73a-918d-4835-8af9-4d65b346ff97/food.PNG Posts - Quick, Easy and Cheap Guide To Car Camping - Just a sampling of the kind of staples I lived on for months. This is really up to your preference and diet. You don’t need to be living off fast food and restaurant meals the whole time and you don’t need elaborate cookware and constant time wasted cooking on some park bench. Get coffee at McDonald’s / Tim Hortons and that’s all you need to buy for food at restaurants. Keep all your food stored in a cooler of some kind to keep the smells contained, and clean it out periodically. Food lasts a few days in a non-electric cooler. That’s plenty long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/12d0cdc0-622f-4809-af2a-7b8985ccaf5a/water.PNG Posts - Quick, Easy and Cheap Guide To Car Camping - Bring along a tank with just a few gallons capacity, no need for more. Also great to have a smaller refillable bottle. Use that to fill the big jug if all you can find is a source where the tap is too low to get the jug underneath. Even during very warm weather and working out daily, a few gallons last a week and it’s not ever been a problem to find a place to refill it. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek18 monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/469efa79-1815-4a8d-b4a8-66ed87954a43/week18stats.png Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2df85b60-aa6b-4883-b1ae-faf5a5e74b1b/mapthing.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a2a1e8cc-000c-4a16-a762-9e013bd7dffc/map1.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Chill in Vancouver 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/99dbfd24-dcfa-4e7c-8baa-7fbcbfe8067a/map2.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Last Ride in Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966916419-80IKFMPNTWU37JDED0Q3/IMG_20220912_181437168.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - My motivation to keep taking pictures was pretty low at this point sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966920131-9WTON9VK1223U5AT5FED/IMG_20220912_182104940_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - I'm sure Vancouver has lots of cool things to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966940926-VBKED9MJD4GYJ1J0WDOY/IMG_20220912_182108694_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Like these owl bushes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966955868-Y4CZ8THM9X5RJKVEV9C1/IMG_20220912_182126663.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - They're pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966955717-V50PLOFZI4QJUSO446BL/IMG_20220912_191415951.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Anytime fitness sending confusing messages to people using the bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966977739-MS7L1PCHPQ7LPBTWML2V/IMG_20220913_081153174_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Best part of Vancouver was eating at this place every morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967185128-P48Y4KN9944F5AUDP84U/IMG_20220913_082708374.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - That's a 3$ breakfast ( that they charge 5$ for ...). Still, not going to beat that anywhere in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967012463-HNYZ39J5YTKHY6XXC8CV/IMG_20220913_081418913.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - The place has got that dive bar feel, tons of crap all over. Really made for drunks and hobos. Still, cheap food and super fast service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663966983120-YYEVCAECZZGS4JZWKRPL/IMG_20220913_081235359.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Don't these pics make you want to eat there? I went 4 times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967182916-IMUFJT2E09JSYITOHWHA/IMG_20220913_122046224.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Some "art installation" warning of the impending Waterworld. Coastal locations still highly prized somehow. Woah millionaires sure are dumb, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967213764-99S2J4LAUU1ROVBB49OV/IMG_20220913_132623490_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Cool golden plastic sequoia tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967218246-YPTVGKOR64159HFUFEQZ/IMG_20220913_134553676.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Found the libertarian store, for all my freedom needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b638dda-9414-4b10-bc6d-90449543b982/map3.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Snoqualmie Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967921552-N3OYPS38BGAV2SC2DSYM/IMG_20220914_171351804.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - The weather looked pretty scary and ominous but I went anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967919863-TWZA5HZEMP5UBANSU8HN/IMG_20220914_170940724_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - The top of the pass has a little ski town/resort and that's about it. Views at the top of these passes are never as epic as further down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967933291-32NQOS59WYAD0BIYZ3O1/IMG_20220914_171911888_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Very cool views halfway down/up here as the highway winds through a valley. Idiots honking at me while I was taking this picture. Just slow down and shut up, morons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663967937935-D78CBPL0QGFF33AVF6PL/IMG_20220914_181910071.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Forgot my pump this one time. Of course I get a flat from some road metal shard. Thankfully I was almost back home. Just rode on my flat wheel, no prob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b59b1be2-4c17-40ff-b981-adf53f0f8ece/map4.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Mount Rainier failed attempt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968372159-5EJKNU5TSQ5DDP0GT3Y7/IMG_20220915_075443544.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Started the day with this "Brookie" thing. Just a bad cookie on top of a bad brownie. Still awesome. I'm fat, what can you do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968391268-UN6MSZWOFRKCO1TZG2U9/IMG_20220915_081434893.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Start of the ride in Buckley. Welcome back to the land of totems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968449566-WBWGCFHT823WX13LEF04/IMG_20220915_093250677_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Little town in Mount Rainier National Forest, with the obligatory Sasquatch theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968419203-8VYJ9G3D1HESZH72NBLG/IMG_20220915_093220069_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - You get a bigfoot and YOU get a bigfoot and YOU get a bigfoot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968428673-PLAK84VVEZ6524DQJ3LP/IMG_20220915_093211768_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - That one's hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968460816-FB9DNE8VLJ62G3V99RFG/IMG_20220915_100017946_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - A little of the way up Chinook pass. It was a really foggy day so I didn't even see Mount Rainier despite being basically at the base of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968466027-KR8EE3HGK7XJMA29CG0D/IMG_20220915_111517155.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Massive dense fog patch as I descended the backside of the pass. Fun fact: Fog is really cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663968479159-RNPEUAT8WFBB1X2MO2DV/IMG_20220915_130423542_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Top of Sunset Pass, which is just a 200m bonus at the top of Chinook. It connects the highway to the Okanogan valley. Ride ended up being 10 000feet of climbing anyway, which is...enough... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/57530c08-54ea-4ebc-9981-a96a7a793b9f/map5.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Rock Candy Mountain ( hike ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969034044-9CCVI8NDFL0LH66BMRM7/IMG_20220916_180950472_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - That's about 400-500m up. Pretty epic view for such a random place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969031694-VXFT78K4V6QP13PT44IZ/IMG_20220916_181253475_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - How are the clouds so low? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f03aa344-70a9-48dc-8558-1d168065d623/map6.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Bremerton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969255162-NP8RCCXBWAX5A9REHGM2/IMG_20220917_122423712_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - As with everywhere in BC/ WA state, the city centers are desolate and hobo filled but the coastal / hill areas look expensive as hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969254412-YS04RPQUB0THJF8IUBUV/IMG_20220917_125243577_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Mount Baker ( I think ) poking out in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969261881-1P5LC3S96SZOUIU3T9PJ/IMG_20220917_125917326_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Pet store failing? Turn it into a museum! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969262070-PAF5RWUM61PMCKV215M9/IMG_20220917_130101603_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Bremerton has a naval base / shipyard. Hard to visit as the entire thing is predictably gated and under high security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/867e1bb4-bec6-46c8-96c6-3caaf69ac581/map7.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Shelton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969718888-D0SSZNBV5J195C9U2YV3/IMG_20220919_073125454.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - My friend is raising a squirrel army at his house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969625256-GL9WQCR6LKAM35BHOUDW/IMG_20220918_181207029_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - The fairgrounds are there year-round with rides and carnies ready to drain your wallet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969632801-WR3YO8FDN3Y8X3D0VI8A/IMG_20220918_182312720_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - All I cared about was eating ridiculous fair foods. Don't caret to wait 90 minutes for a ride, I got shit to do, like reading reddit... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969652127-1S45QJYO1IEI7842ICF2/IMG_20220918_184058840.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - 17$ burger and 12$ Elephant eat ( big beaver tail ). Burger was ok, but come on. COME ON BRO. Waited like 30mins in line for it too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969685205-WB0ENGP3VEW5MDS4NWCC/IMG_20220918_191252343_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Maybe next year I do a Sasquatch statue tour. Damn I'll be gone for a decade if I do that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663969708361-IXK8ZT7AC50AR47R9FAC/IMG_20220918_194923305.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Fair selling these miracle literate goat savants. Currently trained to spam positive reviews on garbage TV shows at RottenTomatoes.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/41609500-501c-41d5-b398-2e5273d91002/map8.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Make it stand out Back Home Victory Lap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663970453381-JTKDCVXEMAHDPCWYBB6A/IMG_20220919_125621266.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Waving goodbye to Washington state from the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663970447300-EN95EPF2WR4Y239X97ZY/IMG_20220919_125804059.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - One last pic of a person taking a pic. The nostalgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663970473202-ZSYORNITSGY10F9VOUXL/IMG_20220919_140717711.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Back in Victoria! Look at this James Bond vilain mansion right off the ferry dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663970479947-PU7QQBDLK7UHIS0WYKID/IMG_20220919_140756336.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - USA Bonus and Getting Back Home. - Downtown Victoria seen from the ferry. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek17 monthly 0.5 2022-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1ea267ab-ed1e-44a3-bcd1-0cdccbf599ad/week17stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8a683035-272d-4eb6-b16c-3b276344388a/week17map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/047fbf5d-9beb-4d08-8032-cd014506ba82/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Lake Louise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675684975-0J1P9SD8OENIXJD9X95S/IMG_20220905_131934283_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Tons of Ravens in the mountains, croaking at me and eating trash and roadkill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675710187-40XP61U5ZW616QOC0T7U/IMG_20220905_134942154_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - This whole region has nasty cattleguards and even gates to pretend the wildlife from escaping the tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675705944-39BIXYBU5XFADZ8G4ROD/IMG_20220905_140734630.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Me heading out on the highway towards my first stop: Takkakaw falls. Once again back to epic views of bald mountains and some permanent ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675721078-8TZZ5Q77UN0244P387GT/IMG_20220905_141634653_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The skies were perfectly clear that day. Enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675725479-BUHNZPP8MD60EKL8WJWC/IMG_20220905_141639752_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Really had to resist the urge to stop every 5 minutes to take pictures. I think you get it at this point: This place is beautiful and you should probably go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675724795-27IJ6MBXCEV2LV3KVEVO/IMG_20220905_144005920.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Base of the falls climb was a black bear walking up the road! Had to wait for him to go into the ditch to sprint passed safely. Well he probably wouldn't have eaten me. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675727815-2TUKVVZXB29GVB09DO7L/IMG_20220905_150040606.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - This bull elk was starring me down the entire time while I was passing. He wanted to wreck my life, for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675778741-HZL3H69PLTPO0P6FQ7TC/IMG_20220905_151911322.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The falls. You can get right up to them! Yes you will get soaked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675751305-CS1DAJ5KTQWE5LOH89J8/IMG_20220905_151926281_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The view from the falls. You're maybe 250m up from the bottom of the road here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675778835-WUQ1L81KOXQ7HXS2H1E7/IMG_20220905_152345812_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - At this point you're down at the near bottom of the valley, next to the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675805375-IF4JEXF3HK77M5WQQ9DD/IMG_20220905_160229483_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Furthest stop of this ride: Emerald lake and the Natural Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675802836-139JQ3W4REZEQGBIY13Q/IMG_20220905_160325018.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - It's literally a naturally formed stone bridge over the river rapids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675867834-SW5ODVI9S6T60MCVVU3R/IMG_20220905_160434423.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Humans sure love holes in rocks. Let my buy a mountain, I'll blast a ton of cool holes all over it for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675837206-0ZY4LH982SJQUQZZNW9W/IMG_20220905_160330222_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Look at all those people looking at the hole. Not me though... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675868236-GP1MXI0F2GIR4IZF336Q/IMG_20220905_162222691.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The Emerald lake, about 100m up. It is also green. They're all green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675902790-S9K35DDXLSJDFASSZOCF/IMG_20220905_162432961_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Green and popular. Here you can rent canoes to go out on the lake. 90$/hour in case you're wondering. There's trails as well. The bike only gets you so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675879040-JT6XLFQ290DDEH01RAQ5/IMG_20220905_164219989.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - From there I headed back to Lake Louise and there was another bear just meandering along the road! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675902977-2WPWQSZMTI13NENA5FXA/IMG_20220905_164222473.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - He really seemed uninterested in me or the cars stopped by to watch him. Just going along his business without a care in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675923132-TKSIFE2PTJIHCRGM1L7K/IMG_20220905_164439426.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Following the river back. There's a 300m or so climb coming up. They carved an extensive network of tunnels in the mountain so the trains can get up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675939199-YXTAZ2A0D25X0PFTYVMF/IMG_20220905_164734842.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - It's called "Spiral Mountain". There's a little road stop there if you want to learn about it. The Rockies are all about trains, that's how and why people got to the west coast in the first place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675970246-SG9RE8B6380XR7HWINO5/IMG_20220905_172825898.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - I had a massive tailwind going back. Going 45kph on the nice perfect highway when I came upon the planned road strava suggested... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675958049-4ESWZ4N283OYYVITVFAJ/IMG_20220905_172743595.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Oh giant electric cattle guard and a closed half dirt garbage road? No, back to 45kph highway, thanks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675983774-05VP3O345OMS2SRLHM4M/IMG_20220905_174626715_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Back to the actual town for the final bits of the day: Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Was getting chilly at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675985789-ZKQLJCLOSL1OM0R7O9QC/IMG_20220905_180153494_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - They have a huge hotel/castle at the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676009487-V6S1SKOZIX7S10BOCGPM/IMG_20220905_180310142.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Instagram central of Canada here, probably. This girl was prancing around while her friends were taking pictures. STAY IN SCHOOL, KIDS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662675998965-K50MAXQJKU9RQ8NRORFS/IMG_20220905_180301780.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Magpie coming up to tourists to beg for food. This is what happens if you feed animals guys, they'll come up to you and entertain you. Phew what a nightmare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676025507-7HITQWMSK8Z6EESW9Y3D/IMG_20220905_180349938_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - It is quite the lake, with a view of glaciers in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676028399-1PSWPWLV83FA86RZD7QQ/IMG_20220905_180503136_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - As you can see from how people were dressed... it was starting to get late and cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676035526-BZB5JY44AMMHL55TEVCL/IMG_20220905_183847356_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Last stop: Moraine lake. You're about 400m up from Lake Louise here. That's the view before you descend a bit to the lake itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676053636-FDVXWYCDMIHRGDJXIUQQ/IMG_20220905_184334961_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Another amazing lake. Has trails all around, food, toilets etc. I didn't stay long because my toes were getting tingly... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662676061480-33PRKF8FJRUJ3MXZLWFY/IMG_20220905_184433849_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Ok one last bear though. Camped again that night, which was great. Make tons of food. Very cold night however, probably went down to freezing. Lake Louise does sit at about 1600m elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e3b6a2b5-b8ac-4f86-becd-8afb85e74b4f/route1.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Ten Mile Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04e88e3c-e9f8-415b-a648-589ea358ae70/route2.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Ten Mile Hill + Mount Revelstoke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170377700-OIJT2COL1ROJLD4JTK0M/Fq4PFum_aBgxOxhe6YKQcNioWWXT2fLnQ27LsKFKSd0-1536x2048.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Ten Mile Road winding down along the mountain into the town of Golden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170379413-7UNW457IPSRNNVL5N89I/Pe529vrF7FmcZTClqs95g1chp_I3NsxNKOL5fwBhUGk-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The road passes right through this big rock they just sliced through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170377858-ZOFW2NLVVS1BO7S6TO50/GiS5tQKSTTkyNLrp25c12cx6u-ShsFGIdHuhhXI8gf4-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - About halfway up Revelstoke. Very few good views on this climb as it's almost all in the woods. Pretty lame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170379055-SH4W94JKU9ARV2KC24CI/jJITfB_Ky2_A34zl4nSa8xmz9YqwT34iPcAxMXAStgM-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Little lookout if you walk 100-200m from the parking. Too bad it was a smoky day, can't see much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170380274-EM2RGN6FTF8V6U88ZDYR/YR7bRy2OTIRQi2ptJAY6LPTr6rXiFg01cSIAfMLw3wg-1536x2048.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Some hidden chairs to enjoy the view. Possibly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/05461bd8-58cb-4ef4-93ae-4eae8e761a34/route1.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c3ca26a1-4b12-448b-b457-ecf1440f09e0/route2.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Silver Star Road + Monte Creek Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170968068-6XHB9I93TTRN7B977VAJ/302286186_1085034095480071_3438489081037686234_n.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - On the way to Vernon you can stop at Log Barn 1912! They have dozens of random statues all over the place, it's quite something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170973600-OIUZSBS4LWI37PBLCITO/phtCLO4ZOqjznmjtQVK76N8BNYNyuHpifEUyIY-LgtE-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Trex pulling a carriage. They really had fun with this stuff. There's also a petting zoo with goats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170969958-MMYVQK5TZOWRBVCW4EU3/305126702_1372432346615429_2036022690154265632_n.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - No idea where they got all this stuff. I had so many pictures. Dragons, bears, gorillas... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170968133-J06MZMQ6MZ2WZ29RB49K/302512629_803260587361785_6472337031934660314_n.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - There's a tourist trap farmer's market there with a food truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170971636-AY3MEUPUUYC255Z3FCQ1/jmvlpQFXN9w_LIsZGGccGD2FN5C3rXRjhNbSk7XFTzY-1536x2048.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - I bought this for 16$ ( lol ) mostly to support the statues. It wasn't good. Tasted like bad BBQ sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170970512-4TYWBMB5WMADKIE7FORW/E-S3-9Scvcs4uJJ99-wTJMr2wUEi7pgKiXxGkWKO5DE-1536x2048.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Tried to find the "Biggest Canadian Flag" in some small town. Think it was removed. You can have this instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170973002-NUCBZ931TFV8EV903745/NxmTAKiKASNfpLCk_-FQNGAXgjqOc4K4EhP4_Tdh2Wk-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The view going up Silver Star. Notice the rolling yellow hills and wide open spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663170971307-OCZ2GO9QGK7OFZL0E2SG/Es6Sqi7co1T8FB6F2tTZoKnuAoK7TSe-4D0SvjUcJpo-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Top of Silver Star. There's a very large ski resort/town there with colorful condos. It's pretty cool and looks very expensive. View sucks from there though, for a 1200m climb... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/97db267c-b731-4655-aaeb-e41bd50dd7c2/route1.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Kamloops - Paul Lake Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3db714a0-34fa-428c-a9d5-a1ace15b013b/route2.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Highway Ashcroft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171808807-64QE0UQSMOT80AO9S686/IMG_20220908_104413795.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The city of Kamloops in all its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171808636-LBGM19WXXFQUNMFVG2Q4/IMG_20220908_105637229.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Another view of Kamloops from one of the bridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171811286-JNT3MNNBBRD6TBHPK4UG/IMG_20220908_115116796.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Bottom of the 400m climb to Paul Lake. These rolling yellow straw hills are a super cool and unique feature of the Okanagan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171811912-G76M5BJS56UVD5C0VYUP/IMG_20220908_121625882_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Top of the hill is just a lake. Notice how it's already back to coniferous forests. Looks like Quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171813866-ZVPQ0T4MBEK3KO2ZM7XU/IMG_20220908_125828849_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Railway museum. As always. Your town is mandated to have one of those in the Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171815399-84IOQHR7IIE39J691QRV/IMG_20220908_130116710.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Kamloops marina, where the little bike path ( aka dog park ) meanders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171818541-3KFHO4RRPSQCVACWS9I4/IMG_20220908_130149624.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - In the rest of BC this would just say "HOBO". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171818896-83AWKHMWCJZ2STV244DT/IMG_20220908_163224936.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The highway drive from Kamloops to Ashcroft has this crazy viewing area of Kamloops lake. This is maybe 300m up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171823718-R6AVY1OGLQHCDUL9UMX7/IMG_20220908_190433034_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - That's how it looks as you descend into Ashcroft, on both sides of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171820719-9SFI3B1SIUUITDICMEPN/IMG_20220908_190211903_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The landscape progressively turns from full desert, to grassy farms and then into ranches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171820840-PPM4SMFIX1HA0WEFMYQY/IMG_20220908_184438085.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The top of the pass doesn't have that great a view, but you're now back in the pine forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171824441-8BCN3VW0VAVFPCMKCU5C/IMG_20220908_190451009_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Going back down into town. I was going to do the other side but the sun was setting... Somewhere along the way I lost 2 hours of sunlight without noticing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171828109-TXB457UJ4CFOUYYEPQ33/IMG_20220908_191228969_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Town is very small and has a western theme to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171829126-ECJDI797AP3N5PLCLG1D/IMG_20220908_191425280_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - There's only a few streets, but a lot of these original buildings are still standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171829925-ADM9FE2J7GMJV6SEE4SS/IMG_20220908_191628663_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - If you want that "authentic" 19th century western vibe, go there. It's not a manufactured tourist trap like Banff/ Jasper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171832837-XL8557HX1G22NN2AZHM7/IMG_20220908_191807786_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Little brother of the World's Largest Truck in Sparwood, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171826026-L9DRHLXZZZQYW8TVY33K/IMG_20220908_190948948_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Seems like a cool tradition going on there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663171826685-6DM5KK23ODTHISNK1CEV/IMG_20220908_191032254_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - As always: No river, no town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8bcf4e58-f771-4621-b576-d8481e968e44/route1.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Cayoosh Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7fa94dbc-bb10-4a35-8cf3-7c971d75b59c/route2.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Whistler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172690286-NU6D2PT1S9RILCOA93W2/IMG_20220909_075338854_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The 2h30 drive from Ashcroft to Pemberton is the gnarliest part of the rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172690551-9B26NT1CMF3NFE2RMV9V/IMG_20220909_075345277_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The views are stunning. The road follows the river and constantly goes up/down as it twists and turns, sometimes very abruptly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172944630-41HLLC2AG8FUCEQ2E6MF/IMG_20220909_091109842_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The drive gets you out of the desert and back into the proper "cold" Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172693166-WP6O4KICHIGR0FRAOMBQ/IMG_20220909_080146409_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Glad I didn't do that drive at night. Don't drive here at night lol. It's also Grizzly Bear country, apparently. Seen 0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172945037-7HY1B2G0M92HQ30ZI3ST/IMG_20220909_091145196.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Chilly lakes, coniferous forests and snowcapped mountains. Welcome back to BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172949340-NVHIHIMCP1WLGBDJQYXW/IMG_20220909_124051958_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - View from the top of Cayoosh pass, which climbs out of Pemberton. It's a 1100m climb with a really steep start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172953196-PRRTXVX2YCHXSXNO242W/IMG_20220909_124206918_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Top going down. Not super amazing views since this is a highway pass, sadly. But it's one of the toughest climbs in Canada for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172953655-AYEKESXV6D2AAVK5W2ND/IMG_20220909_125740997.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Headed to Whistler for a ride afterwards. Here's... a lake.. Yah. Not even green this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172959888-13UGEYKQXDTGJD116VRL/IMG_20220909_152019032_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Tried to bike up to the Olympic village but it was closed, because "reasons". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172957738-V9JIGBBMBHJJ47HNQ2O4/IMG_20220909_152440180.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - View on the way back down from the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172962731-QS409093X7ARERL5S1GK/IMG_20220909_161841486_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - They have a pretty cool mountain over there I guess. Believe this is called "Mount Whistler". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663172963274-LPRSNTXMF4ZYMMK002RF/IMG_20220909_162407067.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - The town itself is more of a ski/mountain bike/lake town. No parking, expensive shit, pretentious Tim Hortons architecture. Tourist Trap alert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ff9c0ba4-52b7-4057-9152-448de2fcfb02/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Squamish Recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173531128-3BPIC9GGGCF6QHAL7HFA/IMG_20220910_103805865.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Wasn't feeling like taking many pics today. Squamish is nested at the base of a bunch of cool hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173534335-YCT77TO4HTOWLC9LCM5F/IMG_20220910_104254513.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - There were tons of people biking in some sort of event. Had to join them to ask what they were doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173536597-0GZL8QW78R9HUDUOQH0Y/IMG_20220910_104301924.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Apparently this was the day of the Vancouver-Whistler fondo. Damn, I would have done that as an out and back if I had known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173538889-IXG92NKE5Y98P6BAGTOT/IMG_20220910_105133682.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - These weren't the head group.... Started at 7am and had done like 70-80km in 4-5 hours. COME ON GUYS, MOVE, MOVE lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173541744-TJMPT3YGG16SSXAPOFAW/IMG_20220910_112030351_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Squamish is a cute little town, but pricey and not a road bike destination. Never seen so many fit people in any one city though, don't know what's up with that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173543057-VLBH6IOYQSITEMTV6S9O/IMG_20220910_124642242.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - View of the "Sea to Sky" highway that connects Squamish to Vancouver. That's a ride for another day I suppose. Very beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9ae14229-c44b-4793-b482-1fbb640cebd9/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Make it stand out Last Official Ride: Triple Crown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173910901-FHW2NN8UQ58EOFVVI2K3/IMG_20220911_131708057_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - JR, old friend from Montreal, organized this ride and invited a bunch of Vanc people! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173905989-YMK4631W4KJSS7P23YWF/IMG_20220911_104126499_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - It made it more fun for sure. We just took it easy as multiple large fires made the air pretty polluted... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173916495-O07D3TFO35XM1WPRTA72/IMG_20220911_145104517.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Top of Cypress... Yes... enjoy that clean air.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173916879-4J5M9U5RFUYDIF4D7EZ9/IMG_20220911_145116852.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - View of the clean air. Visibility was like 100 meters. It was bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663173912623-HP161HIQS8B5TSI6ZTM7/IMG_20220911_133119925.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 17 - Final Official Week! Over 13 000m elevation. - Some damn/river somewhere. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek16 monthly 0.5 2022-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f773c55f-4309-4fe4-b5d4-e15dadc3c555/week16stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/55286bd1-e754-41bd-9b23-59a0cac39f85/week16map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/971350e3-cf22-4803-b89c-acbab1269d24/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out To The Beaver! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394649469-OOU6KA04K7A3PKEVFCBF/IMG_20220829_131838396.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Saw a bunch of these little guys trying to cross the highway to their doom. Passing trucks would blow them away and send them rolling around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394666165-YSII4XYFZ3R6ZS0LHY93/IMG_20220829_142557173_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Just this for 80km. Flat prairies and howling winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394666277-DJ5ZKPEWD4Y28BZ96P5S/IMG_20220829_145142042_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There is also a dinosaur museum on this highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394669093-D1IILRU3BUTBX2B1RFE9/IMG_20220829_145149067_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The modern architecture really sticks out in this otherwise rural / industrial remote region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394651664-XPK0WXSDPLKYIFWG128Y/IMG_20220829_141417357_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There he is. At long last, after 90 minutes of getting blasted in the face by strongwind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394654605-CGSHH8EN8D50IYEFXIWO/IMG_20220829_141453564_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Majestic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394655368-ETLZX5HGAWETWBAZ6IV3/IMG_20220829_141511265.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Ambitious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394659938-2ZKI1NE7XT76546G8ZZG/IMG_20220829_141815868.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Glorious. The beaver is ok too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394657475-F62IVN5DX52MO9PUCF9Y/IMG_20220829_141526368.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - People ruin these statues. The older ones are full of chips and missing paint. There was a big fish one where the tail fell off before they just removed the whole statue. Preserve our statues folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394680968-MLBMX38LACSEFEW0YVQJ/IMG_20220830_125018004.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - From there I drove 3 hours back towards the Rockies, to the town of Hinton, which looks like a huge tourist stop for people heading to Jasper/ Banff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662394675481-A5HF8NTK3RO4DM9Q9DOA/IMG_20220830_092350953.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The grocery store there has this badass 7 foot tall Grizzly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/18955187-bb77-4efb-8468-2c51b4f2d51a/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Maligne Lake / Jasper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395328310-GA9R0EVM2657IZ8G80X7/IMG_20220830_182417212.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Welcome, welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395262220-FEWDUQ96413F26DJEXQ1/IMG_20220830_140655758_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Was a perfect clear day with cobalt blue skies and endless visibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395301460-JZPX11TLO1DTVWMODR9M/IMG_20220830_142251765.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - First stop was Maligne Canyon, early on in the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395278923-MIPFMQX8NA5Z8L1IJAKA/IMG_20220830_141420849_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a decently long path along the river/canyon with lots of spots to stop and take pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395285813-SPX1ILVB66OL8X3PQXZN/IMG_20220830_141723114.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Huge tourist swarms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395261116-ME20I28U31PH93LIHHK7/IMG_20220830_141403945.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The rocks on the path were grinded smooth by all the foot traffic over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395273174-AGS6KPEUW29F9USX702H/IMG_20220830_141440577.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Bunch of logs stuck in the canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395293124-N7LL367QVUJ1CRJ1C1AV/IMG_20220830_141921374.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It's hard to do this justice with just pictures. You have to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395295358-LVWGACGAMMZFPURMRHU9/IMG_20220830_145514926.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Back on the climb, saw a group of these little guys right next to me. They let me take a picture before running away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395300054-9C99HKRN65J55M6SYCPS/IMG_20220830_150708886_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The first lake you come across is Medicine lake. It's way greener than this picture makes it looks. All the lakes are green here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395306964-4FZP01AWC80KJFQLEH10/IMG_20220830_161135541_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - After almost 50km of climbing up, you reach Maligne lake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395306842-5YE79UK6079OVM2B8807/IMG_20220830_160814855_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a lodge, restaurant and marina on top. You can do all sorts of non-bike activities here. But why would you want to? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395311968-9I3GVCK6GBWTL8T33E6J/IMG_20220830_161318876_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395315105-RDAOYC2WW38D6OV98AS3/IMG_20220830_162822021_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Going back down you follow this green river that flows from Maligne Lake into Medicine Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395316324-OOWL2B3E21WS2G8OGX4H/IMG_20220830_172937258.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Then cross the Athabasca river, which has this blueish grey tint to it. It flows for hundreds of kms through the rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395328093-H4E1ZBYNA2KJFPPT3WOX/IMG_20220830_181403675_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Added a little bonus for the day: The Skytram climb. It's a pretty steep 160-170m hill that gets you to the gondola station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395321288-HIMF0DU8KG9RX8J6VXJ0/IMG_20220830_181245325_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It has some epic views of the town and region in general. Must be quite the sight in the gondolas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395321097-YFNR8SROP80GGA002SBL/IMG_20220830_181150403_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a "Jasper the Bear" here as well. This is some kind of town mascot thing, there's several all over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395332615-Q3Z4YE1KFAPWIAW2X2SK/IMG_20220830_183002773.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Finishing the nice day back in town for an easy spin. It's got a whole railroad/log cabin theme going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395338589-6RS5CZXUL82I631TU5QE/IMG_20220830_183131931_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Lots of bears everywhere too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395352661-IQVZND484K9L103FAO2W/IMG_20220830_183912249_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Like this other Jasper Bear here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395350609-VA4BGL4UYRW7GVLD92G8/IMG_20220830_183959118.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - And this weird pedobear in front of a pizzeria. Must be really amazing pizza to still get business with this.... bold... decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395338610-ROUTAY9U9M2QLQW972F8/IMG_20220830_183418168_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Main street of the town. Just perfect day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395372904-C2OGCZEO7KUFEG52PKV7/IMG_20220831_112757658_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Was treating myself to camping that night. These guys next to me took an hour+ to set this up. Car camping is five minutes. Love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395359579-JM6GPL0SE8XHRS959HW5/IMG_20220830_194431351.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - When I get a fire, it's time to batch cook! You really don't need much camping gear/garbage. In fact you basically don't need any beyond a way to start a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395356841-VTFNEMCYSC8EEQOQIKJY/IMG_20220830_193325135.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Oh yeah, all dressed dogs and chili dogs. Hadn't eaten yet that day in preparation for my feast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662395360929-Z9DO98IZGSABV7C9ZM98/IMG_20220830_200017773_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - My huge stack of dogs. So great to eat something other then yogurt / canned food / sandwiches. Love that smoky campfire taste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662396338242-JTREHFUD79TM5CG39A6Z/IMG_20220831_212125733.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Few beers, like 8 hot dogs and then time for sleep. What a great day that was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/78925fcf-a9ca-4882-995a-b39b2257e46c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Mount Edit Cavell + Bonuses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566316164-N8XCO2YCD1T6E0ELXZ9G/IMG_20220831_124440339.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - First stop: Pyramid Lake, which I had missed the day before, thinking it would be a way longer climb then it was... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566317537-BZVJE18J30R1HE1WY3S4/IMG_20220831_124921301.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The many boomer/asian tourists of Jasper in their natural habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566320374-D1OY3QMP4H05KYLN10RX/IMG_20220831_145145391.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Next up: 600m climb up to Marmot Basin. Will never know what was there since the gate was closed and some ranger in a pickup was watching. Whew sure saved my life bro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566323817-3U0NYNPW9U8RAJPEP3JT/IMG_20220831_152641115.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Right next to the Basin climb is the easy side of Mount Edit Cavell. This is about halfway up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566323900-AL8UPKE6C3UZPMLFHGR7/IMG_20220831_155628553_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - So many views of mountains in the distance in all direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566330061-XAH619U969P2CUGGZL3K/IMG_20220831_160154445_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The climb doesn't go all the way to the top, it's just 650m and stops at a parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566327035-NX56DDMANFZQU8B3JBBJ/IMG_20220831_160303499_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - This is mount Edit Cavell's summit, about 250m up from Cavell Lake, the final destination of this climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566336307-OGJ4WX7ZNHDPG9USFYUY/IMG_20220831_161422793.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - After a steep half dirt climb you reach this little green lake with permanent ice floating in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566344959-ECOPP4Z26EHQ6A02TQUH/IMG_20220831_162018923.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It's a pretty unique place that you can reach mostly driving. Boomer accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566348359-UUR5OAIY4REZY8B0TJMJ/IMG_20220831_162145591.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Very touristy of course. Pretty sure it's a hot spot for dating profile pictures and Instagram "influencers". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566354742-AZ6LANCVNDARVO76Q495/IMG_20220831_162341427.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Look at this guy. Pfff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566352816-WJ0TQ2X21MR9UOKFMZ5E/IMG_20220831_162331867.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Put this shard of ice in my pocket to bring back home as a souvenir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566356277-YKMW9GH3MCGL3VS1R9A6/IMG_20220831_171546953_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Then you go back down about 750m on the "hard" side of the climb and bike 30km to Athabasca Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566364897-H2TE0YFAKDDK9ENKYA41/IMG_20220831_173822399_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Again just a stupidly epic area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566375249-P8R3DFY2O4OFAVG285DQ/IMG_20220831_174252670.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a little network of paths that bring you all around the canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566386144-JRPWPQ0UCB18EVMJTL2Y/IMG_20220831_175005988_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It was quite crowded of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566379049-A27878D5LORANVRE7X6Q/IMG_20220831_174820641.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Saw my first beaver of the entire trip just cowering in a canyon hole. What are you doing there little buddy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566377269-8LI9GUPCR2EYRAMOHQZD/IMG_20220831_174827876.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Well at least wolves won't get him there that's for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566387595-ERLLETNNBF1XM172S6C3/IMG_20220831_175012378_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566390070-DAA3CJU92B92NEC2JZ57/IMG_20220831_175415152_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Found a secret piece of trash a bit off the path. Rewarding experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566391962-0THLGW85FR9RRZ3WS6S8/IMG_20220831_175441418.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Here you can see how cloudy/grey the Athabasca river water is. I assume this is what gives all the lakes their greenish tint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566394850-2P1W833VEY6DIP63TKUT/IMG_20220831_181757991_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Then just a nice fast tailwind 40km back to the campground, with more epic scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662566393362-XVD3NHDHL1O1AHHYUPJ6/IMG_20220831_181718688.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It can be hard to tell what the hell these point to, but I appreciate the effort. What a great day, and once again campfire that night! Will have fond memories of Jasper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bfff7dd9-49c3-41a8-bb5f-176eaca7357d/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Glaciers + Peyto Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567505651-BBOCPH8YG62Y7AONCQ1G/IMG_20220901_114140006.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The drive to Glaciers. I think I can confidently say that Jasper is the most epic area of Canada now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567509127-S8W8MX9OTP50C9M1FND6/IMG_20220901_114223399_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Icefield Parkway road. Pictures speak for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567509575-6PYJMOL01ZZUB5PGA4LY/IMG_20220901_114331062_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567512335-OQOC3H4IT6U72YL1WL9T/IMG_20220901_114920610.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567513131-F68T3FVO7DR1FEKXPX8T/IMG_20220901_114952738_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567515046-JNWIYCI45H4BY7IRD0LU/IMG_20220901_120102645.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - You drive towards the Glacier and every new turn of the road you think that you're finally at the most epic viewpoint of the drive, but it keeps going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567521124-CFRW3SCS17ANWY1Z76SE/IMG_20220901_121006125_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There are of course tons of turnouts and stops for you to take pictures. This one has free binocular thingies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567517506-8L3J8WHKXJLQV27Q0I3F/IMG_20220901_120759954_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The top of a mountain's icecap. Did not see any skeletons of failed hikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567517313-DW440IMNZAREQ0K4111H/IMG_20220901_120209730.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Girl making her boyfriend take pictures for her Tinder when she dumps him next week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567522159-JFUZ7Q3RXK37UXQF4D6Z/IMG_20220901_123641630.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Got out to bike up to the Glaciers viewing platforms. There's no turnoff there, you have to pay and a bus takes people to a private parking lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567525677-AKE29XXMUJLWVUSA7GCA/IMG_20220901_123703525_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Costs 30-40$ to walk from this spot to the little skywalk area that's like 50 feet away. Pfff. Here you're maybe 250m up from the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567526390-PBEYEH7HDHUALOHIQIK8/IMG_20220901_124038209.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The bottom of the river / valley that leads into the Glaciers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567529037-2JA1FM0VMQDRJMZINAD8/IMG_20220901_124732345.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a parking lot at the Glaciers and then you must walk a little bit to reach the base. Well, the current base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567534595-4PXIGYNRXLGWEJ1H6CWF/IMG_20220901_130426796_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - This is what it looks like! You can take a cook all-terrain bus thing that drives you all the way up onto the glacier itself. Imagine the selfies. Imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567532257-GHXYCTPQ22QKCD2F2CH4/IMG_20220901_130715430_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Definitely worth crashing the world economy so it doesn't recede. #stealthpolitics #stopruiningtheplanethippies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567535815-VOKJV91Z42X9RZLYB3PE/IMG_20220901_130843941.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - View back from the glacier. There's signs along this route that tell you how far the glacier used to extend. Seems to have receded a good half kilometer at least in 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567539164-1VAY1NRNKEB3475PGZTQ/IMG_20220901_130847596_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Can you believe all these dumbass tourists still showing up, knowing it used to extend further? Wow. The world would truly be completely different if there was more of this ice here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567538989-B2GMQF2H32GQLTGZP8LL/IMG_20220901_132342013.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Back on the road, just going up and down, up and down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567543348-Z70TVU6WCQIDYORSSO71/IMG_20220901_135815370_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The icefield parkway is at around 1900m elevation. From there you gradually go down to 1400m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567543184-DQ87NXBT2H6K67PJG2AO/IMG_20220901_141302650_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Just crazy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567547580-DKH2KWXJ91MN28IJ5LKW/IMG_20220901_141912714.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - You eventually reach Saskatchewan crossing, which is the one fork in the road. You can keep going to Banff or turn off back to flat Alberta, where I headed for more big statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567545693-Y6NZM7F63ZU99HFON97Y/IMG_20220901_150721870_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - I believe this is the Saskatchewan "river"? Just a huge flood plain that people had used for thousands of years to cross the mountains / hunt/ fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567548105-DISEWGS3VY82BN3XOJPJ/IMG_20220901_154935235_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - If you keep going towards Banff, then you reach Peyto lake, at the top of the mountain pass. About 600m up from the crossing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567550041-KB4WXLRQ64EZD940JYXL/IMG_20220901_155253209_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - I didn't know this place was such a thing. Only went there because I wasn't going to drive this road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567551083-RVIW3TYJM22O8DBQPEOH/IMG_20220901_164445653_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Turns out this is another one of Canada's Instagram centrals. Definitely have seen this lake on women's dating profiles lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567552656-9P5289CAHHHNKRJPWXIE/IMG_20220901_164536940_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Now I know you're not adventurous, lady, because you can drive all the way up to this thing. Takes zero effort. I biked it, I'm way better then you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567553564-9ATQIY01IJ2U0FWJ3K85/IMG_20220901_170223384_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - More insane views while going back down from the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567556110-EMNMX6B3H0PWMJWU0I06/IMG_20220901_174309944.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The bottom of the road fork, with a bridge crossing over the Saskatchewan river. It's also grey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567556559-ZVZZS5TDGMLQDV6GSW9D/IMG_20220901_174315535.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - One last look before driving out of the mountains back towards Calgary for an improvised statue detour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567559318-XPII64X5BKOXUG93PRI5/IMG_20220901_184821089_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - This drive takes you along the river and next to Cline Lake, which is most epic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662567559906-7FUZ9Z7PD0XYGBHN2UBV/IMG_20220901_184847276_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - That's a good way to exit the mountains if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0f5cf453-4755-450c-8723-36735d46ab67/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Biggest Baseball Glove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662608917018-46OS3FCWBV263D4H0WAF/IMG_20220902_103549026.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Largest Bunking Bronc with a Rider. Ponoko, AB. Winner by default once again... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609051103-FUQ3FM9TB034339A71FF/IMG_20220902_114210877_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Largest Oil Lamp, in Donalda, AB! There's some Badlands scenery around there too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609062152-E9A0C6LDKEZRU3AP72YY/IMG_20220902_130218815_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Largest Baseball Glove, in Heisler, BC. Super mega dump town. Why is this here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609076462-284N22GMZINXUGD0M3BA/IMG_20220902_133826334.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Scenery on the ride. Just fields during harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609087322-WUTJEU50Q84HDD4L0C8V/IMG_20220902_133829868.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Watched them fill this truck with grain. Wonder how many breads per acre you can make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609112064-EHD53KLGJYFW8AAY2LQN/IMG_20220902_140723404.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Tiny bit of Badland-ness. Yeah this ain't no Drumheller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609138148-1GC76VWE35MGPEU47ORM/IMG_20220902_153618942.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Biggest Pike in Rochon Sands. It's a fishing/camping town on the surprisingly large Buffalo Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609162927-QMY6QKWWNOTWFKHKEQ9M/IMG_20220902_164542629.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Biggest Fishing Lure, in Lacombe, AB. That one's nice and pristine, not rubbed to nothing by tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609171057-5UT7HVS5W3AMOMUM09P7/IMG_20220902_183948288_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Clem T. Gofur, the Mascot of Torrington. Some kind of camping town with a "Gopher Hole Museum"....? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609212756-V1U6Q30AEYNWRPG0PSQK/IMG_20220902_190646800_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Largest Golf Tee, in Trochu, AB. I think the USA has a bigger one though because GoogleMaps kept trying to send me to Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609268538-2WSHNUBB4RA50C3PF2CG/IMG_20220902_195740637_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Last stop, almost at sunset: Squirt The Skunk, at the Beiseker AB campground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609278477-NB88GNCGT43G8A6VR544/IMG_20220902_195758429.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Yeah my phone cracked again. A gust of wind blew my tripod to the ground at the Big Pike. Phone fell flat on the screen.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/aee39a14-d487-4a86-9693-dc99f6201ce3/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Elbow Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609942296-XSC1TV9LPTZXY0VMV29Q/IMG_20220903_162748303_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Started the ride with this deer just chilling in the parking lot, on foot away from me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609982417-36J0QR5ZH2IUF1GEG5GS/IMG_20220903_163139935.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Just another one of Canada's endless bears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609948603-VG67RTJEAFQ7OI8IYTPR/IMG_20220903_170830925_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Was a very smoky day. I later learned Jasper caught fire. Maybe this is some of that? Was worried by trip to Banff would be half ruined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662609982695-BIW67ZFEA81N28YH7GU0/IMG_20220903_171829816_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Near the top of the climb here. Elbow lake and a big bald mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610016931-QSGY7U13FAZJ9ZJJCOAG/IMG_20220903_171943068.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Traces of ancient beaver activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610003933-1XXC2YC673E0T2PW2J5A/IMG_20220903_174828701_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Sort of shallow/dry river bed here in these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610022627-FMS9XUOPATOCQJDIAURS/IMG_20220903_181337590.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's tons of these big horse flies with bee stripes in Northern Alberta. They're everywhere. They eat the crushed bugs on my car too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610029472-ME5YFKWLVS54AFMNJLB0/IMG_20220903_180722351.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Elbow falls, where I stopped on the way back down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610061177-Z34KZHM5ASLOYYNCM7G5/IMG_20220903_181538704_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - They're legit nice little falls. Worth a little detour if you're ever in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610081673-LY1YXZNXXNNFU4TNYULE/IMG_20220903_181547067.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - These guys were there for 20+ minutes taking all kinds of pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/76c71158-6446-43d2-a0e9-321a673155c0/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Make it stand out Banff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611337631-LIHML9BDM91XMQZT6JK1/IMG_20220904_163557800_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - It was the long weekend and the town was absolutely jam packed. Every parking full and traffic jams. Somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610961034-LAPBRQPBJ37HBO8D7QEW/IMG_20220904_123608083.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Started with the hardest climb of the day and was rewarded with these rams just eating dirt on the side of the road! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610974771-WKK9X4RSV9N7NEECV3CB/IMG_20220904_124149145.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Give me a break, I just saw a bunch of them licking sand and eating rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610952521-FLAZKXDX07KMSRFLQDL7/IMG_20220904_124013470.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Top of the hill here. There's a ski/hiking area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610983385-M7GFNVVFGDXB4H32OLQ0/IMG_20220904_124450036.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - You can see it was still a big smokey in the distance. It was around noon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611003825-DOYQCDZM690ZA4RRG0V6/IMG_20220904_124956485.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Saw the rams again on the way down as they were descending the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611017047-F8ULAP06LFMLNP6ARGMW/IMG_20220904_125001105_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - I had the phone right in his face for that one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611018716-GJCUR39MZ2IZD76YU4JK/IMG_20220904_130312386_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Some kinda museum. This town is ultra touristy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611032780-ZSI2ITNLFC6K2M901FU3/IMG_20220904_130338264.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Making my way to some a little canyon. You follow the typical green rivers of Jasper / Banff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611078686-N6JIX2RPBMP1MYER64O5/IMG_20220904_131814185_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - The little canyon. I hiked a little ways up and it keeps going for a while but I can't destroy my bike shoes that hard... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611100217-8G5JXGPB5SJUYY4661BX/IMG_20220904_132142812_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - That's all you get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611102454-6OYL8Z7D42FHLGWHOKCE/IMG_20220904_132946927.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Back down and along the river. Just stunning here. People use mad filters when taking pictures to make the water look extra turquoise. GUYS STOP CHEATING IT'S COOL ENOUGH ALREADY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611125782-ZA9N73W3KM6K2BBCV0D2/IMG_20220904_133911197_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Back in town, passing by these big gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611133030-2WDT23Q15T88R28D90A6/IMG_20220904_134022167.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Tons of people prancing around taking selfies and having picnics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611148103-VM7UXS6JJOUO38FWR76X/IMG_20220904_135606728_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - There's a gondola here as well! If I ever come back I might be tempted but it's ludicrously expensive around here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611146604-LR6WO697G3FGG1O00XLU/IMG_20220904_135737558.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - One of endless little vistas where you can drive/ get bused to. So many buses full of Chinese tourists today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611172457-AN8D6WI6PVYKN4893607/IMG_20220904_140627595.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Another area of town with this huge castle hotel thing for rich bastards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611172572-7KE6YJ1OAFVTT7BO0UF5/IMG_20220904_141428674.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - These falls are in the same area as the castle. Also packed of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611185620-YJ6WK3TRR49XL3IZTLBU/IMG_20220904_143746425.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - From the falls you can do a little loop along a golf course. Pretty epic golfing there, dang! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611193327-MHI45L4O9B3CY185O9GN/IMG_20220904_144125966.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Looping back to the castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611224407-SI236IUEK8ZKRIQ670ZF/IMG_20220904_145040811.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Then followed the river next to the falls. There's a bike path with a ton of sculptures like this along it! Very cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611217260-3DE390Z8V8G68RZZBEF0/IMG_20220904_145329375.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Crossing the river to start climbing up Tunnel Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611241060-57WAK921HZKKP1PIOV3M/IMG_20220904_145816379_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - A view of the castle from the other side, halfway up the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611239482-UMP4GJMZJ0LWXPSIWUNF/IMG_20220904_150735466_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Imagine going to jail for this. Imagine. For a dumb squirrel that choked on your cheetos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611285938-HD3YLFCVV7AWLUYR5E0P/IMG_20220904_150757009.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Fight climate change by flying out to Banff and putting little stickers on stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611258894-QLUJY664X7HQSY5YN41D/IMG_20220904_154353641.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Back down the mountain to do the last stretch of the ( now long...) day towards lake Minnewanka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611286877-BH9OSS5RTPPT4GRHBAYY/IMG_20220904_160011614.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Passing by a few beaches/campgrounds packed with tourists. Lazy tourists who aren't biking and cool like me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611311423-UCJSAGYE4H02OGUZ8RHI/IMG_20220904_161607595.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - A baby ram with his mom, right on the road once again. Didn't walk up to them because I don't want Justin Trudeau to arrest me for scaring goats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611315709-6A66K8NSRPZP1P6841P8/IMG_20220904_161702435_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Finally made it to the lake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662611335520-N69I2LUHSY3B0EJ62ILV/IMG_20220904_161942152.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - Was very tired as these days of constant stop and go to take pictures are very long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1662610974693-DWZ1UVC0QC1H4PEYBP1C/IMG_20220904_124131507.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 16 - Jasper and Banff Viewgasm - I'm going to use that as my page ender now. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek15 monthly 0.5 2022-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fad4334a-b89f-433d-8db4-f2852976b046/week15stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/059574f9-417f-4e99-8b4a-81a626fd180a/week15map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/12693096-687a-455f-8e73-0f1592919ad3/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Visiting Dinosaurs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661792988819-8HPRU11MRD6U5XVYVL4F/IMG_20220822_120202218.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - First stop: Dominion City, home of the largest Sturgeon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661792993318-2QO4R1UYLSJM317A7RXC/IMG_20220822_120301753_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Like the Squid in Newfoundland, this is a life-size replica of a real fish. It's huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793070030-JWZTL13109EX7NR13QNC/IMG_20220822_171614935.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Parked in Altona to start my ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793020512-5E4GBVKBAYM2Y2Y7C6PX/IMG_20220822_125846627.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Home of the World's Largest Painting on an Easel. It towers over everything around it, it's great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793013700-RE57W5TPKQFDIP6NA9EO/IMG_20220822_134350953.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Now we begin our long windy rectangle ride... Typical Manitoba green fields all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793018048-MSVGT7EWD07TA5DU6YTI/IMG_20220822_134528334.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - I bike faster then tractors. Superhuman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793022275-FBFEF8GWF4BYUE5EBHMG/IMG_20220822_143503587.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - City of Morden, Manibota! They scattered a few big dinosaur statues for tourists to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793029895-YQZ6UFQQ0A413AITHOIT/IMG_20220822_143709736_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This is Bruce, a lifesize replica of a large Mosasaurus skeleton that was found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793030979-FRKVGBXTU4S74FVB0H6J/IMG_20220822_144400398.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Dino museum. No time to go in. Besides I know everything about the past already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793035758-7VN7DMD74D39ZKJL7KIZ/IMG_20220822_145234752.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Archelon, another life-sized replica, this time a prehistoric turtle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793038830-AUZEDJQF0SPBV0JHW700/IMG_20220822_145459615_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Found this little guy guarding a truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793041544-MTKAJ3MBGY3WW28TVMQJ/IMG_20220822_145725151.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Life-size prehistoric fish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793045277-Q5YKP11QCMD2KY3NSV8J/IMG_20220822_145801197_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Sadly that's all of them, just three :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793044038-6UN7SZN698ZMI08UQVCJ/IMG_20220822_150300158.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Really quite a happening region as you can see. They had corn mazes too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793049254-SDZKAQLKL04TJM3FN1GR/IMG_20220822_151552192.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Stopped at gas station to get water in the heat wave and saw this ad. Couldn't say no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793046243-8KF2XAOPYW7QUJXYDLQX/IMG_20220822_150907224.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This was the last one! Needs more cheese, Nelly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793048899-G6TT5O0H7FP8GIUFDD3Z/IMG_20220822_154300847.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - I was damn tired at this point but had to stop and see what the hell is in a potato store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793052144-K47CH9QYSY52QPVN3WH5/IMG_20220822_154331578.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Sadly it wasn't just potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793054902-MFNIFKB36UJT8Y72OCO8/IMG_20220822_155831929_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - City of Winkler, where I was looking for the largest Monarch but found this arena... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793055073-2MMNY7F1Q7FJ5QGXMUOH/IMG_20220822_155909065.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - With a giant Hockey stick. Sadly not the largest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793058897-5UYAQJLQ9PE8Y5E6H5LG/IMG_20220822_160029267_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Little creepy tricycle robot hanging out in the doorway. Why did you make this, person? Why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793061238-8OBKVTMAYSRWUKEVM5Z1/IMG_20220822_160136476_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Finally found it! They kept bragging about how it weighs 500 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793061691-VH3BMPK7YP3W9LJWLJ2Y/IMG_20220822_160156252_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - 500 pounds of metal isn't that big I guess. OK I CAN LEAVE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793065574-0DJ5GJEO5BB9CV4SQENV/IMG_20220822_161803611.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Back to the wind and the green screensaver fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793067661-PJ9W1FOCBX3J3889X44W/IMG_20220822_162740898_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Had to take a pic of this cool city sign. No large plums though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793063894-9K81Q037LOZ9Z9A499MM/IMG_20220822_161757622.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Shit, plum fest. Next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793066009-OI2K3RJYWN5IK35DSSR7/IMG_20220822_161807665.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Endlessly flat and straight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793070299-MEQD14DA84LBDDDN1QOT/IMG_20220822_181457498.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Back on the road with still a lot of driving to do, due to many more large things! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793073074-5BKOX3IZJKO39FSCQIOT/IMG_20220822_181633633.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest pumpkin! 5/10 could be larger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793076382-D26FKV3Z6JWM94ZEYJNX/IMG_20220822_184858079.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest ( non-functional ) fire hydrant. There's a largest FUNCTIONAL one in the USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793082151-NZLWM4PKVR1BUGQJOE9J/IMG_20220822_191549376.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest smoking pipe in St-Claude. Maybe turn it into a vape now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661793084237-U3ZMNIJL3HKF96M1ERI1/IMG_20220822_200057482.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Final stop and where I spent the night: Portage la Prairie, home of the largest Coca-Cola can! It's huge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/560ef2bb-fa97-46d7-8fff-404593805a37/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830980105-6HQVVDGUDNYLSW91U75U/IMG_20220823_080346505.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Noticing that bagels have more calories then donuts... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830983108-7036YVKLP92NKJBKINFE/IMG_20220823_091818547_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - First stop: The Happy Rock, in Gladstone! How could you not stop to see this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830987409-EJ86S4VR9TP452VQSY7P/IMG_20220823_094617490_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest crocuses. It wasn't even labeled as "largest" on my map but there was a sign making the claim... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830991304-7NOS94LMT3DQWL6X9ZXD/IMG_20220823_100717312_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest "Purple Martin" colony. I had no idea what the hell this was from just the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830994086-WCCXGME56DSVL3XGZMZ3/IMG_20220823_100722904.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - You can't get too close but turns out it's a ton of birdhouses... Oh I know what that is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831026546-OJIR1DU9FYJS75DL4MTP/purplemartin.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - In French they are called "Black Swallows". People build these multi-level nests on their yard hoping to attract small colonies of them. Well that city wins I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831001057-7VOWCCABN84EXYO8SA86/IMG_20220823_110858898_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Viking boat in a small Swedish theme town. Swedish bakery was closed. Robbed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661830997310-6VZI0CZ5WFPY9BMWLJNH/IMG_20220823_110837387_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Me looking like a dying leukemia patient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831000717-0RO02T1TD9GQ7451ICYM/IMG_20220823_112932487_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This is where I had planned to ride that day, but it was raining hard shortly after taking this pic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831003025-C9SY0W7GV235T0YIICXN/IMG_20220823_112952940_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - I do believe this is the largest Elk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831005936-0V2LASBVIKW1UP5TXJUV/IMG_20220823_122845110.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Hah funny name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831010757-ULSHE3ZWYDK7PS4WXFG2/IMG_20220823_132806468_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Ok well this one sort of sucks. Guy built a giant swing on his yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831011039-83F759SGAU13I0YE48QV/IMG_20220823_132833289.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Then it was eventually moved to this tiny city. Can't swing on it either because lawsuits probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831012127-L8OSZS7ZMXFHZFTTX6VB/IMG_20220823_155418319.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Drove really far out of the way on this dirt road to see the next thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831014051-X04OGG8392E03ZIFKCFN/IMG_20220823_155434291.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Drove so far it wasn't raining anymore. Just that dusty arid yellow field landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831019319-4CXNP3S737X6Y9NPEBPT/IMG_20220823_162311124.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Quilly Willy, mascot of a town called Porcupine Tree. You really gotta want to see him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831024429-O8EKG5KRZN7LGWOA30YM/IMG_20220823_172621176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - So this is the largest HONEY bee, because there's a largest BEE in Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831028050-S4M0E7XYWSS2W0QEVV0R/IMG_20220823_172656196.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This town, Tisdale, is apparently the honey capital of Canada. Well the bee proves it for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/97f6a30a-eb8e-4970-8893-7690ae589833/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Prince Albert National Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831850320-561CA0RAPFJSEBLUP2DO/IMG_20220824_100825312.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Big wolf statue in Prince Albert, the city I stayed at the previous night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831848664-0NJP1GA5TIC7JTPIV270/IMG_20220824_100854501_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It's pretty far north and has a huge native population from what I could see at the Wal-Mart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831852041-FBEIPWYU723G0ZUTJ6U0/IMG_20220824_114344499.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - That's pretty much the only thing to see in the park. This lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831852251-92AXHQHL8RH3NOKV1CMH/IMG_20220824_114548205.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It has... fish in it? That's cool I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831859786-1KVQXS8H36HAQ8AK3ZUG/IMG_20220824_124947272_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - If you live in Saskatchewan, this is blowing your mind right now. A hill higher than 10m and pine trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831862362-Q8WBKYEBAVTETI1FYQLQ/IMG_20220824_125806149_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a resort town around the lake, and a huge gold course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831863996-XO5L4TC37WE1UGXXRS92/IMG_20220824_125909472.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Bear-theme children's playground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831865523-VFUOLMJAA1HL54QHO412/IMG_20220824_130008668.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It's definitely not a bike-centric area. Just a summer camp really. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831866538-8543IJ68YA5D1C1V0LLF/IMG_20220824_130240639.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Big lake at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831870651-UTB8PPWVR5YNCZSR6YM6/IMG_20220824_130905085.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Their chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831869204-8A2O80BQEZK2OWCJUCXM/IMG_20220824_154216741_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a ridiculous amount of bugs up here btw. This windshield goo is from one day of driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831871583-GKBM9Q85V2ERYH02A1VD/IMG_20220824_154223278_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Every car in the northern prairies has a bumper covered in yellow bug goop like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661831873192-Z3BQ0U6SRJILLOSM2W6T/IMG_20220824_173036102.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Perk of being back in Anytime Fitness land is I get to foam roll if I'm not too lazy. Legs really getting tight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ac2c2001-cdce-49f5-9fc0-dbae56cc3ce7/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Saskatoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832519843-435C7LSIGWW89W5TKJPF/IMG_20220825_075338017_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Witnessing a boomer circle, a typical sight of Tim Hortons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832520362-WY6QTNYOARLCMOUN7ZIQ/IMG_20220825_092038429.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This junkyard had a JunkaSaurus. Easily one of the coolest statues I've seen on the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832523616-7WJJCHATL5MYDIDEV4B2/IMG_20220825_092050173.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It's gigantic and just sitting right in front of the scrap yard as people unload trucks of junk into bins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832527252-64H9PUMMGEBHJU7KFZE7/IMG_20220825_092103474.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Look at the intricate detail and care that went into this! 10/10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832530738-7PCJQE2M8DUDCMUGYK9L/IMG_20220825_092128123_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Also have a large globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832531085-BKNPREE5UW63ZFE6FXH5/IMG_20220825_092322683_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - And these two piles of trash that Michael Bay was trying to pass off as Transformers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832536955-0XFZP2ZLLQEE76EUSXE3/IMG_20220825_094524225.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - As with all towns, there's a river snaking through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832534097-JY8HWYO13YEYY278BN18/IMG_20220825_093816050_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Some of these riverside mansions were really getting out of control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832535233-BEXSDWXJAGGKTAX95H78/IMG_20220825_093900141.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - All the larger cities have these mansion areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832539891-IPGOIHMN9TWZEIS9ZVIF/IMG_20220825_095845919.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Section of the path with the dumbest design I've seen, forcing you to make like 4 sharp turns to keep going straight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832539555-2L5VAJGO8IF7DCABXDL1/IMG_20220825_100539402.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Canada staying at the forefront of the beef tech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832542534-CU0MGZ6OG93RKG8XCY2Q/IMG_20220825_100851261.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Windmill on top of a garden center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832547585-BM784ALTFB5R8OHSHI89/IMG_20220825_101201889.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Little sad flat buffalo sitting all alone on a street corner : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832547470-WZAF2J7QLFFUX95R3I5M/IMG_20220825_103114281.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Another one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832552305-GJACZ6I67985PM4MN1UX/IMG_20220825_103205470.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Wolf howling next to a business center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832553132-WB82BRZYHVJOO4SEPKGD/IMG_20220825_105004318.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - His name is Rusty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832556739-8KIYY1A62S38KF0XLLWZ/IMG_20220825_105101763_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This dog is the Sakatoon University sport team mascot or something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832559605-KGP6FET9ISYR8VT3HDE8/IMG_20220825_105107675.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - I'm not reading that much info about a sports team, ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832560063-TXG8CI5I3D816XDM9XK1/IMG_20220825_105848302_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Under the large bridge that crosses the river downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832567797-Y3ZCZ7Y6DG64DP8YOQCF/IMG_20220825_105943442_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - From a distance I thought it was another Terry Fox statue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832565564-F49C9TQNC32XMH7FOA79/IMG_20220825_110000245.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - But it's just a generic great guy statue. Life goals right there: Get your town to build you a statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832568126-XJXMK2X4T8JGFI9KG09B/IMG_20220825_110105081.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - More river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832571934-2YMLGBUPP8QBVWW6DIOC/IMG_20220825_110347762_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a very nice bike path that follows the river and connects a bunch of parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832573838-EGTE1NZ5CXUQAIORWVMD/IMG_20220825_111007480_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Don't feed them, eat them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832577078-RXV8DQREMP1J2RDHGBWP/IMG_20220825_111158599_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Gazebo near the river. Must be a popular wedding venue? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832582694-KSVF67BOS54FXBH5K08L/IMG_20220825_111356086.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Sitting on a roundabout downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832582749-O8GRQWQXC6VX4IBWBIPQ/IMG_20220825_111937276_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Wire Tiger, again along the bike path. Bike paths are slow garbage for getting around but they're great for taking pictures of cool stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832586694-BM8VJUWN0RGACT5IQETF/IMG_20220825_113006506.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - If I lived there, I'd go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832590905-W6ZG3209NM2W2RJW4ZY2/IMG_20220825_133706138_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Onward with the driving afterwards. First stop: North BattleFord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832596415-DVSW9WD1O53KRVBE76I3/IMG_20220825_134035153_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Home of the largest Mountie! That one is safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832596417-DX2KP3KH11V7Z01799QZ/IMG_20220825_134401868_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - They have a little wire bison there as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832600866-1LLM204IS3Q8LW9YYL4R/IMG_20220825_145105732_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Then to Cut Knife, home of the largest Tomahawk! That one's real badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832604088-T4O93WUIYC6QHZCOHOV0/IMG_20220825_150737033.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This is as representative of Saskatchewan as I can get. Blue skies, flat, yellow fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832611372-0XX86FMJKXQM6BEEF4N0/IMG_20220825_160853278.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Next up: Largest Bunnock. What the hell is a Bunnock, you may ask? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832611354-VJVJL6VDH6SV0F1DS62Y/IMG_20220825_160708337.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This explains it. Enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832619224-YZ3FLFUBSD489JQ9OFZC/IMG_20220825_164326149_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Chauvin, tiny town home of the largest softball. Still no budget for a large bat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832628909-DLWQZB6IK6G0VEYRV3TK/IMG_20220825_181736549_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Loydminster: The largest Sundial. It's more just a bunch of logs in a park but I guess it counts... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832634809-DK61TP296K0UX5ND2RXE/IMG_20220825_191247915.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Dewberry: Largest Chuckwagon. I'm guessing it was used and not just a joke statue? Kind of just weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832641080-TTNRVU6QY8PELSFE7VZO/IMG_20220825_203553660.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Last one, as the sun was starting to set: The Largest Perogy! Lot of Polish/ Ukrainian heritage around Alberta apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832645875-AJ377QEEHZJYYQ4YJJRY/IMG_20220825_203702018.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This giant St-Bernard was barking at me while taking pics of the perogy. He was so mad. I win, dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661832642498-M0OX4300OCR7N6QZOKFF/IMG_20220826_071608670.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - That's the rest stop I slept at. Alberta definitely a different landscape, now with large rolling hills with views on the plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e9d51b26-f22c-4c37-b197-cd98acef3dc6/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Elk Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834431292-EIO39F7JXC129CS24LAO/IMG_20220826_080118653_BURST001.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Started the morning in Vegreville, home of the largest Pyanka. Some kind of Ukraine thing I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834436451-E4T24XO9SAC94YNPIZ8S/IMG_20220826_080348627_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - They have a very nice little park around the egg and whatnot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834434956-OVDAD1QQNNVWQCJKS49Z/IMG_20220826_082515523_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Next up: Mundare, home of the largest sausage! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834446645-EV3N0ZPBSH3VC9U5MT4R/IMG_20220826_082750351_BURST001.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Big Polish community around there bragging about their big sausages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834439638-9A52ULJGC7N8YO48FLLQ/IMG_20220826_082530804.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Also this blue bison that some students painted on. Where else were they going to put it but next to the sausage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834453564-FDYA6H07HP9ZVV7S0BBU/IMG_20220826_085537066_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Andrew: Largest Mallard! Bigger and goofier then the one from Manitoba I saw last week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834457742-4DDJGU4BQN6WQ3GJISPA/IMG_20220826_090022816_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Across the duck this badass classic car for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834463912-HIJ4A9GLO5WDR3UEANJV/IMG_20220826_094437855.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Last one: Largest Oil Derrick. Once functional, now just sitting there for tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834462510-PXJF7Z0LGJUGQ6VG3RXO/IMG_20220826_094629340.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The history of Derreck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834476366-9LI8NTLR4XRUERTOM1HF/IMG_20220826_113006302.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Starting the ride at the park. Look at how much they hype the wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834473300-D9ZM83L6V6HODM5NPKV1/IMG_20220826_111210736_BURST001.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - At the visitor center. This has fuckall to do with Elk and Bears. Please stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834473128-8A7KGTU1KE1II51KA25L/IMG_20220826_112146370.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - First went to this Ukrainian Historic village but the lady said bikes aren't allowed on site. I'll keep my 15$ I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834480397-RZQXAMXUQBYWZKJUN5NG/IMG_20220826_113318770_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Urgh a line to get into nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834478103-LBM1VGKA650D38LNEDJR/IMG_20220826_120152532.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - On a trail. Looks like we found a new loophole to install cameras in showers. "Just monitoring wildlife madam". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834480940-P55KST264DXDR76PYWWQ/IMG_20220826_120215155.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Lady at the gate said they have 30-40 black bears living in the forest. Saw zero :( She says they're afraid of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834488211-G2HPJYMBV8S003MHE8ZA/IMG_20220826_122523608_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Ah yes Alberta strength cattleguards. Bison are going nowhere, these things would break them in half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834483002-T95KPOO2T428P65ECJT1/IMG_20220826_121517590.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - All I saw is just these endless duck ponds and lakes. Sigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834489958-454TDCNG648WGOBC3W4A/IMG_20220826_122216441_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Oh yeah, sure, sure. Swarms of bison everywhere, yeah yeah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834492701-SYW16CTILEA7HZGE8UEF/IMG_20220826_123102707.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Oh look, a bison. No wait, it's a lake again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834495718-LKATJMD04SRT3ED0LQQ2/IMG_20220826_124353773_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Is this one the bison? No just a swampy lake with no beavers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834496627-19PR8YTXJGD448NY82MC/IMG_20220826_125514547.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Got a flat again from a metal needle/pin that was left on the road. Here's a horrible picture of it :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834499705-YCFSUVYVTCI0C7KZP5PA/IMG_20220826_131303775_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Was quite annoyed at changing a flat in the heat with my GP5000 tyres. They are way too tight and will shred your hands on hot days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661834499303-NFLZSQKMOKPGVZTQS22M/IMG_20220826_155025856.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Had time to eat at a pub in Edmonton. Bison burger! Bison is a prairie thing so that's why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b8c48ed-3b37-4c1e-b0ce-65902c1a84fd/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Edmonton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880117718-O8V4C1JYEKT7VXAOQTX9/IMG_20220827_071640280_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Was hearing a bunch of scratching and pecking on the car when I woke up that morning, thought seagulls were dancing on the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880118620-T9WSLIHMIM6A4VPM2IHP/IMG_20220827_071435542.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Turns out it was half a dozen magpies eating the crushed bugs on my front bumper! They're all over the parking lot doing the same thing with other cars. Recycling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876503729-1WIESMT7BDX3MV8TYRPB/IMG_20220827_140559650_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The World's Largest Badminton racket. Almost missed it. A little underwhelming... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876499025-2V0UFSLL2ZUXA416NCLD/IMG_20220827_141153121_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Passed through the St Albert's farmer's market that was going on. So many stalls. So much beef jerky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876504745-7D35HYUS7UGX048S7OKV/IMG_20220827_142329490_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Some wheat stalks made out of ...ducks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876516536-5T0IPDBI1CESXLBX7BTJ/IMG_20220827_145447081.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest boot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876517879-R9H1RCHSHRFLFLHYSWED/IMG_20220827_145457470_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Oh wait no, THIS is the largest boot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876514234-M2HRE199826ZED76Q4FM/IMG_20220827_145424155_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest boot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876510125-WG5DE5SXK272MMDZO2AR/IMG_20220827_145415781_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Right over. There. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876508192-1Q0F45ADC2ZQDL78OKR4/IMG_20220827_145237066_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - World's Largest Boot, at a biker store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876519203-D1AFZG64FZJ1S7ZIF6RN/IMG_20220827_151302345_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Your typical river + city view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876519841-SX1S957PNXEBYK1M9QJS/IMG_20220827_152833975_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Edmonton really looks like a rough place to live honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876523035-R6XLAOZEXEMKR4R0ZJJO/IMG_20220827_153537233_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Large Stanley cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876529264-S26PU0Y39T6AX7SLSULM/IMG_20220827_153628236_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Imagine the size of the team you need to win one this large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876529042-ASG0WYRG8XYQXGV5MZ1T/IMG_20220827_155015644_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Was tricked onto the bike path. It goes up and down along the river's edge and you get semi-nature views like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876532336-4L20JEN1OMK6NTKYO3DS/IMG_20220827_160414494_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's like 10 bridges crossing the North Saskatchewan River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876534370-S7SLXKWGU7EHGC2S9KAC/IMG_20220827_160503369_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Went pretty far outside the city in the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876536277-3RTKWUGOD03PYW6MWLTK/IMG_20220827_164346499_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Ended my ride close to the Edmonton West Mall! Formely the world's largest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661876534497-0RHB5MAGO0YU5RWEA8O5/IMG_20220827_164239726_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Now not even in the top 10 :( But what's inside? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877725730-2FEXXQ8E6CR0WDL4GYZZ/IMG_20220827_112037593.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The mall has two levels and lots of very cool things. Of course half of the stores are just generic clothing stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877672111-P2MI98TK25P2FYRJK156/IMG_20220827_101351341.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Almost 60 year old Port at the liquor store :O https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877683833-B7N795SVAXDLAW0KGX2F/IMG_20220827_102113664.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - First store I went into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877679180-B6WRNARY5SDYULYPFCJ6/IMG_20220827_101811830.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Really cramped and just full of collectibles of all sorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877680694-BAG42QAU470YZ08MA6SE/IMG_20220827_101821746_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Buy literal money that's worth more money then money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877673535-468JIWDO207SJ7WGG7G0/IMG_20220827_101658975.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - "No you don't understand babe, these are investments!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877677615-4QUGUY12Z4PE5WPVDG49/IMG_20220827_101731819.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - More "investments" here. Store full of investments for single men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877681062-SGMV3VA6HPMPO7AM5P0B/IMG_20220827_101948209.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - They really have everything in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877685106-X9PTIDLZL3K90HIR8P9K/IMG_20220827_102138912.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Next: Lego store! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877765619-9DS4KL7JW4W1XAPI929Y/IMG_20220827_114954141.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - They decorated it with several large sculpture of Lego made out of Lego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877768151-VIZUP3YRLRCVHCE6K0G8/IMG_20220827_114957330.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Kickass helicopter on the 2nd level of the Lego store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877690997-15WK7CJ5LV7QA8NOMTVF/IMG_20220827_102442172.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Even a life-sized version of their Lego lambo model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877687160-S7REF7TNVESQRBD13X4C/IMG_20220827_102321946.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Just over 1000$? Worth it. Remember: This is an investment, not a really cumbersome decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877688176-SVN34B8DNV53QR2BK066/IMG_20220827_102353438.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The store had tons of the largest Lego models produced. I'd have killed for this as a kid. Many with nearly 10 000 bricks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877689949-KKBQLY3GWTR49T31YJFC/IMG_20220827_102429122.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Gah why didn't you make this in the 90s, before they ruined Star Wars? My dad would totally have spend 1000$ on one Lego set for Christmas... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877693807-SX2A7Q2L2HNH65RLN4XC/IMG_20220827_102729520_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a huge marine park with a pirate ship in the center of the mall. It's quite a sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877778907-G9FQEE43OGN7J7QI1140/IMG_20220827_115739967_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It was fun to walk around and stumble on new random things like this all morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877754217-RV988EKX4LLD70Q2D4C8/IMG_20220827_114411396_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - You can go under there and explore a marine museum/cave with tons of aquariums and fish. Costs money though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877755914-JOMRRQ8LL1O5EQ13ZAEB/IMG_20220827_114457943_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It smells like cinnabon there too, instead of sweaty pirates and seaweed. What an age we live in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877748023-E7B7T6JEQ8LFPN3UI1J6/IMG_20220827_114407441_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - You can rent little swan paddle boats and go around the ship as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877694525-Y82AMJ1F37LZJURNREZJ/IMG_20220827_102934806.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Another of the cooler stores. A mancave garbage store! It's got everything a woman thinks a man would love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877698168-U9TN8PJICK9FVQH51N1N/IMG_20220827_103117558.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Pretty accurate for the most part. Muskets for home defense are a must in these uncertain times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877699823-8NF7X3S8I1WI3YIOF8N1/IMG_20220827_103145662_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - In-your-face versions of the same sugary stuff everyone else sells. Hell yeah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877702250-Z8Z1Q33MW1KM49GIH69S/IMG_20220827_103406990.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Place to get an old timey western photo taken of you and your family ( if you had one ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877702940-UKTNV74PB26PQDX1C9WN/IMG_20220827_103617913.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Luxury car raffle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877704745-HCV7CWKYSLKH9FVRA4KH/IMG_20220827_103845035.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a few of these "cute Japanese things" stores in the mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877705572-33Z1G88EHILWYMLPX7IR/IMG_20220827_104035033_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Oh yeah and a full-sized skating rink of course. There was even a hockey game going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877707459-QG469HTHHVDSMXK64VQQ/IMG_20220827_104500065.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Black light minigolf, always a must. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877708496-1DTYHJ7NKRBOX7L26IKV/IMG_20220827_104847993.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - One of several candy stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877709479-RJT7SMMGU8YP3JHXIPRO/IMG_20220827_105020634.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Yes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877711624-IW8WDNAVYFWYU8258DKZ/IMG_20220827_105041856.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Possibly unsanitary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877712614-TW1RQ8P5IJ4EAEG6SGY8/IMG_20220827_105131486.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - They have a goofy packaging version of regular candy for everyone in there. Hey it works, I'll buy anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877716042-SP85XUAXN6RO9I0DMMY7/IMG_20220827_105247826.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a big play park for your kid's bday parties. Had some rides as well, like a little roller coaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877716265-UK3F9LO4JWE2I12XHW0L/IMG_20220827_105457899.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Seemed to be a Japanese import store for electronics and plush dolls. What goes on in Japan exactly? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877718687-LHMUYCOVMT8RLEIOY1US/IMG_20220827_110135484.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - A cool Right Whale sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877718755-TMQN7CONM0X1ZE773C2L/IMG_20220827_110251722.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - A dollar store "and more"?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661879407542-2H6R0X57NFERZAEDUBLW/fixed.JPG Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Here, let me fix that for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877722685-F75L98PYOJ66J5CKFQOO/IMG_20220827_110421714.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - A "kitch stuff for grandmas and cat lady" store in there. The female version of the "These are investments, babe" store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877722539-GHXACTPEHSKK63V2N7BY/IMG_20220827_110656806.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Imported British food store! Got some Marmite chips. Not they are not good, but they are different! Still a win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877728486-JDQWL3IJ16LSZQSE2JU3/IMG_20220827_112146259.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Casino! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877729917-CE41OBLL6MWRIH5SOSIS/IMG_20220827_112346099.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's a fancy wing with some upper scale stores, like this Rolex one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877733865-E9BIWP46PRDF6SCXA295/IMG_20220827_112515823.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Mall is so big it has its own Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877735125-R63CPBNR6L6BIPN69C59/IMG_20220827_112456728.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - With 19th century "Ching" vases. They are very cool and detailed up front though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877736881-DUHBKMI2MODHRUARORD1/IMG_20220827_112601722.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Oh yeh, a legit Asian market! Has that familiar freezer burn fish smell. That means quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877740537-X31T0EX1OUN6O4RLS9V3/IMG_20220827_112815946_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Why are you like this, asia? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877740661-9I6SH8RV4K8QOEPLCBTJ/IMG_20220827_113240270.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - When they hear about the New World Order "You'll eat bugs" conspiracies, people here just go "Nice, an upgrade!". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877743381-8ZQZLQ3IXA36Y4WMR4JS/IMG_20220827_113348198.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Live fish and seafood area. Always a must. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877743421-OV2KIJ2IM4KL6UDUPV4U/IMG_20220827_113458242.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - What on earth are these made-up fruits? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877747816-8AFIXBK33RX0G5VVENUU/IMG_20220827_113737246.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's always a huge section of Asian cookies/candy. Matcha Oreos! And peach! Too bad I'm so fat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877758015-XCYJODNU2OM9W4XLRWVW/IMG_20220827_114633934_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - A sort of Old Europe wing of the mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877763539-YI6IN3JY7VD1YBYL4OUB/IMG_20220827_114654075.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Another minigolf course, this one of the "Big Goofy Sculptures" variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877765495-H2QZP7L13DHC0UNNXJ5V/IMG_20220827_114806775_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877768677-BASXJTK5FXE6VWKMI3ZI/IMG_20220827_115053627.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - There's even a legit shooting range in here! Seems to be in a different building though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877771550-9EXFN53TNSQVUWYPNQYX/IMG_20220827_115308060.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Gargoyles watching over the mall from the Cineplex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877772003-G8LD7XD3KUL4L33RMHTA/IMG_20220827_115643829_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - A perfume store? No that's too specific, stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877773735-85WYMZYIU0L4HT3K17PU/IMG_20220827_115651922.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - These are "Persian Size" bottles. Like a gallon each. You physically can't ever run out of this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877774704-IFK1ZHHFTWZZI07OAPX6/IMG_20220827_115709743_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - One of like 10 toy /gaming /hobby stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877782884-HMPEADGHG6FWMA4OXCPR/IMG_20220827_120114038.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Probably the big attraction: The huge indoor waterpark. Must be PACKED in the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877778800-PVBQOFUHKRTJGFR33ACA/IMG_20220827_120109031.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - This is a huge wave pool. This place is badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877782599-7QMG0J35OV9JBG9NK5LD/IMG_20220827_120231940.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Sometimes you don't need to sell any actual product, just have a cool name and then go bankrupt a few months later. Ride the wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877785830-WRDD59NFSM19ODEMZ5UI/IMG_20220827_121740036.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Go-Kart track! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877798920-HFNHR6LN0DADB6OFB44L/IMG_20220827_122807098.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Had some kind of zoo/ pet store area too? It's not a lazy people store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661877801722-EY64SZT3J2P5IPOSQCGG/IMG_20220827_130408580.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Just eat more fiber, Canada. It doesn't have to be this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5f50c4b2-e847-4f00-9a14-29b0d4e23c52/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Make it stand out Into the North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880499104-CONSS109Q8EYE006NG20/IMG_20220828_090602190.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest Dragonfly, in Wabamun lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880514633-DR6UTKC95QBR2ALAJP01/IMG_20220828_104022536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Largest "Tractor" Weather Vane, an hour north of Edmonton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880521981-Z6OCOMZKCC4XRTXIG593/IMG_20220828_104145060.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - At this tractor museum. All these tiny towns with their "museums" are just too lazy to clear out old rusting relics aren't they? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880505610-GQG0Y2R6V2XPU419KG88/IMG_20220828_103902402_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - These ones you get for free. Tractors used to be pretty fanciful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880531284-DRQN2V2EWWMZ64I5BV3M/IMG_20220828_140810280.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Then a 3 hour drive north to Slave Lake, for the largest Walleye! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880544799-4FFBVF606RNAY7FNXLOZ/IMG_20220828_152425045_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Further north still, the actual largest bee. It's just made out of mesh, this one sort of half counts honestly. Fill it with with foam for next time guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880547946-BZM3GT8GC8U6SDSRI2B6/IMG_20220828_164910321.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Another "museum". Was really windy and chilly at this point. Had that "You're the last person on earth and about to die" vibe here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880553303-KBIYVNAPFR6N699EE0QX/IMG_20220828_183134237.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The point of this "ride" and detour for today: The Largest Railroad spike, in Hine's Creek! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880554019-ECHIS8JS4H34V8RCMKK2/IMG_20220828_183109380_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - It's a solid 4 hours north of Edmonton, very far out of my way. Worth...? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880555817-UQUPIYW5OZZ7R21RFY9W/IMG_20220828_183138003.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - I couldn't imagine living in a place like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880560183-6C15EPY7PGFP117OU9KN/IMG_20220828_185510443_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - The area is still mostly flat farmlands and ranches, but I'm getting much closer to the mountains now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880562271-2TCXGP00JZLRE8E29J9E/IMG_20220828_185756058.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Was treated to a double rainbow! Little patches of rain were going on/off in the region all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880564257-HN5AQDRPAWILVV91096F/IMG_20220828_190133261.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Look at this boy. He's beautiful. Started walking towards me as I got close to the fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661880565561-JRBBTBI4UG15A613LV5S/IMG_20220828_192322880.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 15 - Prairies: So Many Statues - Very Alberta thing right here. There's oil pumps all over the place in the most random areas. Suck that sweet go juice. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek14 monthly 0.5 2022-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2d6c60ed-4af2-43f8-83a5-9569ba12349b/week14stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/37ade15f-abe6-4dc2-97a4-42be6f6422ea/week14map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9d504b85-f7cf-4efa-bfa6-7c25376849b0/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Social Fast Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128778615-I8A1C4R0DSQK63BXGCER/IMG_20220815_114246180_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Left to Right: Francis, Nikolas and Phil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128778073-1R5FIYSVS32DVS2LKM3A/IMG_20220815_114256619_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Francis used to be a bodybuilder. Challenging transition towards cycling, let's just say. But he's getting strong already! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128793526-2C4PHDA31KAQJUM8E8BV/IMG_20220815_121512622.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Along the lake towards Wakefield. Guys it's nice sometimes when you stop and look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128827212-CBZFC1U5AZ9WRDMGBYKI/IMG_20220815_135934263_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Top of Huron Lookout. Well basically the same as Champlain lookout... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128853263-UE2WA4RUI0G87X9TEUPX/IMG_20220815_153139424.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Nik brought me a Tupla bar from his recent trip to Finland! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661128879877-2XO2BNEURSNUXHJA04LW/IMG_20220815_153217689.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - They were offended that I said it's just a Mars bar ripoff. I don't eat enough Tuplas and Mars to tell the difference sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/be9114fa-5ed4-4fc7-b257-6643792ae72e/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out North Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179317995-H3R5I1CUGBYR9V7HRCLD/IMG_20220816_111558854.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Noah's Ark, in Cobden, Ontario. I think it's some kind of hotel? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179331345-UT4TMH3NUALE989K0154/IMG_20220816_112958786_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Stopped at Dollarama and noticed inflation going out of control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179341752-P8SX0CYCT3Z8CZH3QC29/IMG_20220816_114059594_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - That sweet dollar store 50% wax chocolate. Inflate away, Dollarama! Diner plate size next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179505240-KQWB5K6KGT0UE997N7QJ/IMG_20220816_151117021_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I believe this town has a military base. Either way, they have this cool plane from the 50s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179377986-QQ1HBXZFO29GH41YYSXP/IMG_20220816_145850377_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Town beach/marina/boardwalk. Very nice one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179358841-1GYA0IXSNR6GM9LX21UK/IMG_20220816_145930316.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Ontario really has so many of these large sandy beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179399747-468PJH42D72RHWC8XRI3/IMG_20220816_150059207.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Lake Nipissing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179403727-OPO7RVZGZSTRFS47SYDS/IMG_20220816_150138393.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Just looking nice on a clear day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179430525-GUA3FXBM0EHBYVZ0OOQL/IMG_20220816_150148880.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Lot of boomer activities you can do in the water. Sit on your ass and enjoy the cool lake breeze, then reward yourself with beers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179438000-YWIKVH0NTM2L4TLAYZR0/IMG_20220816_150250031.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Ducks feasting on bottom goop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179459911-GYIO770GQ39FWRWO442N/IMG_20220816_150614194.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - They had a little carnival area with this historical merry-go-round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179465866-FSXGL9CXFOQK9NQL0PVD/IMG_20220816_150632363.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Still operational and everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179495800-U92U7NFIY4IJ4H4YH5UG/IMG_20220816_151418174.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Passed by this sad bear on a mini putt course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179525193-NAKUO92TQRH509SEESGG/IMG_20220816_154355947.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Oooooooooohhhh... Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179881326-R3DTDRHKZDOYWEUDYSV7/bob.JPG Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - All I can think of seeing all these tiny islands on these large Ontario lakes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179536229-JMT3RE38MJ5T813EPJ6H/IMG_20220816_154915137_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Hehehe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179556766-P9S6DX131YJKHVPD1YJW/IMG_20220816_155035773_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Not the greatest lookout, gonna be honest. But Ontario is flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179566153-XEYAZ567BA6NH2MLTER6/IMG_20220816_165707437.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - This is "fall of the Roman Empire" decadence phase stuff right here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179586709-H5HRKFOGSXCPH7XS5V84/IMG_20220816_195240082_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - After the ride I drove to Sudbury, to the Giant Nickel, which I had previously missed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179586018-GKTWCHVL246320M004WN/IMG_20220816_195929985_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It's worth the detour. Very large and on top of a mine/quarry with a great view. You have to pay for parking during certain hours though... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179599102-E26PKZCDUE173C62XNX2/IMG_20220816_200858366.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Sun sets on the coin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661179597842-CVE0JZLZBFDFZDXR09LR/IMG_20220816_203310856_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - My attempt to take a sunset picture while driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/96d91897-7f43-4940-897c-15ca488c376b/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Fort St-Joseph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562266988-Q7U0RQCZ2B52D19S7HE2/IMG_20220817_092454109_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Northern Ontario's Biggest Muskoka Chair. I guess. At least now I know what those endless amounts of uncomfortable wooden chairs are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562269448-0E1EZ520HJ5L3HVKH4NV/IMG_20220817_100910928_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - On the drive there a deer ran into the back of my SUV as fast as he could and tumbled all the way to the other side of the highway. He seemed fine... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562274050-ZVF5IGJX144K3E49GPKG/IMG_20220817_101156741_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Parked at a cute little bakery. Look, the bear is eating cookies. Look at him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562275273-ZB5NHF0OK1IFZMP2V09F/IMG_20220817_101617328.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Got a bear-shaped sugar cookie to start my day off on the right side. Need that vitamin B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562276902-6TSVPK6EB4EGVE9SPXHR/IMG_20220817_103405615.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Biked to the bridge for some views of the mainland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562279581-KSIVG9DWHU4WSQRWM9GB/IMG_20220817_103515788.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The feature of this area seemed to be lots of tiny islands stuck on giant lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562279605-DBC23WGHDB8QNXGCU2DA/IMG_20220817_103543551.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Oh and it's Amish country apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562282381-3LHPTLV5A8EMI8UFWV80/IMG_20220817_105313190.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Little harbor town called Richard's Landing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562287386-G6KT24WAHC2MUINTBCKZ/IMG_20220817_105426541.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - War memorial. They are all over Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562285398-XVYHKP1WQDMFB3QRXYSU/IMG_20220817_105625334.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Yeah I didn't go in there. Do they sell Moose sweat? Sweatpants for moose? Sweatpants made out of moose? No one knows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562289467-PZRB0AVHWIAM93JQTB8K/IMG_20220817_110921015.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Sometimes I just stop for 2 minutes to enjoy the lake, thinking how it would be nice to veg there all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562296488-Z2XLF1JQ1Z5DC617MUW1/IMG_20220817_113823713.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Oh, yeah, the entire god damned island was packed gravel because they just stripped the pavement away that year. Strava can be forgiven... this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562312410-M0TR86NDZ2X06WC0T0SA/IMG_20220817_130314352.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Halfway in was Fort St-Joseph. I had no idea what it was or that it even existed before stating this ride... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562292497-NUO20LFJYARE58OO0JWT/IMG_20220817_122759911_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Turns out you need to pay to visit the site. They lent me moccasins because you aren't allowed to bike on their paths... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562295701-AVVD2O7CX5ZYP2FNDJZP/IMG_20220817_123035105.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - There's a little museum about life in the fur trade days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562298289-LEGL96AZ2QGJ2OR8IXSE/IMG_20220817_123043098.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - These forts were constructed to protect the trade routes through the lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562301706-6YG9O7TP5YOBR195O6Q7/IMG_20220817_123528149.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Working there looked like the most chill job of all time btw. Wear moccasins and sleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562302222-TYEBGVZODKIWZ6RGFSDI/IMG_20220817_124134335.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The ruins of the fort are behind the museum at the end of a little trail in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562303946-94BI3IF3017SFFNWSEER/IMG_20220817_124202269.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - They always pick the most scenic spots for these ruins, so I try to stop when I see them announced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562306018-3NHO492VLXA2HU2D6JO0/IMG_20220817_124324052.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Multiple info panels telling you how much life sucked back then. I KNOW, I KNOW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562309876-N08WY5USM5T5TC64H3YY/IMG_20220817_124825974.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Berries on the path. Hm. Look so plump... so juicy.... maybe just... one...? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562311830-69GFUX7PNVDBOL0USZT0/IMG_20220817_130121748.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It's a funny name https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562319686-IUQUXGY97UXWWUD52BAI/IMG_20220817_140037187.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The sign doesn't like. Solid 80km of gravel. Didn't flat somehow. That's amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562322153-806YVGMIM1H9O7UIK4EZ/IMG_20220817_141857266.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Creepy road sculptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562323725-FR59NGLLFDMBTR2AWQHQ/IMG_20220817_150414794_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Back at the bakery I got myself this bacon-covered brownie. Whatever happened to bacon after the early 2000s? Why did we abandon that fad? Bring it back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562324404-2WVADYLNB2Z8YN1X13XN/IMG_20220817_170500163_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Back on the road. The drive from here to Wawa is one of the most beautiful in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562326011-9AMIVFOR8I4T7P9G8X36/IMG_20220817_170517866_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I took better pictures on the way out but here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562328020-USA4GFE6USYM0MZJ8NKN/IMG_20220817_172739755.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Stopped at a little Indian craft road stop thing. So many of these of varying sizes and quality in Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562333604-AMBO8XEK57T540CU5EQP/IMG_20220817_172804002.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Chubby bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661562332769-G6WZ3Y3T0EXMXSU51D03/IMG_20220817_172938586.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The first ingredient was pork, so I didn't buy them. YOU ALMOST GOT ME. If you're going to make this, just make it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/97549c9e-f9da-43e9-b9f9-6b50d45fc500/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Kakabeka Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563523314-WW12CBNDI61FUKH3LQKL/IMG_20220818_075348520_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Spent the night in Nipigon, hoping to see the "biggest trout" statue in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563523114-O7WERQXZIFATQSI8BRNY/IMG_20220818_075531481_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - At the rest stop there's this big lookout staircase thing with a great view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563525155-USOYANNT9T6NJA9XFI2K/IMG_20220818_075539411_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - You can see my car and where I slept! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563524955-FX4ZWT80E1TF8JMOATXD/IMG_20220818_075547037_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Bridge to cross into the city. They really did that rest stop right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563528237-EZEM1EV57Q161NSW293I/IMG_20220818_080704696_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Sadly the fish statue was removed/destroyed. So here's a totem instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563531448-2OFKE0PPZLMYUK3GYHFU/IMG_20220818_080843781.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Activist bear chaining himself to the totem so loggers can't cut it down. Get a job hippie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563531469-BNAREZ5BNSYV1BO6QMPU/IMG_20220818_100054628.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I like these signs that explain basic economics to people. No dipshits you aren't "stealing from Wal-Mart" you're stealing from everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563534071-F72ZTF4KYW3JQFWFXM3P/IMG_20220818_120649818_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Mount McKay. Didn't even see this the first time around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563536698-Q3TDAYF9CM5N7ECT6P7Z/IMG_20220818_120653546_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It's across the river on the south side and it's pretty large and iconic, bumping Thunder Bay out of the "dump city" category for bike tourism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563537164-BX4C26R1HMP17GW1YQPZ/IMG_20220818_120839191_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Gas prices steadily dropping now, finally. Thank Christ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563538300-IUFE2A9YOEW7DTLLXY7P/IMG_20220818_123225986.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Great view. Unfortunately the mountain was "closed because of a conference". You read that correctly lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563538849-RY4UH7O3J61Y50QZNYLU/IMG_20220818_125415633.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Fort William Historic Park. *Jurassic Park Music Intensifies* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563544946-KY6C29LX8JMMLK18XWON/IMG_20220818_125533121_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I didn't go inside this time. Mainly due to the threat of storms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563541662-NTP93SIBLWDYOOCZ12U6/IMG_20220818_125748061.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Lake at Fort Williams park. Seems like just a nice chill place to walk your dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563548341-351GE8VN6NOTD6KGMDXY/IMG_20220818_133057956.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - My one regret on my death bed will be not going there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563551112-W5MGQSP2ZVKK23QGWT1P/IMG_20220818_134717837.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Revenge fish for now seeing the destroyed fish statue in Nipigon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563563492-X7PJCAEW3F67EA33973E/IMG_20220818_140859921.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563552371-4ZCS9UZZ77JB83BDLN8O/IMG_20220818_135722856_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Kakabeka falls. They're pretty good! Worth the detour and right off the road, no big hikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563555654-QZ771MYDN7SB95EP2MCJ/IMG_20220818_135820751_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Tons of tourists taking selfies as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563558720-A1BBFR7JCN6PY4DQG2JE/IMG_20220818_135953490_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Bunch of losers, really. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563559574-B8X5X3OGWJSIRPWZ14QD/IMG_20220818_140021680.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The day was so nice, how could it rain? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563562892-JOS3BGLDJ83XC3XQNWH6/IMG_20220818_140338556_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Shot of the falls from across the bridge. That's right, you get two sides for the price of one at these falls. Take that, Niagara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563564242-TA8983S8E16PJ5W22R3T/IMG_20220818_145922456.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - And on the way back I got absolutely hammered by a flash storm. It lasted an hour but the city had puddles 4-5 inches deep in some places... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661563565799-I2FX18Y96ZQBO6FFRM2G/IMG_20220818_154141213.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Seen at a health clinic. I assume it's donations for the hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b7192162-3c98-45c6-8bc9-5c2e4873eb51/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Mount McKay Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565221877-KENF61XA9UUA3I3L4PBV/IMG_20220819_132704952.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Mount McKay in the morning fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565221994-PV9TRMF6GVSMFCXQWX9I/IMG_20220819_132758386.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Cool little bridge that goes to a pointless island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565224181-VVF3L91DVT6TUDR7JHVI/IMG_20220819_132856458.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Literally the bridge is more interesting than the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565224740-D2TX6Q7QPNSWL6TX05MZ/IMG_20220819_134359339.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Thunder Bay is a big railroad hub/city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565226814-B8KAWMT7SB7YRZLY5VQX/IMG_20220819_135320610.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It had the first railroad spike in Canada! I'm not sure what that means because there were railways before 1875... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565236304-OGGS9R459H8V8H086I5V/IMG_20220819_135342918.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Either way, yep, there seems to be some vestiges of an old railroad there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565231383-2CGWYM249RB9AYL2EAXC/IMG_20220819_135402027.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I found your sticker, mister comedian! I CLAIM MY PRIZE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565239225-DTHRCAAMMDVD77SN3SIF/IMG_20220819_140405110_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The mountain is on an Indian reserve, so it's not racist. Phew! So much hatred averted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565239163-K0XZ7C9NGOKU5CFBEL1V/IMG_20220819_140848012.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Thought this little guy was alive but...yeah... I try not to take pictures of road kill. You'd see... a lot of animals... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565241581-H8L9HGAWHFH6AH4IBTU2/IMG_20220819_142323117.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The road doesn't make it all the way to the top, unfortunately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565244666-T4LVJ7CL1CA5GFLDNIZX/IMG_20220819_143212356_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - There's a ThunderDome there though. Two enter, one leaves. That's how politics used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565242040-2HF04MVOK79JRTDPYI1J/IMG_20220819_142309631.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - View of the city from the lookout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565242936-1VMJ3E9EDCFAXXMV2CXL/IMG_20220819_143109485.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565244993-HWXXHE30WE4FRR38J4EP/IMG_20220819_143252284_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Those big mountains in the back are called "The Sleeping Giants". Apparently the highest in the region? Still not very high ( 200-300m?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565251134-HL0NO0TRRTCS3KHMBOIA/IMG_20220819_151408992_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Back to town for some tourism attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565250385-JBRY4EGT95XI6V37S17K/IMG_20220819_151432349_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Pretty dope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565252147-AHJGV3ZPGC6B6Z0IWZOT/IMG_20220819_151932746_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Wait I've already been here. Nevermind, back to Wal-Mart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565254441-L4PLHJI3S7NAILUMLLH6/IMG_20220819_201141364_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - 4.5 hours laters, in Vermilion Bay, there's this hilarious BigFoot on the side of the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661565253229-WAXDV5ZEDDGBB1KJSI3O/IMG_20220819_201057201_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Anatomically correct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5425f53c-8214-4528-99e8-10210fe6158f/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Whiteshell Park and Seven Sisters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566616193-CO28FVMHLAFDLUQMUWN9/IMG_20220820_092758834.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Park entrance. With a sign that cool, this place must be AMAZING! Right?... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566624131-1VVOZ7OAB4MADGG67MW5/IMG_20220820_093343867.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Oh cool, what's next? A seagull sanctuary? A Pidgeon preserve? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566618188-DWAL5U32W8BOMYX3UMY9/IMG_20220820_093143641_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It's just a small center that overlooks a duck pond/marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566618551-C3Z7PW5RM7T73B5OYXAQ/IMG_20220820_093205071.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - No ducks/geese today. Geese are out shitting literally everywhere else in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566622760-6SPY7FMILXX6ZWM4B713/IMG_20220820_100648109_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Lot of these remote parks have bible camps... Hmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566625151-824YO0XT53NXAARENFS3/IMG_20220820_101729704.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Then just your standard Canadian lakes all over the place. Gotta say I'm getting a little sick of lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566626877-VMZFUNFP7GX3OC7AZ01D/IMG_20220820_101738391_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - That's a nice one though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566630822-I53ZVRT1XO3VL3A52IH9/IMG_20220820_102702533.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Cool little damn over a lake connector river. If you look at a map you'll see this area is just endless lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566631039-P9BHV31NRZVEVWUBTTD0/IMG_20220820_105653213_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Yeah....hike to the... little rock piles... you're reaching guys, you're reaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566632589-QHVV9T4M0N0I9EAQSTC8/IMG_20220820_112527366.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Stopped by a little town that was having a car show! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566633143-NZPBKQ11AIDWVPMPN021/IMG_20220820_112612846.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Starting to dig these pink cars since they're so rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566636864-3FXF10GJH32GLK9T14MZ/IMG_20220820_112837180.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - These Northern lakes no longer have sandy beaches like Ontario. Just swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566640203-XE5UZUZQKV0SYMVDQ6SZ/IMG_20220820_115652813.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Finally found where they exile all those kids with your pocket change! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566640693-TIEL9YV5UNBIA0FACA4U/IMG_20220820_122409197.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Accidentally made my route come across the Seven Sisters damn. Thank God because I was getting tired and there was nothing to see in this area but lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566643208-DMIF648RAXETA2JPEGKA/IMG_20220820_122623781_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Very cool damn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566648431-B0T2L8Q3DTWK74UHYSCI/IMG_20220820_122635877_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Worth a selfie and a pause eating my almond butter sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566647723-FRDBJQ8EGKMUXNSD2I8P/IMG_20220820_122640408_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Have one more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566650244-RTMCAAGBGWR5XWQOUBHB/IMG_20220820_122801849.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - The lake side of the damn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566660968-W52KJ8XJ4FSJF7TWYZOV/IMG_20220820_123011269.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Went across the damn to a little dirt road where I disturbed a little swarm of frogs that all jumped away at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566659866-TI2QGDI8CCZ0HH6PTBXN/IMG_20220820_123045297_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Hihi look at em. Too scared to move. Precious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566664900-9WN928LW21KL35HQFTS2/IMG_20220820_123702234_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Started to take a picture of every bear related thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566664924-X8SU90BHHFGFH7XAVAHY/IMG_20220820_132015034.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Some "museum". I was just cooked at this point. Out of water, heat waved and tired as hell. 20km to go... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566669159-UEUJFAU6GXJXVEB78Q2N/IMG_20220820_132432663.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Outside the park you get the rural Manitoba look, which consists of endless flat green fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566668387-GR3UAJ1ESJTHCUDBKKSX/IMG_20220820_143203678.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Finally an honest town sign. Nothing about discovery / nature / potential. Love it. 10/10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566670537-R1BXR5Q26G38L1E0AZWC/IMG_20220820_163339401.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Back to driving. This is Chuck the Channel Cat, in Selkirk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566671278-IRAWAW0T13CEF4G08FRK/IMG_20220820_163405910_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Kind of a disco look. I'd eat at this restaurant if I had time. Build a big statue and I will go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566674436-O4KL5XWEKYO3QDPDJR3V/IMG_20220820_172059294.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - North of Winnipeg you can see this big Mallard, in Petersfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661566676376-3MBFOU1Q3J559FX3OQAV/IMG_20220820_172249956.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - It's actually not the largest one. Somehow. There's one in Alberta that's bigger. That's gotta sting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d8d7ba3f-47df-4c8e-9b82-9e08c1bfd242/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Make it stand out Tour of Winnipeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567698557-GV50U314TMFM4RW29UDG/IMG_20220821_150113674.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - First bear of the day. How can this restaurant be bad? Impossible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567697018-POUPM609JM484CATUZSO/IMG_20220821_150346567.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Neat bridge crossing the river into town. Yeah every large city has a river in the prairies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567699770-BTSSPMFX7NKZ7TL1298S/IMG_20220821_150631381.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Expensive looking pink jeep in the touristy part of town called "The Forks". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567702552-6W5PFZJJSLEOB7U2LLNW/IMG_20220821_151631907.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - I have on idea what that building was. It's cool though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567706208-5U5YROTPRKBZC4JQXOXD/IMG_20220821_151712609.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Behind the sign, next to a little skating park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567706255-DA4U8EXZBGWEF9IN40JM/IMG_20220821_151852430.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - One of the statues at The Forks. It's about reconciliation or working together or some BS. Yeah nothing solves ancestral feuds like reminding people of them forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567711413-RFSKNZN965ZQXTMHUIJB/IMG_20220821_152521047.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Met this badass guy complimenting my bike. Still bodybuilding and kicking ass in his 60s. Chad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567709322-UCJCNLXYEYON9PWIRTPC/IMG_20220821_154300743.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Should have crossed that bridge as it looks like it went to the nice part of town. Instead I kept rolling through the industrial ghetto... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567713129-X6O9BKP5J33DCI2QQUHK/IMG_20220821_154426579_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Restaurant in the middle of the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567715380-I370G5AOX1YTOQ8D5XAC/IMG_20220821_165247445.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Just found one more bear. Fancy Bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567720285-0QEPGWJM8B228LMOY9FU/IMG_20220821_165317317_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Need a selfie stick. Oh no, what did I just say? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567717895-V1ELE8AJGGP88NGEB31B/IMG_20220821_172124838.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Finally got back into Anytime Fitness territory. No more sponge showers if I can help it. My FOB finally works too, so I can go actually ANY time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661567722549-SU2FVKBU22GDTESF925P/IMG_20220821_181224911_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario - Honey Dill is a Manitoba thing, apparently. It's mayonaise + honey + dill. Very gross. Saskatoon berries taste like blueberries. More of a general prairies fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661568242973-ETLOU0ZBPJEEMNK49JQ1/IMG_20220821_104306788.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661568243047-P9JY8JDDVZDC3JV9EVYH/IMG_20220821_111913387.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1661568246982-TU8HXD9I5B0E1R50LFM6/IMG_20220821_112553020.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 14 - Lightspeed through Ontario https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek13 monthly 0.5 2022-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/391b1abc-a28c-4c37-bcab-78761633e6b1/week13stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/929e6c6e-2f09-4248-9600-bbd3e633eada/week13map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3d450287-4211-43e7-adf0-4b8e4e1f3561/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Errands and visiting friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b96336ce-50a9-4d9f-96b5-182640430c99/IMG_20220811_145827577_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f95d6265-cf1e-469a-a9cc-eef6bdf9f412/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out CGV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3abd91cc-318c-4dba-bcb1-2034c3b32709/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Interrupted Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514205495-9XHEB9H6ZRSV1BTJE8UM/IMG_20220811_155017544.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Jewish bakery near where I lived before moving to BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514207229-896MHYRS09YE6XRDD06Q/IMG_20220811_155645988.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - The Babka is just out of this world, by far the best thing they make. They were out of it though u_u https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514207097-DWZ83IUQSXORDYVAMA5X/IMG_20220811_160537091.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Got myself a Black and White cookie as consolation prize. LOOK TO THE COOKIE, ELAINE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514205789-EF2BJR8KS0K5TAFS1UDW/IMG_20220811_155631523.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Sup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514207800-2JNWS3TVMIGF2FZEO18L/IMG_20220811_160552001_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Wait, I got my cracked phone fixed in MTL, I can take selfies now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514210977-5QSPEJIKNVTE0ITOUJVT/IMG_20220811_162156363.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - This was my favorite pub. Pubs are awesome. Better and more beers than restaurants and similar quality food for cheaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514211745-J3JDQ542M6GY0HF7FUZ6/IMG_20220811_162249682.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - That's the market where we'd get our fruit flies from. Can't get enough fruit flies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514208793-NR914T5VHTXRVUCMMPMK/IMG_20220811_161648795.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Cool sculpture at the cardiology institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514209935-VCU6SJMS878N03TSW0DF/IMG_20220811_161733505_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - I was going to tourist so hard that day to make up for the lack of pictures... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514210539-H6SC193EHRHXMYB1MCTP/IMG_20220811_161758772.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Was going to take pictures of every damn thing. Would have been so great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514212591-TV6ASI1TDWXPVT8CB840/IMG_20220811_162621486.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - St-Joseph Oratory. Under construction, sadly. It sits atop the mountain, overlooking the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514215267-V374E5W9GPUNUQZ72SYP/IMG_20220811_163143360_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - This confusing bike signage courtesy of the one guy who got hit by a bus going downhill while training here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514219325-AJZITYFWSYZMR55CY32O/IMG_20220811_163329345_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - I switched to the small ring to do the hill and Jesus jammed my chain between the ring and bracket, to punish me for climbing his hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660514220688-ZFK010144QNYWI0H5A1N/IMG_20220811_172423525.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Snapped the derailleur off the frame... Had to limp back to the bike shop without pedaling, hoping they could figure out some solution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cc8fee4e-70ed-40c4-a26e-c0d4f3101928/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Nordet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867153868-U8G0HMH71UMIDABHQHUZ/IMG_20220812_104042037.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Sasha unpacking stuff while Jared's dog watches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867168654-KG6KEED13SZ9QJ5UY5T4/IMG_20220812_104110412.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Was my first time meeting Jared. Always great to ride with new folks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867186053-Z2MEMXLWCJUXS7S8R1K3/IMG_20220812_112031705_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - He's so damn triangular. So wasted on cycling, he needs to swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/68947993-0c85-44c3-bcd1-34b8b0534cdf/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Chill ride with Pierre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867476067-XTYG2M9T9D2Y6GCJYF5B/IMG_20220814_144831516.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Look at him go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f78cc334-679d-411a-9e6b-9d58e58efc4d/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Make it stand out Championnats Quebecois Training https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867675104-VTQYOIOY7F2VNE9KSZKW/IMG_20220814_144831516.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - So Happy at the start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660867668954-73IAKTWLT217FJH8SWNU/IMG_20220814_144827673.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 13 - Hanging Out - Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek12 monthly 0.5 2022-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/63772137-b9e2-4ea1-8e23-f6816c85fa35/week12stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/08863af8-cc72-4203-b803-d53103b92168/week12map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/eeaea317-bd02-4b93-bbb9-ed45dbdcebf1/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Grand Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964471540-F1HEKN5CKJ2X7EJQ02EQ/IMG_20220801_090651164_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Corvette meet at the Wal-Mart parking that morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964474020-V9ICALFTT9UWZ1HFIHYH/IMG_20220801_111829662_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Lake starts near this little swampy creek. Need more creek pics in life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964473223-CGV47AAYXTDKLANY9BF7/IMG_20220801_112400690.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Crossing said creek that connect Indian lake and Maquapit lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964474363-M6QQZRH68WTEEQJ9U05D/IMG_20220801_113911898.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - When I say about a place that there's nothing to see, I mean it looks like this. Little plan homes with a yard and no view of anything in particular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964474833-6OXU3GOGI4D5DYGAK643/IMG_20220801_120526805.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Grand Lake. It's grand, I'll give it that much. Googlemaps calls it "Foshay Lake" and "Grand Lake" at the same time. Huh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964475891-E0K9AN61ZWYL9Z3ODF7O/IMG_20220801_120633249.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Big lake like that, can't forget to surround it with cottages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964477128-1JC8WBA6T1UAGYQ9BN3P/IMG_20220801_121545816_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Has a few nice beaches and boat ramps. MEH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964477683-8QSPSH9GPNBWTHW828C7/IMG_20220801_132726658.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - These are great. New Brunswick candy company, basically tastes like a nougat-only Snickers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964479602-5FUBPHAH6HNUQVH0MY1D/IMG_20220801_133007050_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - It was New Brunswick day, celebrating the province entering the confederation. Yeah just an excuse for more days off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964479496-QKWXFXTEUF3T0DQI8CHC/IMG_20220801_150443623.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Still windy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964481787-0EI4NKCMQI36NZJKRE5C/IMG_20220801_152518717.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Coming back along the highway you see a bunch of nice little meadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964481900-L8RC0ZHZDECQAO1JZZ8Y/IMG_20220801_152609264.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Hadn't seen any of these Monarch butterflies in a while. They've become rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964483988-A4CVD5TDBEV34LA308WC/IMG_20220801_184823135.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Supposed New Brunswick specialty: Garlic fingers, with Donair sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964485597-PFUUULXIGPIU37B09XR2/IMG_20220801_184926826.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Just a pizza crust with cheese and garlic flavoring. Can't go wrong with that. Then you dip it in this "Donair sauce"... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659964484177-K6KBX9NGGUDCLRX8QCW2/IMG_20220801_184923718.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - This sauce is sweetened condensed milk, white vinegar and garlic powder. Tastes like garlic buttercream frosting... Not my first choice of a bread dip sauce... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/85e59506-872c-4d9e-b0e4-ece4bcc3dd69/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Cocagne waiting for bike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997051894-NYAO536NGEZEQAKYNXM7/IMG_20220802_150452987_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - You can rent these little beachfront cottages and chill on your private little beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997051629-518P4F58PKMSCZ6VGEQO/IMG_20220802_150519006.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Have a BBQ, swim, get taken out to sea by the current. Whatever you want. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997054351-2M65EN8VU27VII2ZAUSY/IMG_20220802_150613971_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Lot of pretty colorful homes with the nautical themes and those lighthouse lamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997054445-1NLJWQIM6HSZCJ7KLZ9E/IMG_20220802_151238751.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - The star marks the "Acadian Route" which is a long scenic road loop along the coasts in the province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997058211-9JQQX3WE9T406ZDAFP3K/IMG_20220802_151259528.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Started nothing these after coming back from Newfoundland since everyone there had them. Protects your trash from animals. Precious, precious trash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997056365-JNPWIEU0K86QZ16E6DHN/IMG_20220802_152959083.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - You think the car is older then its driver or no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997057974-MI6FZU74PZ6IZ1BSPSAK/IMG_20220802_154132097_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - This guy with an improvised tractor museum on his yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997059565-4SMI01H48T8ICO1IKJZ6/IMG_20220802_154724717_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Bridge over Cocagne Harbour. Always people fishing on these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997059958-W2Q6PMQGXX1ELJ93BNSV/IMG_20220802_154729175.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Makes sense with the price of fish. Catch a fish an hour and you're beating minimum wage now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997063981-KMKKTUO40544YJF80IV1/IMG_20220802_155537520.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Lighthouse shed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997064754-ED7LYZ8RFM7CWW8PH8R0/IMG_20220802_161732623.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Those things in the background are mussel farms, I believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659997068283-86AR7DMTM9QVZCBYT9XC/IMG_20220802_162756009_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Sometimes the most interesting things are not nature. Nature can get repetitive... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6d02a340-8340-413c-8826-8889ad1b2514/sleepu.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/abac86ad-9db8-41ba-84fb-9444eb12352a/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Big Things Ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999300932-9R0LEKEJI3U951ZT1EJX/IMG_20220804_105209823_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Starting at the Lobster in Shediac. As popular as ever. Wish I was mayor of a town, I know where the budget would go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999300731-VZX0VX53ZNDDVPMUC39N/IMG_20220804_105235644_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Just all sorts of people climbing all over it day-in, day-out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999304405-4JYMCJ5R6JJW8XDF2E58/IMG_20220804_110020528_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Not the world's largest, but a nice one. Lenny's Takeout, still in Shediac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999312307-FEURLJBWC0KWIHDTK2WW/IMG_20220804_111223473.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - A little further there's a touristy harbor ( with entry fee ) that is quite nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999304961-6PQK4F2LMO1O0DBOUWE7/IMG_20220804_110835258.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Big lighthouse and whatnot, for photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999303434-8VJV2U2OZV5CEF5WK5UJ/IMG_20220804_110725454.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - People fishing, as usual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999307255-W7IMSAA5SSUW73BWKJXO/IMG_20220804_110908640_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Bunch of lobster traps, sadly empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999307008-8328DQKN1601KDGIF5F1/IMG_20220804_110942767_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - There's a coyote statue there with an actual fur tail that blows in the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999309734-I15Q8ZQ6TQ52O6ZGUVSM/IMG_20220804_111125993.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - As always, restaurants on the pier. It's nice to eat by the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999312682-3LKGZLLCHU6EPDVS8HV6/IMG_20220804_111228001.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Nice sandy beach along that northern shore. Can't tell if this is high or low tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999315187-QC4HYS797PDEZHSJP7P2/IMG_20220804_111356878.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Pretty original lawn ornament here. How do people come up with this stuff? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999326964-L64ELVMFMXTSIO47OQRY/IMG_20220804_111944064.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - I believe it's called Parlee beach here? Decently busy. Smart decision given the blowdryer weather that week. Why bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999327568-TPCA2ZJPNAWP22TW35AP/IMG_20220804_114117214_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Some sort of minion/hockey crossover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999331180-RKDAFAM4Y7LSFVH968BI/IMG_20220804_123536909.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - An abandoned project on someone's yard. At least put a tarp on it or something, sir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999334335-74IG3VVGELQR2LDMBOOM/IMG_20220804_134126615.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Huge potato next to this distillery. Everyone thought it was a peanut. Now I want peanut liquor... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999336281-H66YVA3OUDB1VI1EDNB9/IMG_20220804_135046415.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Road that goes to the PEI bridge. So close, so close Bikes are not allowed on it though, you have to take a boat shuttle of some sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999336077-SIQFGI1S37NZ5PVIVXA6/IMG_20220804_135053144.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Endangered plastic owl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999340118-TFGR2Z9ZLJF1XQ9XUK2W/IMG_20220804_135830435.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - There's many of these grassy bogs/creaks in the region. Wonder if the tides affect these as you can see partly exposed banks there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999339750-7CVS014L601P6IIN0SBN/IMG_20220804_141409439.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Town with a funny name... all I could think of for an hour after was this: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999348039-WUNG9YPIX5Y9WGJT61AJ/joke.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999341286-43F7KZ0A9VQRJCN7PKWQ/IMG_20220804_141946536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - More smelly wetlants. That low tide smell really takes some of the charm out of the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999342826-WNL3Y8W9KLKMSFMCHVKC/IMG_20220804_142233031_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Don't forget the collapsed shack of the day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999343789-YTBZQP1MS4RETOXB4RCJ/IMG_20220804_161802400.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Then back to the lobster! Notice the flags, once again showcasing that sweet wind blasting your face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999344097-IL4V8Q37AI6PK3HG3GSA/IMG_20220804_182021213.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - That evening I decided to go for a New Brunswick "specialty" which is called a "Donair". It's basically a greek gyro... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659999345729-1BWSRTAMCX2WI9RWJ2NB/IMG_20220804_182816738_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - But the bread is a folded pan pizza and they put that sweet condensed milk sauce on there too. God damn delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/33298427-5766-4097-857e-1ad7d9c4a3bb/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Axe and Leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048751190-1OIUEN5OILF9RPW0FD2A/IMG_20220805_084211568_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - World's Biggest Axe. It's huge and pretty popular. 40mins from Fredericton, NB. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048752426-ZX8WRHTD10F78I4GZCSG/IMG_20220805_084410282_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048750976-U5P94RKHD7PPK9X74OYP/IMG_20220805_084108284_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - My bluetooth remote for the phone is wonky as hell so it makes terrible pictures since I never know when it's actually going off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048751684-NFXS45QO7XHJIHH5GSGD/IMG_20220805_084303464_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Guys, guys, you don't need a reason to build a giant axe in your town. I accept all large structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048752547-5SHXF0X4WMMDSWJAOKP8/IMG_20220805_092209294_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Bit of a foggy morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048755056-ML4SZ2N6QFX50IE4DU1I/IMG_20220805_094407912.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Well there you go, that's the biggest Maple Leaf in the world. I missed it while passing by the first time. Scammed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048758441-G6RMWM2TMMMSO94FSID6/IMG_20220805_100909929.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Cool busted up damn on the way back to town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048759228-9R9YCVFTT8ZIGLKU026S/IMG_20220805_102525417_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Big lake in Nakawick near the axe. Firmly out of Ocean country and back into Lake n' Farms country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048763273-V5M1DUQ9D190CFAGB1HE/IMG_20220805_104222211.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - yes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048764645-HL9IR88SOKHP6MLNYJ3M/IMG_20220805_120300088_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - On the drive to MTL you pass by fry capital of the world. ( citation needed ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048764758-8F2NFFCYI1S37ALCK4JR/IMG_20220805_120520854.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Had to stop at Potato World when I saw the signs on the highway. It's a museum. About potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048765696-FZ8OXZVRIC65CL4J4YL7/IMG_20220805_120551764.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Have to say it was a little disaapointing. If there's ever a place to build a 10 story high potato, it's here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/58aa3cef-47a6-40c9-ad4e-ba6d7951726c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out The Boat Ride Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048910657-ME0CX6JZHKVC1NHYU1RK/IMG_20220806_085302154.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Lachine Canal with a "Bateau Mouche" which takes tourists up and down to view old buildings. I assume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048910554-BEX7BIE3YMIA75MYTMG1/IMG_20220806_110325478.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Ferry ramp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048911594-UM5MD6BVR2KK68DW5LUP/IMG_20220806_110327118.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - The river. Not many pictures during group rides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048913559-FO5ECY2PJ08MRD6T05Z9/IMG_20220806_110335533_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Mat BR, local climbing legend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660048913518-0LNJF25TJXPMD53UYKFE/IMG_20220806_111322281.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Pete, famous runner, dad and Simpsons enjoyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c2440491-aaa9-4c93-87c7-c2d640de0c28/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Make it stand out Chill ride and errands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072059794-IYAPSJXAH6RZO9B3NHG6/IMG_20220807_141312753_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Closed off street on Mont-Royal, infested with tourists and suspiciously hot women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072062571-ZH05PABD4W7YVMB38QE3/IMG_20220807_142808562.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - If you come to Montreal you have to try Schwartz's smoked meat sandwiches. There's always a line, but... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072064576-RRFOGCFQFONYXTK7UTBM/IMG_20220807_144946473.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - They just make the best smoked meat. USA style BBQ brisket is garbage compared to this. Just too good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072067429-0B5RO911WUXJ9R7IP6RH/IMG_20220807_145657436.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Pidgeon trying to bum my sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072059529-D3B47BTG4GP2TJ63G0S1/IMG_20220807_142600614_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - There was some kind of pride parade going on while I was waiting for my sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072062460-GGW6WGR65CQ9MGM8I8MG/IMG_20220807_142716755.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Yes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072064256-VC6KLBDRFPMXAU2XHR60/IMG_20220807_142838871.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Huh okay that's a little weird guys maybe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072066414-ZUBK0DOC50FJVNW0WSVW/IMG_20220807_152333372_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - Montreal is also home to the biggest orange. Sort of. It's some sort of fast food. Bleh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660072068871-H1PZW3F49OUMIO5BVSCI/IMG_20220808_120714535_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 12 - Back to Montreal - You'll also find the somewhat hyped St-Viateur bagels. They're AIGHT I guess but nothing that would blow your mind. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/life-on-the-road-2 monthly 0.5 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014236927-4OK0ILWE5FMSCOEAK1MH/IMG_20220714_102845305.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Was inflating my tires one morning and noticed this chip in my carbon wheel... Explains the noise and why my brake pads were getting shredded... This is an emergency as riding on this could kill you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014225579-4UEQV2HHC3NM54M502M3/IMG_20220714_123007669_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Was in Corner Brook, NL. Just one bike shop that luckily had this one leftover front wheel. Ugly and heavy, but it'll do until I get back and I MAY not die. Got lucky! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014644400-Q2OZXI5C2Q561C66JSPD/IMG_20220723_195005293.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Carpet I velcroed to the back of the seats to protect them was getting wobbly and dirty.... Time to replace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014633136-6BSZK69X4H8XD98ROC2E/IMG_20220723_195351553.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - 4$ at dollar store. Nice and fresh. Much cheaper than replacing your car seats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014589802-2QP9JCELQHZW6MU4FXQW/IMG_20220723_135739282_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - The rooftop bag was now falling apart faster and faster. Many holes on both sides and the back... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014414248-XEA1L9YY81D56YRHK248/IMG_20220723_142342808.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014577394-E866LKOKNRDEJXY69RCC/IMG_20220723_142342808.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - The wind makes it wobble nonstop on the highway so it's like someone constantly pulling it apart. Wonder it lasted that long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014685161-W1ZDOEUVQM8T7SFWPNH0/IMG_20220724_100658331.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - My disgusting patch/sewing job. It holds it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014698436-XVWI1IEGJ0Q1SWUXUV8F/IMG_20220724_100705482_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - My goal now in Nova Scotia is to get all my gifts handed out in Montreal then to ditch this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014724337-2BGO18OF5S0TBME0E0G1/IMG_20220724_100710477_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Checking every day and patching it lol. Just one more week and to the trash it goes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660225002652-76U00SCQYCHTDXPQXHSS/IMG_20220810_095952052.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - After offloading all my gifts and beers in Montreal, finally just dumped it. Fits easily into a trash can! That's the real upside of a soft rooftop cargo box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014727707-ZC11N9Y529PMTUPO7ERD/IMG_20220724_204946329.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Had been looking to replace my shoes for a bit too. This is what constantly clipping/unclipping/walking around will do to shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014747997-NS5MPGZXMTXPH3WH9HIB/IMG_20220724_205007285.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Rubber bit on the back just fell out, exposing the screws haha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659014760841-5GMB6FE0SQKEFWYK2VD3/IMG_20220724_205110658.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Finally found a replacement in New Brunswick. 200$ on marketplace instead of 550$+ a a store. What a winner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1660225001345-RFRO1HJYUBK5W1G1QHGK/IMG_20220806_163729793.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Montreal repair. That chainring was done. Look at the difference in the teeth on mine (left) and a new one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015162062-YWRYDTYH39XFKOU4IXVC/IMG_20220610_125356317_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - My Tim Hortons powers are at peak levels. Racking in those points and using those special offers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015167971-TIZ0ENAMQVDLTEI1S57N/IMG_20220610_125531027.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - I've saved like 50$ doing this so far. Just rolling in money really. Tried every donut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015222230-J08UMH077R2NFB8XY6DI/IMG_20220712_074408233.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - I just bring the power station at Tim Hortons now. Recharges it fairly fast. No more need of hotels/ boondockers for anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015220195-POK9AJDFSHS9JIZYOEK7/IMG_20220724_204529200.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Happenin' Wal-Mart parking lot. Some people really take advantage of it, setting up their campers for seemingly days/weeks. They have BBQs there lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015232135-0QAKGDU8ZHIH77GAPVNE/IMG_20220726_144018034.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Tim Hortons baby diaper changing thing are great to put all your shower stuff. I avoid touching the bathroom floor with anything.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015201306-NIYNRIMIRXDPO3VP7DDR/IMG_20220617_154731009.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - What an Anytime Fitness bathroom looks like. Nicer than the apartments I've lived in and always clean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015207336-VVJHQJM87AIREQUB8SQE/IMG_20220617_154738865.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - While there's lots of other things to do on the road, you at least escape some chores like cleaning bathrooms and doing dishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015773491-Y9OCOHDRAF2R6EDJ43RL/IMG_20220611_204846263.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - The inevitable first bit of sunburn as my winter skin starts to experience sunlight again. Sunscreen never fully prevents this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015773693-R4E2O63ZV4CA6DG8QRXH/IMG_20220612_075150451_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Time to try the bug nets. Really want the windows open when sleeping in the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015782578-8DIHVQ4NXPEO0EUX29WB/IMG_20220613_073937991_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Works pretty well! Doesn't look very inconspicuous though. A bit off to set it up at Wal-Mart but still, nobody gives a crap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015808972-HH1AJ06CV2CS60DSUKLY/IMG_20220615_071501143.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - MVP USB fan here. Should have gotten a larger one, or maybe a second one. Really helps you fall asleep in that period where your body warms the car faster then the night air cools it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659015842949-BUIYLQ9WOAM9IFU08TJ2/IMG_20220723_195846498_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Way back west means sun right in your face if you drive later afternoon/evenings. Can get real dicey in cities but otherwise tolerable... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f00aac94-8450-425c-b10b-2c6d5e08ca1f/IMG_20220613_183145417.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Part of the first batch of gifts I brought from east to west, mostly to Ottawa/Montreal! Tried to get beers from every province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2a0ca7bb-3dde-430d-bfde-1abe487b3516/IMG_20220613_184321686.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out More! That Salty Scott beer from BC is def in my top 10 beers of all time, will have to stock up on the way back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/56fa909f-33e1-43de-9b68-94b391a7aff1/IMG_20220613_183356586.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Fancy wines for my dad from Okanagan and Niagara. Made sure to ask them for wines they don’t export elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6aa8a689-2c56-4f06-9f55-16e4a646af33/IMG_20220726_092402684.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Literally all over the country stores are hiring. Every single town. Makes me angrier to see all the bums standing around doing jack shit or harassing patrons/employees/pedestrians. They aren’t all mentally ill to the point of being invalid, they’re surviving entirely on their own out there on the streets. Most people can’t do that, they’d likely go to family or use the magic trick of “go into debt”. But these hobos manage it and waste their entire day sitting around smoking/drinking or loitering in front of a Tim Hortons talking to other hobos or trying to bum change. Meanwhile every damn store needs min wage employees. If you can live on the streets you can operate a cash register or put donuts in a bag. Stop underestimating the hobos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/df39407d-cb3d-4263-988e-2072dfe3fd6c/IMG_20220724_103956386_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Last shoutout to the Garmin Edge 520’s buggy software and bizarre UI. It started doing a thing where loading certain maps/rides would just brick it hard until I removed the file from it. It also constantly says “Off Course” if you’re going the opposite direction the loop was created, or if you took any little detour at any point. It’ll just say “off course” for the rest of the day and then pop another “off course” message on top of the map itself if you deviate again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ae9b9bdd-e967-469f-a14f-641c03b2541b/IMG_20220804_135423490.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Here it is, lagging to all hell while trying to show me the course. Some maps just brick it, some just load so slow it takes literally 30-60 seconds for Garmin to register a button press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a0979b8a-fe45-4184-bfb0-3bf98334633d/IMG_20220804_104646474.jpg Posts - Life on the Road 2 - Make it stand out Garmin thinking there’s some kind of path or shortcut through this dense forest. Sometimes I’m impressed at what it counts as a bike path but this was next level. This was near a highway so Strava’s mapping software does anything and everything it can to divert you away from the “super evil and dangerous highway”. It’ll make you bike through a minefield instead of a nice wide perfectly paved highway. That’s pretty much it for how it is to drive n’ bike coast to coast! Check out part 1 if you haven’t yet: https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/life-on-the-road-1 You really just settle into a groove at some point and learn that there’s a pretty fast solution to almost any possible problem, beyond even just the “pay someone lots of money” that everyone defaults to. Remember: The worst thing that can happen is you die, but you’ll die some day anyway. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek11 monthly 0.5 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bede9932-efd1-419c-b4d1-11c2394e63e0/week11stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/33f2283e-2579-4d52-9080-dcb2f70fb8a6/week11map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/03d5987c-0b0e-4cc1-96b6-82c7170f8bc5/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Lunenburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965412984-7E4UFJ30JWXAHEFUDXNV/IMG_20220725_170033560.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Started the ride in Mahone Bay, which also has some of the old colorful architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965412811-T642GOEFR11QHPN80Z45/IMG_20220725_170255362_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - They have a little tourist village/area with brewpubs, ice cream etc. Tourism makes you real fat unless you're biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965426786-OAPUEVOMW9DWPL59M06O/IMG_20220725_170429674.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Town's little harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965423491-UVSU5Q9AUOOM2E3BVLRE/IMG_20220725_170831270.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some James Bond villain enjoying his own private island mansion there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965539238-AUU9WGTYDXYUCXMTOBUT/IMG_20220725_173048052.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Welcome, welcome. I found this town by total accident btw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965594166-NMU8PD9V0KYPZ9EQ8U1P/IMG_20220725_173533980.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - One of these days... I swear.... it will happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965611832-GLBSLBJWMKYIC537100B/IMG_20220725_173539125.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - People enjoying the Lunenburg old timey harbor, despite the threatening weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965612481-7NTJIIF1W6FT4LJN1B5R/IMG_20220725_173654897.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Celine Dion's boat ( probably ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965646952-LI16Q5LULYOY6XBFOIZX/IMG_20220725_174033986.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some of the iconic buildings on the waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965647503-8PBHGC5VTB705QJD547K/IMG_20220725_174036660.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965665682-H3SQLH5UXKSICXX5W6NJ/IMG_20220725_174230068.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965672592-5G0I96IZWA6ALUX5SLWS/IMG_20220725_174131285.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's the boat! The boat from the coin! Remember coins? lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965688584-GU3DAPNGPMFIPXBNLK02/IMG_20220725_174233288.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Wish I could have taken better pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965873369-PR8O5YLH4QESO1HXI58Z/IMG_20220725_174402348.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That boat was also pretty cool. Love bike tourism btw, you can just zoom from spot to spot 10x faster than the unwashed masses just trampling over each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965851261-RKON1MMFUTN60ZMOEADX/IMG_20220725_174518335.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some kind of buoy souvenir store? That's pretty original. No I didn't buy one, don't get your hopes up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965883132-U8BO9EUPZ9CMMP49H2GL/IMG_20220725_174554328_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The town has a few old timey streets near the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965918262-96GDCN04FKC0B8OMP0PT/IMG_20220725_174837512.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - I think that's a hotel? Lot of Adams Family type buildings in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965598397-5A1DO7O5DTL45C8XBKJ0/IMG_20220725_171859332.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Just a bit outside of town, going west, there was a deer outbreak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965431553-ZOZRVOVXSQX4RIKXMPEB/IMG_20220725_171855041.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - You suck, why can't you be a moose? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965887779-KYEUVFBVY6YXXVW6A1UX/IMG_20220725_175633214.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Yeah I'm talking to you. You wish you were a moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965940359-QBKIRWY2N1CST6ZVO4VI/IMG_20220725_181150728_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Oh no, not this again. Road completely out.. thankfully the detour made my ride a bit shorter instead of longer. Sometimes you win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965939209-2XFL5Z7UFE2QNTWX9CZL/IMG_20220725_182217838.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Fog/clouds were rolling in. Did the ride in the evening to escape the heat wave. Was almost rewarded with rain... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658965953077-KJWIX9PNWYPO8MKUL0T5/IMG_20220725_183053893_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - One last church before heading back. Very nice and quiet lake cottage typearea in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d1f729fa-a2ad-4ba7-89d0-09a30aa2a44f/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Cape Spit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967030463-O8B1MRW4L0CIQILR08UJ/IMG_20220726_103038659.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Ride start in Kentville. Sort of a random little town like 500 others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967012258-6KOMGL410B1BYFXUUND8/IMG_20220726_104240719_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The inland of Nova Scotia has tons of scenic farmlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967033067-I2QKJJWUEX6UCY0YQ8A6/IMG_20220726_105251692_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - But everywhere that's rural in Canada has a lot of these decrepit/abandoned buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967056640-C843M7QPVNTNLOKZQUKW/IMG_20220726_111444175_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Up the 200m climb to the Cape. Awesome view of the farmlands and little towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967069918-8RS9RUII26YM3T4YPFE0/IMG_20220726_111748526_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967117972-LBX8CC8UFYJOFQSFDOEI/IMG_20220726_111907628_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - You can see all the way to some of the coast from here. Seems to have that same red stuff as PEI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967104505-QVJIPQTB4MCWLXGZOS4B/IMG_20220726_111935944.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's the guy who lives on top of the hill in case you wondered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967114885-J1D9T3ZYEY6WMVWBMPMB/IMG_20220726_114055689_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - On the other side of the hill I entered a deep patch of nice cool fog. Apparently morning fog is a Nova Scotia thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967158435-DFJWTZVXFKY1O5RJZPS3/IMG_20220726_114611143.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - A pretty unique lawn ornament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967159427-CXYHSQ4EDW9UQHVFJHMV/IMG_20220726_114809550.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Cape spit parking lot. Tons of people there already to start the 6km hike to the actual tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967279551-2EFL9WBDWQL02SP1CGT2/IMG_20220726_114942834.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That was the trail.... no biking this. Sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967216822-AEFAL76AKMGPOOIATNY8/IMG_20220726_115020652.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Damn. Looks like it would be cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967249768-6EWZ5WHER7D44Z4P7T64/IMG_20220726_115932778.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Can't even see the coast. That sucks. To escape the heat I left early and apparently that means thick fog hiding everything :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967297981-HIZ4LZ59J1BHNIUPYTO2/IMG_20220726_120027685_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Coast on the way back up the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967359958-U4VY77S81KM3S9KT0XTE/IMG_20220726_120049589_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Must be really nice on a clear day. Could have stayed there 2-3 hours to find out but... yeah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967319217-C4AM6PA1DTXMJQPZGRPC/IMG_20220726_125353427.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The loop going to Wolfville has really cool view of these pastures/farms with an ocean backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967337216-X0RVR3LRJ08E77I18Y6G/IMG_20220726_125643846.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Very nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967361802-SGNCTT8I6ZFNYL3KJXUS/IMG_20220726_130743973.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Apparently Nova Scotia has some wineries/orchards as well. Who would have known? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967378080-ZEW8UDPKM0492GAVHXR4/IMG_20220726_131320963.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - A few brewpubs randomly on my loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967396023-XBDQRBM17TR3VA9R53TD/IMG_20220726_135638986.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Decided to grab myself a beer, because I deserve. Hashtag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967391465-9YNZWR08ER0SN2W693TL/IMG_20220726_133315188.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Saw they has lobster poutine on the menu and decided to try. They use a rosee sauce instead of brown gravy. Very good, honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658967412858-YJ83BJD24QV4VJJF2CYZ/IMG_20220726_140757498.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - On the way back strava tried to shove me on this garbage "bike path" instead of just staying on the nice direct road back. Die, strava. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/54100804-4279-47d2-9f95-1413ae3a8082/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Moncton / Magnetic Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010093236-B31OZ6Q5VSVTY2O5TAIL/IMG_20220726_164356165_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This is Hnatiuk's taxidermy studio / hunting emporium, between Halifax and Moncton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010103949-17UZLCAH75RXP1JLOUM1/IMG_20220726_164533373.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - They have this big trout which I assume is the world's biggest. Ok maybe it's a little cheating to get this specific... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010120574-75O6JIAGFSNBDJ33UD2I/IMG_20220726_171107659.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - As you keep going north you'll pass by Mastodon Ridge, right off the highway. It's a large road stop with tons of restaurants and a caveman themed miniputt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010136073-FAPHUJPKBYSMAOKV32BU/IMG_20220726_171146929_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - I always love this kind of stuff where people just decide "Let's built a cool thing here and hope people come". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010158226-OS1A1261432PYP2A01QZ/IMG_20220726_171154057_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - So rarely are these in big cities too, because they just subsidize trash abstract "modern art" and "guilt" art now. Not gonna build a 40 foot t-rex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010177318-EYKYFPCVWH9KUNJFYKXD/IMG_20220726_171200011.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Anyway, Mastodons were pretty big. Imagine the ribs. Hmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010197658-XLV2JXGUMTBA8G5TYA3E/IMG_20220726_171255152.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Pic without the sun blasting at your face. The downside of late afternoon/evening photos... That sun...! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010263647-5CR4WUQIQPYYKIWELK5R/IMG_20220726_183628101_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - On this same Halifax-Moncton road, you will pass by Oxford, the self-proclaimed "Blueberry Capital of Canada". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010325579-OVM8OJS7UFXH7V2TQK9R/IMG_20220726_183639319_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Now I'm trusting them, because they have the big statue at a road stop. That's all the evidence I need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010279566-S8EUQNXBF71FQ9LFZ8MW/IMG_20220726_183424225.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Awe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010403169-51QD4OP03N31LWZJ3K06/IMG_20220727_110208243_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The Moncton city sign. Maybe I missed it but there doesn't seem to be any cool historic pier/downtown part to this city? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010348824-VF3RC0QJSV9HK1BQ1IK2/IMG_20220727_110146102_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Right behind the sign you can see ancient hobo artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010387947-2RB8D4H1D2F75T2AV9TW/IMG_20220727_110148199_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - There was a hobo angrily shouting at campers at 1am in the Wal-Mart parking lot. He's the victim though and deserves our understanding and help, we're the bad people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010418528-PC5PY8YDYU3GIU6ON40Y/IMG_20220727_110255741.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The city is built around the Petitcodiac river, listed in 2003 as the most endangered river in Canada by Earthwild International. Even the rivers are going extinct now lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010478286-N8N5VSXBH8C79MOTSIK3/IMG_20220727_113729964_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The main attraction around here it Magnetic Hill, a tiny little road with an optical illusion that makes it seem your car goes backwards in neutral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010545656-27E83FOHGYW8ALOE10AI/IMG_20220727_114146734.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - They learned HARDCORE into that hill. There's a big water park there, packed with people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010504567-Q43DG4TX4IVDGIJ8EAE8/IMG_20220727_113833795.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - A little tourist town on a pond, where you can feed swans and ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010516742-U6P8UZ0QRZ4MJ6GQP39Y/IMG_20220727_114036258.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Also the Moncton Zoo is here. Look at these animals dying of thirst, waiting in line. Cruel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010546172-9NFGUGZF9G1FTUKSBC2M/IMG_20220727_114230204.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - There's also a fair type thing with games/ shops/restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010574077-7W1GDTC06FKHEQV7DVM6/IMG_20220727_114321201.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Plus mini golf, with a moose. I've seen so many more moose statues then actual moose so far in the last 2 1/2 months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010568485-UMNPPG4K1KHVB0JP4TUK/IMG_20220727_114624457.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's the explanation for the hill. Sort of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010613760-8DVSAOI509X0RTHIT5EP/IMG_20220727_115107192_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The actual hill is a tiny stretch of road. You just drive up to the white markers and put your car in neutral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010618003-WM5NUUD6S8UTH77IVJ3S/IMG_20220727_115121835_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Then you car rolls "back up the hill". I have to say it does look wonky even biking it. Can't tell from the pictures of course... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010684539-7H3RIX1K7SKHCUYK2V0K/IMG_20220727_115238188.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - It's one of the few attractions you have to actually be there to experience. As a cyclist you experience "magnetic hills" nonstop when you're on 1-2% "false flats". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010653007-HI6LVVVN2AJEA1AZVJ7N/IMG_20220727_115702377.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - As you leave the hill you climb up about 100m. There's the Magnetic Hill winery here, overlooking the area. Majestic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010675371-LBSXVMFNBFIX7T6S3XMX/IMG_20220727_125954089.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Crossing a little river to go back to Shediac ( home of the largest lobster, remember?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010684448-IU1EJ4ILLXU9C46GV76V/IMG_20220727_130309731.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Great views of the ocean from here. You can see Prince Edward Island in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010706742-4X6TLVNJXBXQNK8ZK83C/IMG_20220727_133035137.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Fried clams ( hehe). Making some effort to sample the local foods so decided to stop by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010706585-PC9PYNMLQJN7LPE5VJ1P/IMG_20220727_134628678.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Fried haddock is Nova Scotia/New Brunswick's version of Fish n' Chips. Not as good as Cod imo. The fried clams are little rubber bands, nothing too special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010751099-Q5B5O0ZUWOI1CG9NIHY9/IMG_20220727_153258935_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Big church on top of a steep climb. At this point I'd been getting blasted by headwind for a solid 90 minutes so good time to stop and take a picture... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010754335-S8QTAA79Q6HTNECJBGXY/IMG_20220727_154519056_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - One of the many berry farms/orchards/wineries in the area. Big strawberry but not THE BIGGEST. Sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010762684-32HZST9AN5XR78H2TRJB/IMG_20220727_154848097.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Making my way back up north next to the Peticodiac river. It has these brittle clay banks that I assume are what make the water brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659010766457-V2FEHDC45468I2F2Z0WK/IMG_20220727_160230192.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Closer view of the river. Moncton is definitely not a prime cycling destination... More of a hub you stop at on your way to see cooler things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/47c7e48e-90bf-47a5-a3c5-365ac0cb225e/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Hopewell Rocks and Cap Enrage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223513632-FXN4RCEVEHT3MWSB9GUZ/IMG_20220728_121523904.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Started my day with traditional Acadian cuisine from a little hole in the wall restaurant. This is called "Rappie Pie" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223513487-3GGA0TF4A8IM9X09RB1H/IMG_20220728_121536773_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - It's pretty much just mashed potatoes mixed with a bit of... bacon? Then broiled/grilled in the oven or in some sort of pan. Maybe an ok side in small portions or with some kind of sauce? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223518528-1Q1V760LDM0S22XWIMIQ/IMG_20220728_121750432_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This is "Poutine Rapee" which has nothing to do with the good kind of poutine you've probably heard about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223526762-EE16XX2O1KOP0N4SCBU3/IMG_20220728_123508321_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - A thick wall of mashed potatoes with some pork in the middle, floating in an ocean of pork broth. Ratios are all wonky and it's pretty bland. Why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223525378-PKSA5DQF2KCW1NVTJPV1/IMG_20220728_122712261_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's a "Pet de Soeur" ( Nun Fart ) which is leftover pie crust dough baked with sugar/cinnamon/maple syrup. Yes it's delicious as hell. Equal to a cinnamon bun in my opinion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659224209771-J047B3DYJ09B4JY8O90G/IMG_20220728_165442595_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - My loaner bike. It feels so heavy but it does the job! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659224571008-Y1A8BSKUGUKMJUSLXRMY/rocks.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Bikes aren't allowed at Hopewell rocks. So. There, that's what they look like. I'd have gone but was pressed for time because of the bike problems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223529874-L9VFAZ1VPYXJKA04N0TE/IMG_20220728_180627080.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Route goes along the ocean with these wide open views of the coast and some beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223532877-2UJZOFXUC2MOCZSJ7ZGM/IMG_20220728_182934983_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Though most of it is inland / rural. That's at Cape Enrage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223535103-TL6HHT1N0SR5R7ADVDPF/IMG_20220728_182938731.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The top of the climb to the cape. Has a lighthouse and some other stuff, but it was closed because they were filming a movie there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223537665-CAETYJTF6Z0RRXV4BAFZ/IMG_20220728_183011258_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The cape itself. Sorry for the horrible picture, the sun was blasting in my face. Must look amazing on a clear day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659224546668-L5NL1GSSIUC6K8LCR0OU/cap.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Here's the cap on the clear day. Thanks google. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223544298-DNU84EDIA9I95GZ5CBXZ/IMG_20220728_183047494.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Movie helicopter filming a scene I guess? You can see the camera under its nose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223546544-WKSP3IQ2ZBERTH8OIH95/IMG_20220728_183251068.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - At the base there's this grassy area with marshes / mountains. Pretty unique to this region and quite scenic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223550253-VA8KDM8WBCAS6TXNHA0B/IMG_20220728_183339066.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - People chilling on the beach getting ready to watch the sunset over the Cape, I assume... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223552238-AYG9GPG2TPYEGNXT26N2/IMG_20220728_183340684.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The cap from the base of the climb/hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223553674-9DJA22A1MW9S1P4LS5KV/IMG_20220728_183348332_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - People filming something here too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223559521-0EDR1R947M0J6RU8CJ7N/IMG_20220728_183422153_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Lot of flat rock beaches. Sounds like walking on glass with my bike shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223561076-O7025NXHTXS2WEXKSIYW/IMG_20220728_190114147_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - One last view from a little hill on the coast, coming back. I believe this is called the Fundy Scenic Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659223563190-9F16BG9VTR6ULTWWZ1IG/IMG_20220728_200205504.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Hurried the entire time because the parking lady said "Yeah parking has to be empty at 8pm.". This was the parking at 8pm.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a5730964-3f19-4026-9e9f-41cc4878c803/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Whale Watching Day Off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225938080-H3LISIL4UZ9OYGJZFF52/IMG_20220729_094950148_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - 20 minutes outside Moncton you will find the world's largest Silver Fox. Some say it just lost its paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225936290-58MAERAK8ZXCNGOC8WQ3/IMG_20220729_125629417_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - St. Andrews harbor, where the tours depart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225951937-UFH06PX6KCUPRAOXQAIH/IMG_20220729_125903266_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Didn't do the zodiac. There's 4 companies that operate here and they're all going to the same spot checking out the same whale every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225947372-MD8A0GLU9V6RVCWHWX27/IMG_20220729_135017821_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Inside the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225951598-Z559EIVWGP2I4ZI1177N/IMG_20220729_135023832_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - I don't know why I'm showing you this. I could delete it right now. But will not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225955946-27J4J45BOWDUQDU5GZ6P/IMG_20220729_135551427.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - View of some of the many islands, from inside the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225953814-KO1Y1PFW4I5DMOMOE3Y3/IMG_20220729_140411606.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Salmon farms. Very efficient in terms of feed-to-meat, apparently. Likely not plentiful due to typical government red tape eco horseshit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225955797-LYH7SOUOCTAY20CPDBE0/IMG_20220729_143730790_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - My expensive whale pic. This is a bit of the back of a Minke whale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225958455-RKJ30JWB6BWDOAACRTWR/IMG_20220729_143747981_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - It came within maybe 10 feet of the boat. Some days.... are more exciting... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659226438617-LQJAJPRT2RSB19XDUQG0/hon-bcurnock-matt1-dwarf-minke-whale-111.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - A googled image of a Minke whale. These are 20-30 feet long and very common ( and lame ) to see. You only see a bit of their back before they dive back down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659226438315-FCA3LQCNGZA4J35HZFHB/harbour-porpoise-phocoena-phocoena-18937249.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - You'll also see dozens of harbour porpoise. These are 3-5 feet long and good luck photographing them with a phone. ( thanks Google ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659226437606-9D8BKTM503KK7MQKR6ME/Finhval_%281%29.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - We also saw a Fin Whale. It's a very common whale but still the largest in the world, reaching 80 feet in length vs the blue whale's almost 100. ( google image) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225958872-FAHOL0RLX2X7G55K515C/IMG_20220729_143945922.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - There was this cool island in the distance with fog warping around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225960211-3KJ1891UNTY1XUHPTCDD/IMG_20220729_153940431.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - On the way back to St. Andrews they show you this rock where grey and harbour seals lounge around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225960905-ZWNQ37BESSY645U6EXZQ/IMG_20220729_154050707.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's as good as my camera can do sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225965997-AII7IMN7RNUXPQLZ3YE2/IMG_20220729_161625307.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659226440049-QCRUY469B43LEMI2S41G/o-SEAL-PUP-facebook.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Googled image of gray seal. These are big bois, reaching up to 800 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659226437839-K70BBJNMRM43KF3LBJJD/harbor-seal-04.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Google image of harbour seals. Much smaller then the gray seals but still sharing the rock in peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225966928-R346ZU5ME2PBOA5V7WX0/IMG_20220729_165148701.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Back in St. Andrews I just rode around a bit. Here's some canons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225976171-3KCTSV0FYCM282RBOGIQ/IMG_20220729_165244157_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This should be a video game or something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225973951-K4WRJLSKPD49D14G9DC0/IMG_20220729_170716517.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - You can drive across ( I assume only at low tide?) to the Minstrel Island and hike/bike around the trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225982145-NK8WOQKY6HDNA8GV3BDL/IMG_20220729_170732181.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - I mean. It's something to do right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225982776-VIXXFF45FUE6U46VEUG4/IMG_20220729_171738295_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Badass old car in front of this house. Very euro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225985444-58ZU58TEP2W3NGCN8KT7/IMG_20220729_173827722_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - St. Andrews is a very touristy town of course, with plenty of food to eat and shops to get souvenirs and all sorts of weird things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225987662-211IJVUMAQS8LF36W79T/IMG_20220729_181931392.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Seafood chowder. Had quite the chunks. I guess this dish depends a ton of the recipe, hard to say if someone will like it or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659225989347-MGSR4FK9S45AXOFBTSIU/IMG_20220729_185415788.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Low tide in the evening. The water drops dozens of feet in the Bay of Fundy, exposing lots of smelly sludge for you to frolic in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fb2c1775-f372-4061-8e9c-8ea3f3a058e6/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Saint John https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227203133-5EGRQPYIL6YTHOPPFT9I/IMG_20220730_103423905.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Started in the industrial / downtown part of the city.. I think? This is an Irving plant, producing delicious oil for all to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227205965-8ZWCNHSISEQRPDDS1W86/IMG_20220730_103555577_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Inland view where St. John river opens up into Saint John harbor. Yeah the spelling of Saint vs St. also confuses me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227214604-NJ52ZKGUZBHJPBJ3GLRR/IMG_20220730_103807985.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - That's the bridge over the reversible falls. Wasn't a whole lot of falling going on when I got there, sadly. This is right near the city center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227217911-KCZTK34D1QW2JCF2Z81O/IMG_20220730_103825437_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Another view of the St John river from inside the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227222268-HTUTR9QEFGITUXAYGMD1/IMG_20220730_103939239_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This area has a little bike path with lots of informational signs / sculptures. It's quite nice and reminds me of Ottawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227224427-X225UW1PBMJFSW3SDWHW/IMG_20220730_104212528.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - They even have a Hollywood sign! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227226555-4U2VNXQHX8M5B6EXDDOM/IMG_20220730_104419753.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some of the sculpture/info on the little tourist path. This network extends very far though seems scattered and not a continuous trail... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227229987-JLBX4DRHRRWVO1WGU0XN/IMG_20220730_104508120_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Info about the biggest tides in the world in the bay. Shows you how crazy they get when you put a human for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227236139-4WEWAUM3P5E2NF6HBV1P/IMG_20220730_104653030_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This little fort/ fort town on the path. Neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227233666-1ADZVGTLFTLRCSRDJABE/IMG_20220730_104726956_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - There's some fee to enter but it's as big as a parking lot. Pfff. No one wants to learn that bad guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227238895-9QLRAV0M1BC6TV298COK/IMG_20220730_105436443.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - God damn plague of marathons all over the country in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227239617-3RHAAQ8XNNTZM5PIH7F2/IMG_20220730_105759019_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some example of the old timey architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227242416-MMD9II7DPCXDCN0BZFZD/IMG_20220730_105817924.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The parts of the city I saw were definitely less well preserved and cute then Saint John in Newfoundland. Also change your name, there should only be one Saint John in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227243905-6EWX1LJZTYG1T6OPFVL0/IMG_20220730_112419617.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Now outside the city just going along the Kennebecasis river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227252121-EBFK7KG57MZNVDOT5VPJ/IMG_20220730_114522906_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Some people really go hardcore with the decorations. I need to take more pictures of these kinds of houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227248579-G593YS0E9768M1UPMP15/IMG_20220730_114709018.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Saw a ferry spewing out cars/cyclists on the way out. I had no idea there were many of these free ferries crossing at all points of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227253057-NISAULRYS4HTI9F165CO/IMG_20220730_122121993.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - More of the river. It's like that on both sides for a solid 40km, with houses all along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227258444-AHXIYY7A6IQY2HPZ970W/IMG_20220730_122356820.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Sometimes you pay for going clockwise when you mapped the ride counterclockwise. Thankfully I'm a bike so rules don't apply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227258343-P9BGAQ70OGNXBVCFCQTB/IMG_20220730_130928613_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - My first boat ride. I was so stoked because I thought it would just be bridges. LITTLE DID I KNOW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227267212-H3CAWM6CE89W23GZUTBJ/IMG_20220730_131050386_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This is a cable ferry, like in Drumheller. Also freeeeeeee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227269917-ZQ5C186O7D0UOWOEET4G/IMG_20220730_131649299_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Been seeing a lot of these inflatable unicorn things. Guess it's the summer's trend? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227274616-7MN3P943VPCJEJ7ZSTEI/IMG_20220730_133207020_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - No passage through rural Canada is complete without demolished barns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227278840-9F6H1TA7BX8N75JIDZB8/IMG_20220730_134610834.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Second cable ferry ride! Weeeeeee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227282965-Y9NMT0W0WOJWEHKHBZPI/IMG_20220730_150227067_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Nerepis marsh ( huge! ) in a little town called Grand Bay-Westfield. Best marsh of the trip so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227284506-P35QK5B7UOHLU4MMB56Z/IMG_20220730_150313099_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - It's quite huge and the weather was just great. Saw an osprey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227287201-SLEEV3Y4Y34CZUHJK6GI/IMG_20220730_150336421.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - They have all the info you need here. All the info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659227288811-QDGT0WE46AHKMH7J0PEJ/IMG_20220730_150856877.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This highschool thing going off the rails here with many KMs of telephone polls having these banners on them... Why https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/198e47a0-9e28-4f97-8497-116a0b3a8e30/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Make it stand out Fredericton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311252556-C83Z5RSL9770DYMQ4YXS/IMG_20220731_180818828_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Even their town sign is bland. Well I guess it's better not to lie about yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311144727-NU0M1NJWZWUP6AEJJQ0P/IMG_20220731_141029778.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The "nice" part of downtown with some of the historic buildings. Google "things to do in Fredericton" and you'll see... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311154284-GZF7XGMPRKL051C2J2N9/IMG_20220731_142804505.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Sometimes people paint funny things on big rocks on their property or even the roads. This is a particularly good one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311154704-IZ1V9JBVWU11RH8OSDA4/IMG_20220731_144908399.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Little restful pond pic for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311159002-JPIL27PL1UY3MRTZZVL0/IMG_20220731_145451193.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Another entry in my ongoing "Canada's crumbling infrastructure" series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311161240-W7I4ZP573J1GU1Q7G5B6/IMG_20220731_150707994.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - The point of this ride was Dunbar Falls.... only road to which is literally at someone's house. What. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311166222-Y3GEZS5M2TEG1REKMCOB/IMG_20220731_152617435.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Rode a good 20km up the Nashwaak river. Lot of people up the river today all floating down the current. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311165691-MJ3DXIAYS067WAERFD2T/IMG_20220731_152904538.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - You can rent tubes and float downstream for what seems like a LOT of KMs. This goes all the way back to Fredericton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311172059-87U6Q8MVSWTRP66P1384/IMG_20220731_153125253.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Bridge crossing the river. I feel like I don't need to write that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311180017-GA28RVHIINQKM1CER49K/IMG_20220731_163158365.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Back downtown near the water. If you lean closer you can hear it attempt to scream "kill me, please, make it end". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311178226-I9PRST14DNEEQXQZLMRF/IMG_20220731_163228993.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Two cute asian girls filming some kind of... youtube show probably? They seemed to have a lot to talk about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311183347-C1TTT9PXA8Y02IGGPLXP/IMG_20220731_163321095_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Saw a fishing contest being judged. They put people's fish in that tank that's sitting on a scale. Neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311184828-K7E5T7GUTKZ165EH04HC/IMG_20220731_164053100.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - For sale, but no price. Pretty badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311191388-V0TAM47IJGV30MCVSTR2/IMG_20220731_171418253.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Got a flat because some fuckface "accidentally" dropped a bunch of tacks on the shoulder at regular intervals over a few hundred meters... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311199337-99IROU52FHV4K48KF3LQ/IMG_20220731_165352379.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - There's always so much trash everywhere btw. Let's pretend these tacks are just trash...yeah... not intentional at all right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311198385-V8N1XQNBERGPG1H8Y5P7/IMG_20220731_171427355.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Here, it's not hard. You put the trash in these bins, you god damned apes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311205621-XP27A4W7ONH8A9ZW35GD/IMG_20220731_171550689.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Somewhat more rural along the river, with a few farmer's markets, one boasting this badass potato man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311202402-L8M8SDYLVCIGQ5BZHE1U/IMG_20220731_172833228.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Been seeing a lot of these Osprey nesting platforms. They always fly off when I stop though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311226914-3NP3OF95QL8YO53RY28G/IMG_20220731_173327281.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - Another big bridge over St. John's river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311232310-XGL67J0TOQ9XLW8UNRAY/IMG_20220731_173343832.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - View from said bridge. Lots of boating/ jet ski on this river. Fredericton looks like a good spot to be a half redneck, half bureaucrat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311240878-TUCX1PQQ934760G5BAJY/IMG_20220731_180530777.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy - This awesome bear statue at an Ice Cream shop. God bless whoever made this. Thank you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1659311252603-RIOGA21DCK4IJKPV5JOD/IMG_20220731_182003334.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 11 - Maritimes and Bay of Fundy https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek10 monthly 0.5 2022-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/321b2571-169b-4078-a9ea-b197197d294f/week10stats.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/93462d98-d32e-41d2-bb16-c558385a28c2/week10map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c29a7451-8857-4c0c-898f-a58985f7ec5f/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Dildo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658758970090-3601M74G1LAL9MWB3HES/IMG_20220718_132129281_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - What the hell are these and ... do I want to sleep in one...? Wait it's for sleeping right? Not giving birth? Are they toilets? What is this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658758971341-6J1T7T7SBYT8HK6XSY9E/IMG_20220718_134718653.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - One of the little cove towns on the east side of this loop. Church, hill, marina. Cove town checklist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759005142-7I6N7VP3VZO9E2JSQUOA/IMG_20220718_143133987.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - That's the stretch from east to west to Dildo. Absolutely brutal headwind if you go west. 45-50kph on the way out, 25-30 on the way back, just suffering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759010485-O9CUANLC961H5XSQ5MI2/IMG_20220718_145132087.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Oh yeah here we go, almost there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759015607-320RIWS70M7ICRTI6HPE/IMG_20220718_145533660.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - View of the town as you come down the little hill into it. Church, hill, marina. Cove town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759034611-0UFXK73FOED9Q5LZ9AUP/IMG_20220718_145828366.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Decided that I was tired enough to grab a beer at the Dildo Brewery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759055842-I7OC05W9BRV9AOIBL35Z/IMG_20220718_151024820.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - This is a Salty Sour. It was pretty nice honestly. Love sour beers, they're half cider, half beer. If you like fruit-flavored beers, try sours. Unlike IPAs, sours are popular because they taste good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759028526-S1ABLU1OPT3T4QQ8KSAN/IMG_20220718_150351676_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - It's at this point that I noticed the town sign in the distance... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759107394-9AM3HD4Y6YZF5NXSS1IO/IMG_20220718_152730462.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Glorious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759054661-QZP4MNBNLPQCN0CFA4F8/IMG_20220718_152335542_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Town's marina. One of the people I stayed at says they use to process Sperm Whales in Dildo and you can dive and see a bunch of skeletons they left in the ocean. I didn't see any. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759075646-XR2Q6UV1ZS0K5F5NST47/IMG_20220718_152521840_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Way to screw yourselves out of all those tourism dollars. People would pay a fortune ( 2$) to hike up there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759102311-C5I80RZUL2GTWYPL5QHZ/IMG_20220718_170037367_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Ended the day by picking up some Newfoundland beers! These aren't the fancy craft brews, those are the "my smelly fisherman dad drinks these to forget" brands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/57bd9e25-457f-4d30-8880-8817a2556e7c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out St John's and Cape Spear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759875459-P8NRSF0P5YUSN7JCF2EZ/IMG_20220719_123723405_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Started the day with this lukewarm Flipper Pie I got from a specialty grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759886993-6WETDOQ1D1Y3O1IDHWMW/IMG_20220719_124043831_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Why is this called a "Flipper" pie, you may ask? Because it's made with sea flippers. It's basically a beef pot pie but replace the beef with flippers.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759924355-X0971YGR0XMZKFFE6ZOR/IMG_20220719_124950430.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Seal flippers taste like seaweed/anchovies/canned sardines. It has an overpowering taste that takes over anything you surround it with. Try it lol! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759914207-A1FCKW5NPH4GKYJ16R77/IMG_20220719_132951396_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - St John's has a real San Francisco feel to it, with all these old colorful buildings on extremely steep streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759930641-QK54G3PS58DYUNY8GCSP/IMG_20220719_133430701.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - City harbor seen from Fort Amherst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759942405-H2MCNBHJKH4YL0L3GJGW/IMG_20220719_133607983_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The fish market is their version of the stock market. They trade mackerel futures and tuna-backed securities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759941205-2VOY44ZZ1WX7C7UNYH55/IMG_20220719_134346479_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - View of the town from Fort Amherst. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760004809-0X0VI1RKOAZN8109M9ZB/IMG_20220719_134915294.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Signal hill from Fort Amherst. It's a fort because they used it to watch for Nazi subs during WW2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658759982167-73J0FPBGEU7T418ATNDP/IMG_20220719_135101240_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cliffside of the fort. It's a good vantage point to monitor the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760005330-7P5U3OKXVF96Z3FT16QJ/IMG_20220719_135434383_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Everyone gets an ocean view when you build on cliffs that steep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760021227-RIN0TRJKNI362MCOX2IA/IMG_20220719_143526206.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cape Spear lighthouse from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760020271-YUG1KDQYCXGN56JP7KES/IMG_20220719_144020838_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - I think you can still see the St John's harbor and signal hill in the background there. Try and spot it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760086317-WUJI4SFKM36JDGMEDI7G/IMG_20220719_144609212.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Start of transcanada trail, which makes no sense since it's on an island. Does your "trail" also go to the moon? Japan? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760072575-HKNUDIPHTQYCNQ5U1J3N/IMG_20220719_144816277.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Standing over the ledge outside the little fenced area. I want to be THE MOST EAST POSSIBLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760135992-UICT7WNKF1G0DKJYXSYD/IMG_20220719_145150665.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Lot of tourists that day. Lot of french canadians all over the place in Newfoundland as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760168515-80LTS7LT2JX5SWUN0MWO/IMG_20220719_145555418_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cape Spear was used as a military base during WW2 as well, with big guns stationed on the hill in case of axis attacks on shipping lanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760136349-H3X0ZUIBY7UUR64WGYEF/IMG_20220719_145406043_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - They left a few of them here, as well as their abandoned bunkers. Some would call this "garbage" but government calls it "historic sites". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760182122-SMVW50B87O6ENZCG169Y/IMG_20220719_150115321.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The lighthouse. There's a bunch of stairs and gravel trails connecting the tourist spots there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760198471-A1RZ8BUXMLITQYOSPGG9/IMG_20220719_150712696.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Stunning views all around the area though. You can walk up to the edge of the cliffs anywhere you like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760264744-QZH5M86MIPAKPN07DG1S/IMG_20220719_150724825.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Honestly must be something special during big storms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760246918-ELJ6ODJ0VIU1SJN0PR93/IMG_20220719_152044529_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Now that's some lawn decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760282042-XA47PXQMELV7METCNF55/IMG_20220719_160046171_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Making it back towards St John's. Little more rural, little more ghetto. What the hell is this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760304019-JWDUGO9IKSII3AN5HCZ1/IMG_20220719_163402505.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Don't know what this dude did, didn't read the sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760302594-E3JZ1NJJQLUC4WR48K6K/IMG_20220719_163413022.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Here, you read it. Email me what he did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760329369-ME8J2Y45G6NCX26W2OTZ/IMG_20220719_163422127.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Evidence of hobo activity. Welcome to EVERY SINGLE CANADIAN CITY. You could settle the moon and hobos would loiter at your Tim Hortons on week 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760319137-16KKYJ34TH5XHL6LOZUF/IMG_20220719_164433556.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Qui Vidi lake as seen from some hill. This is another well-known touristy spot of St John's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658760338477-X3AA8EMDC646BHBKNOH6/IMG_20220719_165037662_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - It's got a little harbor, tiny old timey streets and many food trucks/restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761358593-BS7ZZ2Y3WBPJSOK3NM8L/IMG_20220719_171011293_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Top of signal hill. Site of the first trans atlantic morse signal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761383366-V4K92VXH730UTAX97D3U/IMG_20220719_171026247.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Where the french lost Newfoundland to the English in 1762. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761382575-16J18JGA6MP987O02F7C/IMG_20220719_171119455.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Great view of the city from it. They stationed AA guns there during WW2 as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761440250-NUF8RRYQ0V827CONTIL8/IMG_20220719_171149469_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - There's lots of tourist info and a little museum/gift shop there as well. Worth checking out since it's basically downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761412655-W2MZLLD5O9IXG70S79FF/IMG_20220719_171543092.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Very steep hill as well, lots of joggers and cyclists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761440898-AP6444447KD9MP0K32YP/IMG_20220719_171858237_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Back to downtown St John's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761529064-B5XQJTHFR4IH6R4TFZ2E/IMG_20220720_090930025_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - It has a few streets of restaurants. Seems to have great and vibrant nightlife, reminds me of Montreal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761548070-836S811E947SSHFS4MLH/IMG_20220720_091349868_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Lots of cafes, bakeries, gift shops, pubs and restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761535532-CAA2E42M7PZY4RPNU1RT/IMG_20220720_091133967_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Went to eat here, The Celtic Hearth. Lot of Irish/Scottish influence in Newfoundland. You can hear it in the way natives talk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761462790-IRPOS59N5183V3YJ05G2/IMG_20220719_184054615.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cod Tongues. Yes they are what it says... They have the texture of scallops but taste like cod. Pretty good, say I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761476656-8YKKKKYBSAPPMYPGGG7H/IMG_20220719_190024332.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Moose burger. It's more dry than beef and has a faint gamy taste but it works very well as hamburger meat since you can balance the dryness with sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658761508272-P2M7Y8K3OXQDSY0YQV55/IMG_20220719_192537134.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - I didn't go. Regrets. Saw like 3 strip clubs two blocks away from the restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b245f642-5218-4095-b73e-883e8f34ade4/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Cape St-Francis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762437857-ZVDH1S5EOPPF7NCEPVTP/IMG_20220720_082622205_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Started my morning with Fish and Brewis, fish cake and more toutons. Fish and Brewis is basically stuffing but replace sausage with salted cod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762790603-DFMW5KD2CWHUNH17W23V/covecovecove.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - description of Newfoundland at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762511962-8Q75AJRR3476HQ7C60D6/IMG_20220720_114616671.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cliff/Cove view from around Torbay, on Marine Drive. These words mean nothing to you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762552593-LCAX8TCMK96F4L8H52KM/IMG_20220720_121157521.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Shacks n' coves. Welcome to Newfoundland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762586112-ACBLANAH4CNMPWT6OSHE/IMG_20220720_121411978.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - I think this one was called Flat Rock Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763006345-Y4QPFR7QKZAFNXNAL840/IMG_20220720_133200742_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - See they put this kind of shit at the start of their trails... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763052745-8FGKXJHLSK3C80LKRT8G/IMG_20220720_133205257.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - When the road looks like this. Then you're like "ok whatever boomer". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762673329-OF81AW0UR51QQ872O246/IMG_20220720_124339502.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Then it devolves into this minesweeper BS. Still tolerable as it's sort of packed gravel/dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762779381-I4ULAOYQW9DNZV9958WX/IMG_20220720_125438190.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - But it ends in total disaster, just loose gravel half destroyed by rainfall. It makes you question the use of their word "maintain". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762829603-DQKJ8TCCC2B3IPRSLNE6/IMG_20220720_130233556_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - But if you make it to the end of this exploded road, you get to the Cape St-Francis lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762835576-E3TI9G8J0CSQGEWRPC2F/IMG_20220720_130239315.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - It's a tiny closed-off lighthouse, nothing special, but the area itself is stunning. It's a hiking destination more than anything else. Not meant for... a road bike lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762885478-S0OHSQJ1GR8I1BET2UF8/IMG_20220720_130647919_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Look at this. Just insane. There's a big rock with a screeching seagull colony there as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762919810-M2AD0DG0FT1LKELGJVXG/IMG_20220720_130407145.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Bunch of idiots throwing their redneck trash everywhere though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762967209-6V1DJ9ABGG53GLQZZBQ8/IMG_20220720_130928004_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Evidence of redneckness. So cool: Go shoot your gun and slam beer bottles on the rocks, like a true hardass. Then die of a heart attack at 55 because you're actually a fat fuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658762956787-PFY9YEYDZNF4B3Q06R3J/IMG_20220720_131158231_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Anyway, back to the view: It's awesome. Good spot for a picnic, just watch for the glass shards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763037624-VYDWDZY9M31S1RMF45YN/IMG_20220720_140229757_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Tiny harbor of Bauline town, at the bottom of a very steep 160m cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763061551-8AO1WGVY6YNXA5W0O8FA/IMG_20220720_144410139_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Final cove town: Portugal Cove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763053568-SBRYI9M6UYDQFMQSHQF5/IMG_20220720_144122871.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - In the distance there is Bell Island. You need to take the ferry to it but it seems to have a few things going on. Next time, next time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763097031-76DF6W9V7A8NW0NCYXRJ/IMG_20220721_101930646_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Got myself a hotel room in St-John's to celebrate the end of the trip. 143$, but free laundry! That's the cheapest one around btw. Gives you an idea of why to sleep in a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763074106-ATAX9MPIBRJ2O78N1ILT/IMG_20220720_183443772.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - This is a "Jigg's Diner", another Newfoundland thing. Bunch of somewhat bland stuff with a piece of salted beef and some "pease pudding". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658763096012-U3UCNDR8LXZ2F126XON3/IMG_20220720_183642001.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Salted beef is like tougher, saltier smoked meat. Not bad. Pease pudding is chickpea paste. Has the consistency of a boiled egg yolk. Just kind of bland sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c1b1bc1d-839d-4e70-8a41-efe2cf7f9bcf/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Placentia/Argentia/Castle Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764252288-Z8LXAI6IMDQQBO01EU49/IMG_20220721_124245681.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Town of Placentia, where I parked to start the ride. Gorgeous as always. People here must be real sick of these views, just wanting to see a field with brown grass... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764309405-A7O7YHEI5GX0IDR45E1Z/IMG_20220721_124352322_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Little bush near the parking. Entire turn is infested with tourists and their dirty dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764288874-2MLE4Q1SIS86UIE0UHHC/IMG_20220721_124535115.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Little bridge that connects Placentia and Argentia area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764328706-T2923CJ0OA7OXHXNZUM6/IMG_20220721_124942152.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Placentia beach boardwalk. About 1.5km long of this. In all this time I didn't even dip a toe in any beach. Maybe I should do that on the way back... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764332987-79WGCUPQXBANEIBJD9KH/IMG_20220721_125641084.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The Placentia Jesus House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764374867-KBWDZV0PXP9VYSJCK2ZX/IMG_20220721_131222990_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - On the way to Argentia you pass by Castle Hill Historical site, where the French had built a fort to protect the port. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764366465-YGYJS45ABC4FDW5DZ86G/IMG_20220721_131149070.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - There's still ruins of the fort you can step on at will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764421149-X6PFQZ4VEAJXJ5G6X2P7/IMG_20220721_131314520_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Fort is about 100m above sea level, overlooking the town of Placentia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764404722-XNPTYHYEM3KVNVRR3V1F/IMG_20220721_131338290.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Some history for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764441786-3KQ3Q7XKJ9A1M52GP91B/IMG_20220721_131414825.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - There's many more canons all over the site, as well as a guided audio tour. Worth a little detour while you wait for the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764475015-4RTOPQCVHV17OY7MR3Y5/IMG_20220721_132501797.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Town of Argentia sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764475054-MFISL0UR9OEXDES9ZUC5/IMG_20220721_133145827.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The ferry towering over everything else, with these cool hills in the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764521334-8RFD5L8NZMES1ABRST86/IMG_20220721_133330334_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Goodbye Newfoundland! Need more Moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658764509593-7F36M27UEVOXWWD0UI3M/IMG_20220721_133641294.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Good thing they never checked my pockets this entire time. You're free now my little friends. Go forth and destroy the ecosystem somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/51dbd93f-ebe9-41b1-a474-0acc60fc614e/routeferry.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765596590-82VASU37X1OBFVBZCPC0/IMG_20220721_172634093.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Leaving Newfoundland. Super windy out on the deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765613473-Q6Z6APBTA79JO6NLIWSK/IMG_20220721_173011356.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765540475-XSK1J7FBVYHC4YQIESKD/IMG_20220721_155814839.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Ferry has a casino/arcade. Also has a buffet style restaurant and regular snack bar/cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765564979-SC427JTHZWL99K4VVAOR/IMG_20220721_160644279.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - There's a bar with 8$ Coors Lite. People straight ask for this shit. Why. If you're going to drink calories, why drink shit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765538655-UUT38R6MVKTYDVVBDQOG/IMG_20220721_155845406.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The bar area also has this huge lounge where local Newfoundlanders were playing country music for a few hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765623923-D5ER67TFVTI5L3F561E2/IMG_20220721_173516624.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Have to hand it to those two guys, they really hung in there to entertain the crowds. Get that authentic Newfie country experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765597377-ICNG15UMC9NF7NHJXOX0/IMG_20220721_161813067.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Had brought myself a bunch of things to do, knowing there was no WI-FI on the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765633381-ZT66IJMAHBWYQUPK8PYD/IMG_20220721_192445900.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Done! There's about 50-60 in there. Thank you everyone who read this and kept me company online during my trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658765612790-OKARSMGSID7X69U1RFPJ/IMG_20220721_173149452.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Ended up sleeping in the theater. Was really damn cold. Some people smarter then me brought sleeping backs/pillows and just slept on the floor here. Next time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7ed57de4-6c98-47ca-8f4c-8d44e1b99122/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Kelly Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766469126-W1QPKDYPE00692R0VW4T/IMG_20220722_185051119_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Tons of big homes all around the huge Bras D'Or lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766474523-FEUW68AOR7C7F774RENE/IMG_20220722_191013404.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Love how creative people are with their businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766508804-P4CIQTRAHMUFM3HUOX2Z/IMG_20220722_193115599_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Huge bridge that connects Bras D'Or lake area to the rest of Cape Breton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766509710-6ZEFGI8B9WIA84UDJGJX/IMG_20220722_193249501_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Cool red cliff from the bridge. There's a big RV park at the base of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766518177-I5ZYBV09K83M270LTCHM/IMG_20220722_195327865_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Top of St-Ann's lookout, about 240m up, overlooking the lake. Don't know what that little peninsula is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766521652-ZZ1905IWZAO7ANLULM6O/IMG_20220722_195410092_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Other side of the mountain. Was going for a sunset picture but was just too early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766577749-YEA119EL8XVAMG7TJW2I/IMG_20220722_200551747_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Down the other side, where the mountain pass connects you back to the Cabot Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766557681-ZOY56ETBVFPOXIALAUOD/IMG_20220722_200630064_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Lobster restaurant is about where I started the 300km loop last week. Hmmm lobsters. Eating money. Hmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766587598-D2PACSZ0HIDGDXX0DVMM/IMG_20220722_203434764.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Back up the lookout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766628750-AYT90HOXKFQ3OMJX9ZUH/share.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Just because you add a "share the road" sign doesn't make it safe or possible. What's this rumble strip even for? To warn you 0.2 seconds before you die? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766594412-HZHYFJYEA19MYT4AU5HI/IMG_20220722_204157504_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Back to the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658766604014-AJLGYMT97M7N1AGSC0X4/IMG_20220722_204210350.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - There's one of those little lighthouses on each side. So ends a long day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d5ca5db8-c6f5-415d-ae4e-6a9b41db15c9/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out The Giant Fiddle / Tip of Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767589643-7QE5EXW1DNVVOORJM1TT/IMG_20220723_093042041.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The Big Fiddle in Sydney, next to the visitor center/ port/ stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767651642-EN2OGFN4J67C0KJ2ICPO/IMG_20220723_093122333.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Again, the plaque proves it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767605467-JYAYUJG6XLPROPI43QEJ/IMG_20220723_095534997.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - That's the view you get from the ferry leaving North Sydney. Remember? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767649771-XH81RFTGR2R1RO6WDUPW/IMG_20220723_100550205.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Route passes by Fort Petrie. Don't know what it is but they have a tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767627243-EGANNKGJ6LJ3SWZRNZEX/IMG_20220723_100452223.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - And whatever this big thing is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767672683-MVNRI0LBT72D63DVNJEP/IMG_20220723_101508194.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Northern tip lighthouse overlooking Sydney harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767667549-T0NI5EFU4EXOU4LMIVZ2/IMG_20220723_101514580.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Some people having a little picnic there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767689326-1V8XL5PFA2GC3OUFEUED/IMG_20220723_103541898.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Lingan generating station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767709862-T9NAY689AUUCB56GY5NA/IMG_20220723_105732014.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Every little town has a museum in Canada. It's amazing. There must be thousands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767725010-AQAMDXOH2Q5N29WZY42H/IMG_20220723_110008603.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The sea from Glace Bay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767719278-Z4U2FBOBCAM30XXLL7E3/IMG_20220723_112940618.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Getting closer and closer to the actual tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767741562-NA99ACL2H1FLEIVZP0A0/IMG_20220723_113227791.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Good representation of this area. Little homes and towering wind turbines. Many people put up "no windmill" signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767755897-AZ25HLQRDBRB8355HUCQ/IMG_20220723_113945268.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Wadden's cove. That's about as far as you can make it without getting on a boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767762416-THDM976TL4ZZD6DA2AGA/IMG_20220723_115535898.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Another beach in the area. Never ends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767794091-7O0QSUMHO7IZEGJUD7Q6/IMG_20220723_115612876_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Another thing you see a lot in the Maritimes are these fisherman statues. Don't know the meaning of them, if any. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767779636-RS4RT9CXMXTAAMHT4KQH/IMG_20220723_121151106.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Dude with a badass car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767803497-AWCZOUKMAB2NS38GQC0Y/IMG_20220723_133611187.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - You have to be ready for anything in life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658767578997-ZRZQGAOMZTOIQE0HEE32/boatgif.gif Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Driving to Halifax I came across this road that just opens sideways to let boats pass. Neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/abf47139-9daf-4865-bcb0-c0bac537fe24/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Make it stand out Halifax and Peggy’s Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658768909580-YFBQ5231OHSCRCXWOZZ9/IMG_20220724_111517890_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The Pier / boardwalk. Nice touristy area with that typical Maritime architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658768920995-SBSKOXODPYPL9UQU6W5D/IMG_20220724_111802785.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - A boat. I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769059434-C1N116M98O4Q38PN0UL1/IMG_20220724_111912903_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Halifax also hosts some military vessels to enforce our might over the seals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658768960449-LC1G6PS7E5017AA37L4E/IMG_20220724_111951372.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Bunch of kids not giving a shit about Karen's safety warnings. Good. Ride that wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658768989866-YSL5Q5W8JWAGNG7VZV5T/IMG_20220724_112059817_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Tons of food stalls for every taste there. Seafood, beaver tails. Donairs... which are a Nova Scotia thing for some reason, apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769023121-7AOKP0G3JT1B02CQ0968/IMG_20220724_112317792_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Did I mention this is a touristy place? Tons of people doing jetski/boating in the harbour there as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769089750-38MDVQP33VGV1JQZTHHS/IMG_20220724_112603278.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - She's having a nice day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769054633-ECQU7YSP0O0P0Z1BW0TU/IMG_20220724_112333237.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Saw lots of construction going on. Halifax is one of the hottest real estate markets in the country right now as other places become unlivable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769091500-6SEIUT32O8U6CPDT86YX/IMG_20220724_112718547_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Oh yeah. This guy. Yeah.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769152467-DA9TGG5G5XAFIOGVZWR7/IMG_20220724_113617088_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Another big Canadian city trend are these rainbow colored crosswalks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769138027-9MMG7Z1SEBXHNKH1IEVA/IMG_20220724_123727463.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Out of the city, on the way south to the cove, you pass by endless lake towns like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769171584-W2D8EBFAXPIQIPPKR0RE/IMG_20220724_123829098.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - What a mighty steed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769191817-BZHRO38ELEGY5ZJ6LDGY/IMG_20220724_123834274_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Lots of big houses with lake/ocean access. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769202783-7EF1YJ97P9TS9CILH887/IMG_20220724_124006860.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - You can see the Peggy's Cove area in the distance, oddly shrouded in fog during an otherwise sunny day in a heat wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769229675-UXFYETMROIV7R3QU5KWJ/IMG_20220724_131148552.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The cove area is a protected natural site with a mix of these weird rocks and a bunch of bogs/ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769238528-H05HLX0FOCZ49CYD55FR/IMG_20220724_131644103_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - A nice guilt sign there. OH I'M BAD. I'M SO BAD. *WHIPS SELF* HMMM SO BAD, TELL ME HOW BAD I AM *WHIPS SELF*. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769243993-VTXZHO3XZG21J188Y0OL/IMG_20220724_131804810.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The entire Peggy's Cove area and town was shrouded in this thick fog. Gave me a nice break from the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769251061-YD857RI96X12VX2AE6TU/IMG_20220724_132027041.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The lighthouse, swarming with impossibly slow tourists. Holy shit people are inept at walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769284136-X7MIRKZWE99LOR0L300Z/IMG_20220724_132225068_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Found another big lobster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769284462-EFIJNYWBP4SR6OTNXNZZ/IMG_20220724_132750703.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - This guy being a creative street hustler. Not the worst way to annoy people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769321000-5IYMGT9HT3J8NLZTYFRE/IMG_20220724_132838675.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Very cool view of the ocean from there. Probably nice on a clear day but what can you do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769326323-01RY1I0LCA2HKQ5FS03Y/IMG_20220724_133146146.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The town itself has a very quaint old timey feel, again with the little colorful houses with white frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769378667-V7MLCRGP5O19G4A31PFT/IMG_20220724_145656015_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Heading back to Halifax. Lots of seafood restaurants all along the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769377648-SP6HUL6EC7P24Q8PE7VW/IMG_20220724_150341284.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Passed by this cool solar sunflower at a garden center. Love taking pictures of big things and my butt was hurting a lot so it's an excuse to get off the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769421573-EEAIUJ9UXF1KUOLV9ZNI/IMG_20220724_152446632.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Angus L. McDonald bridge that connects Halifax to Dartmouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769488866-LLNQKP080MIIODXJV55H/IMG_20220724_162436156.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - It's a toll bridge that still has those cones you throw quarters into. Must create so much traffic during rush hour as confused tourists wonder where the fuck they're supposed to get quarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769553503-YXONZ27G5LTTX1WAYQJF/IMG_20220724_152814035.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Ok has it been pride month for like 5 years at this point? I've been seeing these since day 1 in BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769453201-NMS9A6FKKEITRCF7FLNN/IMG_20220724_152906435.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - The harbor from the bridge, with some of Canada's fleet hanging out. God I wonder how many of my tax dollars they blew on this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658769520212-OUBS4T9LJ8EYG27R7ZZ1/IMG_20220724_170849720_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 10 - Escape from Newfoundland - Treated myself to a bubble tea with 5x the beads. Ride was a game of trying to finish it without stopping for water just so I could get my bubble tea faster... https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek9 monthly 0.5 2022-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c2c4e649-370c-42d0-b418-58a15312ac52/week09stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/752de4d2-b087-45e3-8402-7d8df6362bf3/week09map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/acf09a31-bb65-425c-97d0-47c3fb642ef8/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Cabot Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755790529-9WSLYDKUVENCJHZGOR82/IMG_20220711_054254859_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Drove 20mins to this spot to start at sunrise, which was earlier then expected. I was ready to start the ride in the dark. Good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755797402-HVCKREKZ2W8W6P0ALLF6/IMG_20220711_085851507.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Bought some of these the night before to replace my Tim Hortons. Zero time to waste when attempting a ride that would take at least 11 hours... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755791240-VL5N0PT440DGM48LQMH2/IMG_20220711_073516184.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Turns out "Road Closed: Local Circulation Only" sometimes means "The Taliban bombed the bridge again, this is a legit detour for once, go away". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755794653-76MVAKCZAX19ATKJ37QH/IMG_20220711_082340556_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - One of my biggest regrets. What wonders did the salmon museum hold? We'll never know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755793930-ME2FYQQ2WW556L07K0HC/IMG_20220711_085725350.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The start of the loop is pretty much 90km of ho-hum riding in the woods. This is the best view of that segment... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755797046-4L4DIRU1HCKB2D8X9F0Y/IMG_20220711_090456636.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Once you reach the coast it starts to get promising though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755798557-3WL16HYQT82A6EUO9S3O/IMG_20220711_091637348.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - There's about 35-40km of going through small seaside towns before you enter the actual Cape Breton park... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755801201-GG9T9JIQ0UU4BXBI8OME/IMG_20220711_092442887.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - What... what is cow art? Why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755800394-6S31S2U59Q4NZLLHSPOG/IMG_20220711_093645608_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Nice that people get creative with town signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755802385-XZD2QPL6ZYI1OZD91CM6/IMG_20220711_100120532_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Literal trolls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755802698-E0S9KJHM0W55L6G2CDBV/IMG_20220711_101206513.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Western entrance to the park. The entire cape is just cliffs and beaches like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755804114-IZ2WMV5GOSDYBE0Q8DPU/IMG_20220711_101627075_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You don't see much going up but then descend with these insane views of the road winding through jagged cliffs and coastlines. Easy top 10 roads in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755804065-RTJPSAWJ5578WOMHA0TB/IMG_20220711_111241174.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Saw a few bikepackers suffering away that day. This will never be me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755805837-6PJUOZK19MKULPP9GJNM/IMG_20220711_111519444_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - View from the top of the first and highest climb that descents into Pleasant Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755805486-HJRHFWQT0MHM9ZKMG804/IMG_20220711_111830803_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Pictures really speak for themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755806396-CWTNFD87SELLGYN5NZIW/IMG_20220711_112139224_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Mostly though you only get these views coming down the 3 main climbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755807568-N6HHA6RIM83KNCSKEI19/IMG_20220711_120430884_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Look at the chunky-ass Moose they pretend to have there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755807980-LDIXVUIVFWV6DVZF62J4/IMG_20220711_133538139.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The road keeps going with these cliffs and coves until you turn back into the woods to St. Anns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755809665-KM8H6AIT81RZVDQLFKM1/IMG_20220711_133541031.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755809932-ATLDIHWT33ZPNSSBOHOP/IMG_20220711_134202257.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755810974-XMJ4GJBHG30CTD65PIT5/IMG_20220711_134841134.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755812927-G7RASUFPT1KONGZA27NR/IMG_20220711_135238338.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The skies were a little threatening halfway in but glad I avoided rain that day. Thank god. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755813796-494PR64K34D7B9KTLFQ0/IMG_20220711_141313165.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Casual teachers? Whatever that is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755816427-K78OMQBQJXIX93LCGI94/IMG_20220711_143941370_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You can take this Gondola though I'm not sure where it pops up. Just drive I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755819223-OY2RB5HPTYOUIJ4HJBCP/IMG_20220711_145120334.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Cool little seaside hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755822866-N3N98FDV8ONP44Y6EZYI/IMG_20220711_150857066.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Almost made me forget the suffering. Almost... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755828309-9YS7F9DHS57JWKT41AW9/IMG_20220711_150959790.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - By "guaranteed" they mean that this still counts: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657757025055-DT7RZ16A50YFY3LZPS1Q/whale.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - "Alright kid you've seen it, money's mine" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657757074724-ZA7L4FQKVMMIFM0SQMV9/2682959026_9d67a201f4.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - At this point my ass looked like this and I was pretty damn ready for the ride to be done... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755829653-8QNADJRCVFB8O7R3FJA0/IMG_20220711_162317137_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Turning back to St. Ann you come across North River but you don't care because the headwind's been destroying you for the last 50km https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657755829919-0569X33GCZBXQUF4T368/IMG_20220712_072346192.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - My reward donut from Tim Hortons. I'm collecting the points. Every 8th coffee is free! $$$$$$$$ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/56b04956-408d-49c0-ac79-3f839c93cf5e/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059818217-ZP5RRDM3ZSVG70FPHTIT/IMG_20220712_054422748.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Woke up to a mob of starlings feasting on the grass next to my car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059818553-UCXG2KG5AGEA9CFYIEMJ/IMG_20220712_101354627.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - One of the ferries. They're huge and it takes about 2 hours to load them. Suddenly airports don't seem to bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059828872-TN6NMMYHY2WGZ8WCQHA6/IMG_20220712_114155435.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059831265-0A58R3Z7NA66Z7T0PV6H/IMG_20220712_115303216.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This is not the one I was on in case you were wondering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059841237-DWTDTPQHBVPF2BZAYIGH/IMG_20220712_125733385.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Inside you can find a big area with recliners and tvs where you're supposed to attempt to sleep if you didn't get one of the 3 cabins on the deck above.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059839604-3B9W98M6LKX3RHTIGZ59/IMG_20220712_130714255.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Leaving the Cape behind. About this point where people got bored of being outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059854731-D4F6VGBTBTB4376KN627/IMG_20220712_140857003.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - I asked if there was wi-fi on the boat and an employee lady enthusiastically replied "Yes!" by which she of course meant "NO!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059850202-T3I8J3MXBFQX2UNF434E/IMG_20220712_141542689.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Usual ripoff prices. I think people buy that just out of boredom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059871949-ESM9ZF4LWTNAT2A7KJOJ/IMG_20220712_142111397.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059872505-AXP7Q56NKVKN1PSVPX05/IMG_20220712_142130206.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This is the view for 4-5 hours of the trip. No whales, no birds, no icebergs... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059886737-5PQC2N43C4XHTCWN7HMF/IMG_20220712_174813709_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - But then you get to port and people scurry out to take pictures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059886856-TFE6VANU3CMV45PYZKJ5/IMG_20220712_175307062_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Not me though, I wouldn't do that like some pedestrian tourist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059901857-IVGK3FCTE97446ENCF5S/IMG_20220712_175730997.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - More people taking pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059899588-UUB4PIKIVXZVQ9XPAN3H/IMG_20220712_183455318.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Some views of the drive up to Stephenville. Really Iceland-like landscape. Very unique for Canada so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059909620-L7APHBYAX1QEJ94P66VM/IMG_20220712_185034885_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - In case you're wondering who the dumbasses are who throw shit out of their car window: This lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658059916032-M9878IAG4X9MZP3FF2FW/IMG_20220712_205425282.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Stopped at Mary Brown's which is like a better Chick-Fil-A. Thought they were unique to Newfoundland but apparently not... Still great chicken sandwich though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2f142eb1-f03b-4673-af64-14dfdf8b0be5/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Cap St-George https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060608188-4770WSVUR7KUQ5OV268C/IMG_20220713_110002266.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Tons of tiny little coastal towns everywhere. Like 50 people, in these tiny hobbit houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060611203-8QQGWC13S133OO4VU6XP/IMG_20220713_112530841_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This is reason#41 why it sucks to ride in the rain. Glasses get droplets inside and out so you can't see anything. But you can't take the off otherwise the wind and rain blind you anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060634679-7LBADKZPS8GQZYJ1LHWU/IMG_20220713_112659042_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Started to enter a fog patch when climbing up the Cape. Almost anywhere you stop and just walk up to the side of the cliffs you get these amazing views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060626739-1CK78PMCM7TL40NB1ZNL/IMG_20220713_121715176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This fog was thick... No one but me was there today. No cars, no bikes. Just me silently rolling in the fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060636660-ATMFVISZ75B52095E4HQ/IMG_20220713_121717828.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Waiting for a bear to leap out of a bush and get me. I imagine the view is great from here on a clear day.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060643104-M5ZQY7K0K4J799N1V1QV/IMG_20220713_123042421.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Back down the cape. There's a little town at the base of these massive cliffs. You could buy that house. You could live there. Don't know what you'd do 99% of the time, but you get that view at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060649678-UOHXDMZHXDPHFPYAOYWZ/IMG_20220713_131716139.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Newfoundland is covered in these bogs / ponds / marshes where I imagine moose frolic all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060651191-R1ZS2HZ2T0RFP33PLM9W/IMG_20220713_133813099.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That wind... Fortunately it wasn't that bad the entire week, it really was just the storm/rain that day. Thank god. 30-50kph headwinds are not fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060656268-S9ABPY9I4PYONZBID5S9/IMG_20220713_142849799_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Looks like that all around the cape and the road that connects it to Stephenville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060685904-5PEHLFLPN4IK0L65KL04/IMG_20220713_142924439_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Awesome views of the waves crashing on these large cliffs. Would be quite a sight in an actual big storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060684847-I9UTTQ0Y0RVPZOD4ITD6/IMG_20220713_180540879.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Went to shop for gifts that night. Lots of moose themed things on the island. They really amp up how moose infested they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060692755-SPEBPT4IU9Z8G7T0XCDI/IMG_20220713_182315390_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - BakeApples are one of the island's unique food items that they make into desserts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061413559-SIH2CCQS8WOCXY77IWUF/apple.JPG Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They look like this. Apparently they don't take particularly good but you can fix that with sugar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658060695536-ZDOMDMHUJMC3AISULPOO/IMG_20220713_190120783.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Got myself a greasy meal of fish and chips ( was very good ) and a poutine with salted beef ( an island ingredient ) that also was delicious. #deserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/308992d9-7545-4a7c-80ef-0d201a8a97fd/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Tablelands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061907673-XJJH5A81UXQ1I9E9VMVY/IMG_20220714_094721977.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Spent the night in Corner Brook. It's a town built on cliffs around a harbor with this factory spewing this huge thick smoke... Looks healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061908373-NTGLICPI9HJGDPMO2IS9/IMG_20220714_140657484_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Near the start of the ride. Geography already starting to look badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061930061-BDG203YJM02HP4BWS2V7/IMG_20220714_141606449.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - There's signs like this everywhere. Moose must be the number one killer of Newfies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061922873-GSZM3YLAWBFV0AA3HQ33/IMG_20220714_144135856.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The ride consists of a few long rolling climbs with lookouts on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061936413-N7CONQU39MP90BPEKOMT/IMG_20220714_144442361.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - View of the tablelands. Still snow on there, in July! You can take guided hikes to the cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061948825-5B13WODANXRM8EHQHKTR/IMG_20220714_144742378.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Another view of the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061970642-U8P7KIYWEMKLVUU1BKNW/IMG_20220714_150623667.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The ride passes through the small scenic town of Woody Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061953593-QVZNQIJE4EDYXRTZ75ZV/IMG_20220714_145531448.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - 3 satellites? This dude's running a TV station apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061987512-XFRXZHMHJYB0KJWRYVXT/IMG_20220714_152057708_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The views from this town are quite stunning. You could live there for real cheap. It's waiting for you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658061991842-IDVFYEVC59HRQM9GVDYP/IMG_20220714_151030213.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They should export these signs to Quebec, they'd be rich. I'd come to find dozens such signs all over the island, even warning of fixed potholes. So nice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062009361-EHA9B5TVWHK7YTB1UQ0I/IMG_20220714_153156359.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Some people watching the tablelands snow patch. Seemed to be something there because they were still looking when I came back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062005913-D5QODP39L81W9A38HDT6/IMG_20220714_153159546.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Really must be something in the winter here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062023328-CI33TGJZLIG5RH0IYMQK/IMG_20220714_160313961.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This ride ends in the bustling metropolis of Trout River... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062039259-HN8BBXWZ2QQKPWB15J4J/IMG_20220714_160758593.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - A blue whale washed up on these shores and they sold it to a museum. Not the worst thing for your town to brag about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062053538-3PPCFAS2KJZQ5WX96A3G/IMG_20220714_164623287.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - A last look back at Woody Point. You could afford a place here! You'd have a boat, a pickup truck and a dirt bike. What a life you'd have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658062075226-25R6XTJMYCATRVA147GU/IMG_20220714_175433162_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Already have a car, otherwise... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ed24d7e6-5524-463d-bbf6-bce64f9b9866/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out L'Anse aux Meadows / Whale Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191342447-6YPOBKEAOZJPR1L0237I/IMG_20220715_110117093.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - At some point I started to notice that literally every house had one of these strange boxes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191331293-WP78LF2JN5CLB5HF6VTF/IMG_20220715_110145389.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Apparently these are garbage cans designed to keep animals from feasting on your tasty trash. Why doesn't everyone have these? Are Newfoundland's animals more trash hungry? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191374811-ZM01T414OWCRETDC224C/IMG_20220715_112513148.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Cape Onion little town with its church. Every single town, no matter how small, has one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191383210-DXO65R1OIZP2EFK0D1S6/IMG_20220715_113259321.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Beautiful view of the bay there. That house is worth 52$. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191395438-8ZA5TNLTSYX9ML2L3WTF/IMG_20220715_113339526.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Don't know what these are, but they are nice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191415746-T6N1INGC1HW19E5DK125/IMG_20220715_113928962.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Promises of free whales. Sadly none today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191459545-VQV16BKG43FH5QYRRWMG/IMG_20220715_114302178.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Just this amazing view of the cliffs. You can walk right up to the edge and throw yourself in the ocean, it's great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191465733-FLQ22H7HIMF6Q8DSUD0C/IMG_20220715_114024658.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Nobody built a bunch of BS railing or fences to prevent tourism or collect money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191511962-1MDT9Y4Y7I1Y5E2H49B1/IMG_20220715_114915113.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - These flower cones that come in multiple varieties also common here, almost as if they were cultivated by somebody? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191524008-DXTOYAFABDIS7ZEY2Q32/IMG_20220715_120011240.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Look at these puffballs. What is that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191529058-1HBQNH9LG1HIDTICQZPT/IMG_20220715_133645667_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That's what you see if you reach L'Anse aux Meadows visitor center. They obviously put the cool stuff behind a paywall in their center... bleh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191545341-D2FN3949DXOUTQ61HF3X/IMG_20220715_133747214_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The weather was getting menacing so I didn't go inside. Enjoy this view of grass that the vikings didn't enjoy enough to stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191554397-4G8GST9CTPA5SD2H13FL/IMG_20220715_134226827_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Little viking statues for tourists. Would have to climb a dirt trail. Pfff. No thanks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191559578-19ID7K5P90R3ZT3UP79O/IMG_20220715_134720690_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Oh yeah, gotta have your runestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191574115-NIOQJCXAVP31PL9AZOCO/IMG_20220715_141235450.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Lot of viking shops and restaurants in the little towns going there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191583077-MSX1UIP4FTTBVY8LS880/IMG_20220715_141530568_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - On the way you'll pass by "Iceberg Alley". It's too late in the season to see them this far though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191599473-99OBW5DYI5P4FRON2SX9/IMG_20220715_141537735_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - But you can take boat/kayak tours to see the icebergs/ seabirds/ whales in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191603968-IZ0EDVOLK48AZ600LD2K/IMG_20220715_142332773.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You can also buy "iceberg ice", also known as "ice". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191625952-Z3HVSZS76RED7W2WPMN4/IMG_20220715_185723790.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Finished early so decided to drive 8hours that afternoon/evening... This is Gros Morne mountain range, about 2-3 hours south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191624229-FXQC4AUUF3D91ZK22Z2A/IMG_20220715_190646096_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The Arches park. I was surprised to see that it's basically right on the road and you can just walk up to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191657546-HKIH8YRNOGTIWQ1FCXER/IMG_20220715_190941681_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Almost feel like it's stealing. I get to see a rock with TWO holes and nobody's making me pay for parking? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191677295-CTJ43Z3CEYXW5RT6036Y/IMG_20220715_191011050_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - No guard to yell at me for touching the slime or picking up a rock? What is this alternate reality? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191712326-HQ4WMF7T8QIYW438Y26E/IMG_20220715_191133129_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - An asian would pay a lot of money for this sea lettuce. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191697682-8C5HP6GOWCNDLXM1EHE7/IMG_20220715_194837638_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - As you keep driving south you're treating to one of the most amazing drives in all of Canada as you drive along the Gros Morne mountain range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191731304-GFW7QAKRDKML0705YA0Z/IMG_20220715_201121406_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Eventually making it to Rocky Harbor, which seems to be the tourist destination of the area. It's absolutely breathtaking as you descend into the town from the highway. Should have biked there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191738502-X5KOUCWSB1L0YSWYP6RS/IMG_20220715_201147662_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Little lighthouse lookout. Lots of people. The town itself has lots of restaurants/hotels/tours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191770564-OZJQALLIID8X1ZQASFLQ/IMG_20220715_202112974_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Just a really beautiful town. Nothing comes close in BC as all the badass real estate costs infinite dollars or is turned into a park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191744811-DZ55HC9WXZMMN7ISG4HW/IMG_20220715_201235234_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Mountains in the distance. I think you can drive much closer. Would be worth a visit back perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191771622-KL0BTMBA3SWLRQXF5C27/IMG_20220715_202932170_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Gros Morne catching some clouds. Something I've seen a few other times that week as clouds/fog patches get trapped on top of mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191780259-GCP67VV5ESIRLIMQQESY/IMG_20220715_203042358_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Hey there's a guy fly fishing there. Hm. I wonder if my phone can see through these... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658191779437-LBPAO2GNJGG2F48HLING/IMG_20220715_203025556.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Yes, yes it can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/01ee6e3b-eeae-46a8-8580-331e7e7fca7e/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out World's Biggest Squid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193164611-FDWGBJ1Q0JRX63HOURGH/IMG_20220716_133122176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - So the story of this place is that in the 1800s a giant squid washed up on shore and to this day remains the largest ever found https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193123034-6Y74PI6BXL3MBT3SN7Y5/IMG_20220716_132030454.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - So they built a life-sized replica of their best guess as the the squid's actual size. The fishermen turned it into dog food before it could be properly studied... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193088551-0SLVXJSNU1CUR2GGJLE1/IMG_20220716_131728143.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - What a monster. But cool squid statue though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193110418-HA0SNOT2OMA1JH4HAT00/IMG_20220716_132018302_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Here you go, learn about squids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193165234-7R3L034DA2O6WK234K4D/IMG_20220716_132210372.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - For a little bit of paint on your squid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193189753-KE5IMDTG5CX1ORRKV6NE/IMG_20220716_134217650_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - I had cut the squid ride way short so I decided to keep going north to this small town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193194124-QX1FP7CFCEICTT16ORZI/IMG_20220716_135644600.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Again any time you get to the ocean you find a tiny beautiful town with 50 people living on a cliff next to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193228306-LMXP5FPMAA773VGNQK1H/IMG_20220716_140234026.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They are not kidding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193220417-LBMUYIAK9FVUN17Y5QMY/IMG_20220716_140329036_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Said cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193243233-980Q0ZHOGTGWQNDLJTLL/IMG_20220716_140933122.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Saw some fishermen filleting cod and throwing the carcasses to a mob of seagulls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193247460-8KQ454P2ZSA85OT4FQOS/IMG_20220716_140955486.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That's a Great Black-Backed gull. Only found on the east coast near saltwater. They are A LITTLE LARGER THAN NORMAL GULLS. Woah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193254570-EHY7UZYSHM240I22DKUR/IMG_20220716_151642454_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Where I left my car parked for the ride that day. Every damn town is like this, I'm telling you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193259641-BCPW2RZDIHED9CC54KYQ/IMG_20220716_170944580.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Stayed in Gander that night. They have an aviation museum ( it's tiny ) if you're into that sort of stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658193262096-VUO3TLMPABT4MOTFJJK6/IMG_20220716_170956400_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Several planes parked out front. It's right on the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/808232d5-97ae-447e-9d2e-72cf40f74ac1/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Make it stand out Bonavista / Cabot Landing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194043492-8CLA5P830KURAF8TTSK1/IMG_20220717_110630571.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Started the morning at Rosie's, a local joint that promised me Toutons, a uniquely Newfoundland dish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194056483-EQXE4DQ137SZQCU2UTPP/IMG_20220717_113139195.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They're basically fried bread dough that you drown in molasses. Served for breakfast. 0/10 healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194055829-ROLDORNNKWFGLUG2S99R/IMG_20220717_113840697.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Reminds me a lot of Beaver Tails, but without the sugar. Just... make Beaver Tails...? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194042472-JMV8AVI8K70MGA53LJYJ/IMG_20220716_172232376.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They also sell many baked goods. Had to grab a taste of Rosie's farts, of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194090084-P4WUOKSEHU5MESEGY8RB/IMG_20220717_114940939_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They're balls of raw chocolate chip cookie dough mixed with coconut flakes and dipped in dark chocolate. Overly sweet... But good ride fuel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194601997-17OPO2EKWN1NLZCO65DH/notpaved.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - I cut this ride short from my original plan and it required going through what Strava showed as this "paved" road. Solid red = Paved in their mapping tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194578100-FSCS7JR1C55ZWUEP4HXH/IMG_20220717_193105826_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Yes so paved the locals even put a sign saying this road is garbage even for cars... thanks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194091680-J16MX4QWQR3B259U7EY2/IMG_20220717_145145922_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That road was disgusting, more hole than road in many places. Earned myself another flat, even being careful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194100005-P1SXAKM81UM9VONJ8SR2/IMG_20220717_150346699.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Passing pic of what interior Newfoundland mostly looks like. Basically Quebec. Lakes of all sizes flanked with forests, with nothing but long rolling climbs in the 100-200m range. No flat anywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194123842-Y6EDVWC6HMUBHZUYN2PB/IMG_20220717_161618088_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Making it to the town. Had a tailwind the first 55km... was not looking forward to the way back let me tell you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194221743-TBO6D60YEDZF67M4E41I/IMG_20220717_161934690.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Even the tourist areas here are really just quiet little towns with these old timey shacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194248281-JHJB72CGDBZLX72KQTL3/IMG_20220717_162217802.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - See sometimes this is what "road closed" means... Not "bridge is destroyed" like on my Cabot Trail ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194261802-74YVE70A7XSC15VWF8RF/IMG_20220717_163302890.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The lighthouse at the tip of Bonavista. Just crazy views all over this peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194295663-MTCJ2G4YZYE2YTASDYBJ/IMG_20220717_163526126.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Many kilometers of these jagged cliffs eaten over time by the crashing waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194281251-YSPDLNS8WF22UCQW7BF1/IMG_20220717_163757894.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - The lighthouse itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194380264-XWSLNV0M2GKK9GUVKF1Z/IMG_20220717_164058962.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Behind the lighthouse there's this huge rock that hosts a puffin colony! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194395325-OG5QQT0BUB82NVGRI6KE/IMG_20220717_164110254.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Here you can clearly see them as I use the zoom tool on my camera... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658195135429-V826Q53CWSTZD653ZEJ1/Atlantic_Puffin.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - What a puffin looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194600238-JQNZGVYLF1V0387O6DIF/ufo.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Now here's the lizardman who shot JFK, also taken with my camera's zoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194405349-YWHZCAYKTOEWIFG3S5OJ/IMG_20220717_164711081_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You can just walk as close to the edge of these cliffs as you feel comfortable. Really amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194410271-PQFAWQS03KTX31CMRLPO/IMG_20220717_164850361_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Spotted these people pointing and looking out to sea.. hmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194410151-ES6H4DWL0K8LQ57PJ0AE/IMG_20220717_165024031.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They were pointing at this boat watching two humpback whales frolicking in the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194450279-J1TK89FMFUUHAQ97N0PJ/IMG_20220717_165049182.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That boat is super close to the whales, must be an awesome excursion if you get lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194589739-E3PZLTKCV8RIH2TPQ6NM/monster.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Now again focus here, I believe this is a plesiosaur, again taken with the digital zoom of my camera. I don't know what more evidence you need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194480815-826RJ0QRHF8YVN52H4G0/IMG_20220717_165759632.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - They also put up a statue of John Cabot, with a little plaque. I'm sure CBC news is angry at this statue and wants to take it down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194466350-T4Y8QU8FAQV3G8RR48RS/IMG_20220717_165948852.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Hey wait a minute.... I know that guy... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194937516-U1DZ6D6PI4UHF5X9BKSP/bm9tl14fw8v21.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That's him! That's the guy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194480328-PIEU3UGIWBOTID6LCZOZ/IMG_20220717_170151502.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Two tourists taking pictures of the whales with a way better camera than mine.... Not carrying that on my bike though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194483750-A3F48PUY6D48QE0MV9NS/IMG_20220717_171033585.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Nearby there's a little dairy bar that had partridgeberry Sundays. But it was a lie, they were all out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658195492342-UWMHTI2UDW0B9Q00DYXW/Health-benefits-of-Partridge-Berry.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Partridge berries are these little things you always thought were poisonous. It's a local ingredient for all kinds of desserts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194488795-E2CXQG250UMVB2MVX4S5/IMG_20220717_171950088.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - A bit south of the Cape you will find The Dungeons national park, which also for some reason has cows grazing in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194514604-DIRLAC1NAOD37MFHO4NF/IMG_20220717_172838963_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - That's the Dungeon rock formation. Sea caves form by the waves crashing on the rocks over thousands of years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194507336-JL6GJ20EYEPCEAAY4HFW/IMG_20220717_172821457_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194498072-K6H08BXQWS70E9PGYMNF/IMG_20220717_172354701_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You can follow the coastline for several kilometers and be treated to these amazing views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194525678-08Y7WLFK6E43PXONWP00/IMG_20220717_174945695.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - This is in the town of Ellison, which is also the "root cellar capital" or whatever the hell. Basically these caves where people stored vegetables for the winter.... Okay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194545846-N2V8B57MO7QZ3YNQ948C/IMG_20220717_175049967_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - More interestingly the town has a puffin viewing area and thus its tourism centers around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194545075-UFAMBCY2WNJKDGK040CP/IMG_20220717_175230201.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - You can buy those chairs if you want. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1658194591495-OAEWQ0SMBG3S7HECLAEQ/IMG_20220717_175401524_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 9 - Cabot Trail and Newfoundland - Hi! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek8 monthly 0.5 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/17f6eba8-7acc-4fa6-8c54-05c740eaabba/week08stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/44732354-c2d5-4331-8492-68ca54e3cdd3/week08map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0203a3cf-d973-4fb7-b7c5-380eabbf0840/gasperoute.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Gaspe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143498491-2JVXDOA86FR2R7M9EL4Z/IMG_20220704_090927450.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - So many vape shops everywhere now, all seemingly catering to 14 year olds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143496593-E4OMT6F79O4WXO4HUBHY/IMG_20220704_091026563.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - I like to imagine a guy taking a harduous enough dump that necessitates holding onto that bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143549212-OE8X0IIDTOZK5HSY4PS0/IMG_20220704_102745024.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Put some advertising on your town sign? I like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143533842-GLMP7X7QMF389KIYVUJI/IMG_20220704_102710648_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Town signs never complete without a little garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143517844-GILMFD659OCRQHZWN78W/IMG_20220704_102419015.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Touristy section of the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143548941-J1LTGFRV82OC5D7HUDE2/IMG_20220704_104417155_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Grande Plage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143555001-N6RPWL7O307ZCQ3HZQAR/IMG_20220704_105247288.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Not the nicest beach. BUT I SAW IT. IT COUNTS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143563282-JH4N88WIY69JJ7LSMOBO/IMG_20220704_112517730.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Small learning area near the water. They have a historic cafe too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143568695-X1ZZJFSOP1UV7YJO3T8C/IMG_20220704_112609484.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - I just want to buy something from this for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143582291-ULYQ03D6EHIHOWA9R92D/IMG_20220704_112745473.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Gaspe harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657143584117-SF2QSV8VXJ4N2VQ6X3U6/IMG_20220704_123940829.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - This guy owns the coast apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b8464695-d777-473d-80ab-a57409f23f6b/perceroute.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Perce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144489806-4UQL5BKTXCMW6GRFT4LD/IMG_20220704_124042145_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144497115-Q1ZQEQNOFP6YOXDBGRTJ/IMG_20220704_131428462.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Ile Bonaventure. It hosts a giant seabird colony if that's your thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144521811-2V4YHT11L16DBJTHAJ85/IMG_20220704_131434337.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The entire Perce region is built on cliffs, it's truly stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144541150-5ABZKX2LK362FXTPV5NC/IMG_20220704_131922082.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - So many gorgeous areas with these beat to hell shacks all over the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144545278-XDB7400LGFYO7IWJDHL6/IMG_20220704_132052973.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - I know living here would be boring 95% of the time but it looks nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144578135-SEMYA19VNHWH32Z9KT7X/IMG_20220704_132233497.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Painting houses in bright colors is a fun coastal trend. I'd change the color every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144578752-HH2Z1TN1ZYB8NP8UBW88/IMG_20220704_132422850.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - In BC this house would cost about 20 million. But here you get to drop a shack on any cliff you want! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144586668-VLZY82R33XEP2FTDF2TX/IMG_20220704_132427776.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Perce harbor, with the best view of the big rock without having to walk/boat there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144606300-F55GK024VK6EBR7YOKF7/IMG_20220704_132637379.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Woman and her rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144612359-6Y10V6FFZ5MTYDXEGGH3/IMG_20220704_132651176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - One of my favourite pictures of this trip so far. Expect many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144641087-4FO2C49EX02CBWZRWE56/IMG_20220704_132759460.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Bet your town doesn't have a rock like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144642273-MY7RWSH9VA1ED1STGXSZ/IMG_20220704_133028137.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - A welcome change from the sasquatch statues of BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144675689-SSBC18ZCPTSL2G3Y6Z9Y/IMG_20220704_133113756_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - How can this restaurant not be good? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144663135-HAI9EZVGUCA4JNVD8RS4/IMG_20220704_133318736_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Tourist shop. You need to be at least a level 2 shop to get a moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144678614-M9F6IXDI3WD7YIR7LIS6/IMG_20220704_135103732_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Top of Mont St-Anne. It's steep as hell, like 14% for a mile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144729549-I7M9N5BUFWBZD6T2B7YO/IMG_20220704_135131413.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Artsy side with the macro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144693505-IQG6XNOQNU6WOQ8VKEF7/IMG_20220704_135425357.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - There's many high points in the region that offer stunning views of the island and the rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144729388-OG7NG1W7PS8B82DZTBBE/IMG_20220704_135558933.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Badlands style red rocks poking out of the cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144756051-AW8ES4LZ2AWZRQRUT8U3/IMG_20220704_143659807.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Another shot of the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144764959-48YDWCZ53FWK702AKT3Q/IMG_20220704_144547715.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Whales wear the largest condoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144768804-2NAXY12HD3N47ZHOAPRO/IMG_20220704_145934213.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Great view as you're coming back into town from the south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144783617-EM49D1Q0C0DY4E76R1OV/IMG_20220704_151144783.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - This is the lookout on the 132 road as you get to Perce from the north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144821928-CNSSV7NSBN73CLQBX3QN/IMG_20220704_152202477.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Jurassic Park stuff going on here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144780525-FYUXJZHI9XHXV00Q5EEO/IMG_20220704_151244718.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Gray seals all the way at the bottom of the cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144786742-856YJQIQSLQS1G8H3IB3/IMG_20220704_151412651.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Best view unless you take the helicopter tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144792331-LM828FIFILZC48SQD138/IMG_20220704_151812673.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Beautiful drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657144815136-184QDLZ3SI5M81F2F6SO/IMG_20220704_153038089.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Tourist part of town. "It stinks" remarked a passing 6 year old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8a8d9458-b862-44d6-a300-dec2e8d40e58/stjoseph.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Mont St-Joseph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145873857-A22BQEGQVILZR1ZL5YSU/IMG_20220704_190310026_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The lookout has a truly amazing view since the mountain is so steep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145852275-G80PKBRLAJ62XCXVIMNP/IMG_20220704_190039666_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - That's what stuff looks like from 555m ( 1500feet) up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145850340-RROBAACS4YPWBIPDTCQP/IMG_20220704_190044144_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145866057-XZZW5WJT6SLX0QREFJLM/IMG_20220704_190130481_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - There's a church on top. You really gotta need The Jesus to go there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145884973-RO8VU23MKK22XL2ENNI0/IMG_20220704_192647893_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - That's the mountain with the lookout in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145901493-5FLA2GD49N8N4U6ZBRCL/IMG_20220704_192741413_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Sign you're in a nice place that's trying to keep the hobo infestation at bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145924536-WARLOUCJK3C1I0MH7YGV/IMG_20220704_193142331_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Sometimes you wonder where towns get their art for parks. Like is it the mayor's cousin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145938292-MDXBRDUMNAV2GIX2J8TH/IMG_20220704_193402931.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Saw a wild kitty that came to greet meet. No collar... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145934789-VCCDLOAVU2CB6Z3PVPPD/IMG_20220704_193539388_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - You can rent these and sleep in them? Or is it for fishing? No idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145957251-HR7OE420LEDYVLQPYYME/IMG_20220704_194443886_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - 5$ for story hour of some sort at 8pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145975837-DESQ20I6U0B5LB2KO5K0/IMG_20220704_194903739.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - That's the spot! I could have bummed free storytelling off these saps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657145955812-VERJXGH6VDR11Z42V2WH/IMG_20220704_194606640_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - End of quite a long day. Wanted to just sit there and watch the sunset but still had to drive, shower, pack etc.... sigh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/637e4b1a-7660-49d9-a3c3-63d65521295c/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Campbellton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147096849-E5AI8U38KBPMPA9F5MQZ/IMG_20220705_141545406_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Can't understand how many dilapidated buildings of all sorts can be found in rural areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147095815-G8S9TS92AGS3WHFVWVT3/IMG_20220705_141550206_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - What ruralness looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147112481-KNJQUIH1E9GPMXBH9VRL/IMG_20220705_142623582_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The ride then follows the Restigouche river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147133328-9TVHA0R7JYYQN2IA3TLS/IMG_20220705_145115656_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Bridge crossing from NB to Quebec https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147112155-8XPVAVHQTXYO3ON8FEJ6/IMG_20220705_145012182_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Railway bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147151200-281R178WCUG1UVMN1VGA/IMG_20220705_151351827.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - View of Campbellton from the Quebec side. Don't think there's a road up that cliff... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147183795-4XHREFIIOCNSN5LFIXT1/IMG_20220705_152233873.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - You pass by the Ristigouche Battle historical site. Kind of sucks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147185647-X8NRXUSRS4GY94JA19DE/IMG_20220705_152323771.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Yep, yep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147191342-4X4VL0B7W4LYV71OGXFW/IMG_20220705_153357737_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - huhuhuhuhuhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147203560-OZGS27RTK6CKF9GWW8WA/IMG_20220705_153517539.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - This is how you know you're on an Indian reserve in Canada. Casino, smokes and weed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147237031-34WHJ60FDUSY5LSXJAMF/IMG_20220705_154222901.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Bridge crossing from Quebec side and into Campbellton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147233474-AN2ZK4J5NOKRSOZQH0HJ/IMG_20220705_154424060_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Welcome to a new province! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147255239-A4W93VV0PWZ0M440PS87/IMG_20220705_154746023.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The town has this pretty sweet fish fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147299115-ISCVUPXS1CXY69TQ2CYU/IMG_20220705_154804064.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147268078-ZG71VS19NFHUS3ZAGGZ8/IMG_20220705_154854224.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - CBC reporters reporting a report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147318852-8N6IV010UJ7FO4R7XO2F/IMG_20220705_154920011_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The bridge from the boardwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147318152-UMOQ9N60UNGV2MRU87MN/IMG_20220705_155035178.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Quite dope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147360560-I3J84YINIX7938UB508Y/IMG_20220705_155342394_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Town hall. Notice the wind... this area is so damn windy... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657147353366-X0C180HSIS6OUKA7WLH4/IMG_20220705_161221470.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Another Quebec dish. It's sort of a tourtiere but less dry and with the crust all on top. Better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2f8b07d2-2a6f-4af9-8796-035ef972451f/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0bd611e4-9921-4a72-aad3-b031e06db012/IMG_20220706_092722523_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8bb68a30-f3f4-4de3-9c98-fe3d0fc15986/IMG_20220706_145637984.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Tim Hortons has the most Canadian bathrooms. God bless you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9716c5fd-1b0f-499b-8208-153659557d0f/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Prince Edward Island National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405768059-53YPEJTDI3VKW45ZR5ZX/IMG_20220707_092200487_BURST011.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The world's largest lobster, in Shediac, right outside Moncton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405768042-E59AIQW1P6J3O2ASJWEL/IMG_20220707_092354393.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Shediac is a lobster themed town apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405771316-04T02I4XDZ849GMPRS80/IMG_20220707_134232248.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - A lighthouse themed Jesus House on PEI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405770604-HTFQNI9O83LPROG1CZPG/IMG_20220707_141620255.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - This is the large beach on the north shore. Didn't even have to pay to enter the park, awe yeah biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405772595-ZM6554D9HBU1ACIRC68G/IMG_20220707_141638580.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - They have little grassy dunes too. Otherwise a somewhat unremarkable beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405784534-50VCPNHKICFLCD473LGX/IMG_20220707_142452078.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Little bit of marshlands along the park where you'll see blue herons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405774283-U1EWLZUBKE9AVL26W95C/IMG_20220707_142541508.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The entire island seems to sit on this bed of red clay. It's everywhere. The fields are planted in this clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405780705-226EPAEQ3E6SH2J0D92V/IMG_20220707_151046745.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The dirt roads are all red. Even the patches to repair the paved roads use this red stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405784462-S6VP48A4XY2E7EEHXPL2/IMG_20220707_154407101.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - So apparently there's a "largest Strawberry" in North Carolina. But this one I randomly stumbled on is so much better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406243252-CF5V9FE7YQ41GB37AFPC/Worlds-Largest-Strawberry-Building-1-768x576.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Look at this embarrassment from North Carolina. Where's the heart? Where's the third dimension? Just burn it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405787314-CVJ8PIO2QPPHPIDSHQH7/IMG_20220707_163142972_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Town sign. I didn't stop to visit much because I was scared to miss the lobster supper... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405787575-6OUCS7TKEPUGRJJXU1DU/IMG_20220707_163238006.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Some leaves, whatever. The reviews for the lobster supper kept rambling about the long wait time.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405789852-E6RRL7F48C5J99T8AZAL/IMG_20220707_163651327.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - A harbor yeah yeah. Look I didn't realize we skipped one hour ahead in the maritimes again. I need that god damned lobster, there's no time for this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405795778-WCEVRDDIME66U3BG6728/lobster.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The promised land. 50$ all you can eat sides/desserts plus one lobster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405790296-DWYS5WDTQDUUBLV3ME5Y/IMG_20220707_173613483.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The size of the people confirms that it is indeed a buffet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405792821-TMEJNQV9VN5FPBIHT20Z/IMG_20220707_174340964_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Place is always packed in season apparently. Only waited 10-15mins but it gets way worse. Few hundred people can be there at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405792852-8K2232XCMRE9XKU35QP5/IMG_20220707_173719924.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - That's a good policy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405795089-I8AMT2H1TPZGHNO0MTWN/IMG_20220707_190616201.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - What I ate. It was great. Just want to shove food in my mouth, don't care what it is anymore. Lobster was good but unless we can get them growing on trees soon, never worth the money... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657405795125-DVVFT25N6TVN6YBVLURN/IMG_20220707_182038313.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - A job well done for this fat little piggy. Back to guilt cycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8afebc7b-b69b-405a-be2f-9b2d8eb7b3d8/rout.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out PEI Lighthouse Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406687945-W8QYFFSXO37KHB26LVZH/IMG_20220708_110435895.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Point Prim lighthouse with Evan and Me! This is the oldest lighthouse on the Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406685450-5JUAEF3C9NWW3GK9MODJ/IMG_20220708_110350005_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Apparently the sea is slowly eating into the island so one day this thing will be gone. You have mere decades to see it, hurry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406692610-ZEUAZ431S8S6G4USKO8T/IMG_20220708_111616149.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Lighthouses are a big theme around here and Nova Scotia. People build little lighthouse ornaments to put on their lawns and whatnot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406706532-0KD7LKW2GBWO6DXZ9G0F/IMG_20220708_110635844.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Typical PEI costal scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406695204-SZCJ2CZJCYD8ZYEN9Y1M/IMG_20220708_121850354.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The Woods Island lighthouse. They're all sort of the same at this point... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406698297-QOCM8ROWBS98C852M2JL/IMG_20220708_121904009.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - They have two for the price of one there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406690703-NNGVN5ZH1DLFIEPUW508/IMG_20220708_111611965.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Stopped at this snack bar where the ferry from Nova Scotia lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406701114-NCPSSIRION2JCH54YDI4/IMG_20220708_124334748.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Got a butter tart with ice cream. This one was good. Butter tart is supposedly a Canadian thing. They're really impossible to fuck up anyway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406702699-1B7JU4C77TDESPFOJO94/IMG_20220708_124627871.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Harbor has these gross brown jellyfishes floating around. We don't need to throw trash in the ocean, it makes its own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406682428-ME9KNTSDIYAREXN94602/IMG_20220707_163630025_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Saw a couple of these pink vehicles on the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657406704311-ZG9NY6FPGUUJYGLZHOEF/IMG_20220708_151348613_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - I have now decided that this is their thing. Shit I should drive a cool car like that before I'm 90 like everyone I see with one of these around now... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c6454469-85b2-4ef7-91d9-5ec455d29151/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out New Glasgow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407333568-N07L6DMSPZH17RD28OO1/IMG_20220709_143351368.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Sort of what this area looks like. Nothing too special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407333512-50DU98EDQEZBFMRZHE91/IMG_20220709_143318113.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - That's the work factory Vincent Adultman is making works at https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407328637-12GNSN9L9I5LGHR6ADVV/IMG_20220709_141240370.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Honestly at this point he's not even fat, just average. They need to redesign him to be a 4D sphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407328423-GQ92SKM5PISJDKJ9YG0K/IMG_20220709_141253165.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Osprey hanging out on a pole! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407329420-5JKZZ3QSZVKODO5JXRCN/IMG_20220709_141310633.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Tried to get closer and he flew away. Like, what do you think I'm going to do, bird? You're 30 feet up on a smooth pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407335968-KZJWW3OJSTDQ6D5FI93H/IMG_20220709_150018229.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Saw this school with a teepee. Wait... does that mean we're in... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407338231-W0D7TGKP8SZD8O3UCJWU/IMG_20220709_145927707.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Ah yes, an Indian reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407338300-6W2M2G5Y1NYXL2P1XR8L/IMG_20220709_150207516.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Pretty sweet school or town hall or whatever this was though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407345040-EHWN34TICW3QBEXSAHWP/IMG_20220709_153005458.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - I've been noticing this trend in Nova Scotia/ New Brunswick where parents put these on their yards for their kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407344691-B74NSQJHDX8GO5S7IMO5/IMG_20220709_160255040_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Some free history for you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407352986-KICC9DASF53WM50J7RYF/IMG_20220709_160710593.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Here, have all the history you can take. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407346421-GPC31FKXVMQYDE9SUMNC/IMG_20220709_160326316.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - The city that never sleeps ( because it's illegal to sleep ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407347779-2FOS1VCZY3O80C7BEN8Q/IMG_20220709_160611702.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Ended the loop crossing back into town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407350259-V8HO0U6N013FGGQPYMBR/IMG_20220709_160634236.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Has a little marina as well. Just seems like a nice quiet little town. It's near where the PEI ferry lands as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657407352807-J49OCWTVRC8EN42711JK/IMG_20220709_164321904_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Wait why is food so cheap in Nova Scotia? What is going on? That's cheaper then the USA chickens. These are 10-12$ normally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e51b6c45-1b9a-482c-878e-d79563442752/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Make it stand out Port Hawesbury https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711316346-CCHC7X2JNQN1DDCFJX2L/IMG_20220710_152403490.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - What is this, New York City? Was the middle of nowhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711316664-Q0C80QSBDQC12T9ETU14/IMG_20220710_161043470.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Drove 3km on washboard dirt garbage to get to this beach. Glad I didn't bike this loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711317371-JKFFUFHKUZ3DRZE6QGRL/IMG_20220710_170100882.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - View as you're crossing to Cape Breton into Port Hawsbury. Now that's a view worth biking too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711317617-XSBV95F4ONM2CB5TLZL1/IMG_20220710_170151463.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711318866-CR226K77F1WXQI27DD4D/IMG_20220710_170338503.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - This bridge is sort of sketchy if you're biking, drivers not happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711318867-JXVTDJ6C3VOC8BX72TVX/IMG_20220710_170624139.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Get a taste of that coastline for tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711319818-BWVYXK5IE74RCUS6OHWO/IMG_20220710_170641844.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - "Why is no one staying here?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711742292-BPJ5DNOZJID2HU0PEKSX/IMG_20220710_171852117.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Town's little marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711322264-RM62Q4GT5U223GULMGXG/IMG_20220710_174009299.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Puffins are a big thing around here, I've decided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711322638-AFPVSELFCKU7I4PAWBZ8/IMG_20220710_174637603_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - There's a canal that cuts through Canso Causeway and lets boats cut across without going around the whole cape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711323571-XBXKFJ3DV7CU59OOLX24/IMG_20220710_202504738_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Spot where I slept that night. Nice wharf on the Bras D'or lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657711323780-YS9IBQNESF230PY8N3GB/IMG_20220710_202539301_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 8 - Gaspesie and Maritimes - Guys living the retired boat/ranch life over there. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek7 monthly 0.5 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/490c8ec2-46d1-4dbe-8697-0a8cae2b351d/week07stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/16de64a7-9b80-4c3c-a347-2f9a0a24ed66/week07map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f3f0392f-d411-4a8a-be30-faa25c9c3b80/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Kayak and Hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065100338-X864IA81HAXMBCWEUI4B/IMG_20220626_172816581.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Campsite for 3 people. Notice the tarp and mosquito net over the picnic table. Die mosquitos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065093806-F113QZRO4RW1VXB1H89K/IMG_20220626_174458808.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Look at this snowshoe hare just hanging out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065108920-Y8R1VVED4N96LJ0BBF4S/IMG_20220626_175807335.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Testing the macro lens on a tiny toad. These guys were all over the hiking trails. Eat the bugs faster please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065124693-MEEBQFCEUT68AKBWDM5S/IMG_20220627_103907145_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - A rare use of the camping coffee maker. It just explodes when it starts boiling. Hortons save us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065124084-CIWTXHHD1SZNOAO0FRC1/IMG_20220627_121031340_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - The rental kayaks on the beach. Beautiful day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065140445-J0Z8O1J0F2CWQXWWVV5F/IMG_20220627_122743988.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Black Ducklings mostly ignoring us. Bet you don't even know what a black duck is DO YOU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065145360-577HMY6G1DJUCARQ9ESG/IMG_20220627_123450671_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - This is what all those pullups were for. This one day of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065163693-SC8DYX27C4QAZDPCV52W/IMG_20220627_123459103_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - My friends taking their kayak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065165375-BQI77FKN7LKYRGPWHUTE/IMG_20220627_124126999_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - As Quebec as it gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065193098-ECG69PVWRDWPGQAVLCXG/IMG_20220627_124436892.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Female goosander and her babies. God damn this camera is bad at small things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065667887-4Q9TGQAK8F3C56CAQMKC/duck.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - What it would look like with a good camera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065189729-RMW0YH90E3BAN9DBWDQW/IMG_20220627_125034984_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - We were suffering, I swear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065222708-MOPEHCZBBUUU05AHRQ99/IMG_20220627_131822132.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - little beaver dam we had to get over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065223807-YDURJRRK9KD9L5NQPO14/IMG_20220627_140552187.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Another great test of the macro lens... People call this "tax season". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065211070-191U5V2YV5JROWPC9IBR/IMG_20220627_135658799.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Nice, calm and cool and where mosquitoes can't reach you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065273109-EX17RHETXO3SEDOBQPYV/IMG_20220627_142257163.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Hiking path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065265072-UT0DXNIYR8VEKG3ZR53G/IMG_20220627_142744255_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Top of a little lookout on the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065283398-SMIEU125CS5JA3605Y4I/IMG_20220627_142810428_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Same lookout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065283456-JK40FQLR0PVWPWZRLQKQ/IMG_20220627_144237672.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Saw one of these little guys sucking water out of a turd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065307225-J7FMJXWCV67LV06J7322/IMG_20220627_151010319_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - The falls, at the end of the hiking trail. The real falls were the friends you made along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657065290543-33HUQ7ADTXAKDBMMEPIB/IMG_20220627_182631534.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Dragonfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9be6459a-3d7d-45e0-98ea-f8ef38b50737/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Some of Parc de la Mauricie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137201712-A60GF9PNSB8OUTOT8ZG3/IMG_20220628_114056775_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - One of the few spots for nice lake views on the park's roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137181193-ZAML1334POMMIJV4Z7MS/IMG_20220628_100900346_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Flowers everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137178873-UD6C0PRMVIEZ6JXRGSNJ/IMG_20220628_100928041_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Everywhere, say I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137199595-1QZV0YZFOYOLRMM898LR/IMG_20220628_103202301_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Best view in the parc. Lac Ecarte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4ca583ef-1821-4518-aefa-8a34d27eaaad/routehike.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Another Waterfall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137020514-UP84X19F44J59FLIAK3D/IMG_20220628_150637943_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Behold, the waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657137036792-EPMFMF0KGR74E1ULKB02/IMG_20220628_151117182_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Making mosquito bites hurt less. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ed583c97-f27a-40a6-95fa-31683472b08d/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Tour Du Lac Fail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138155118-90L9PUECOQU49I14YHVP/IMG_20220629_093930321_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Look at this beautiful stack of crap I got for this ride... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138154115-SLYMKV1F3DVVUT8BOQ2L/IMG_20220629_111019569_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - The bike path ( my mistake...) goes over this damn. Recent storms damaged the path and I had to wait 20+ minutes for a truck to drive me through... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138164790-Z4XYJY2TUR9B4GVBGIEX/IMG_20220629_121626090_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Alma hydroelectric plant. This region is known for refining aluminum thanks to the cheap electricity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138202776-LU3M4AQ4FJTAI5KHMVFH/IMG_20220629_130830147_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Where they sacrifice the children during the yearly tourtiere harvest festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138187611-24KXGJH0Y0NRFTS5L44T/IMG_20220629_132412126_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - This is how you get me to eat at your restaurant. ( I did not eat there ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138209324-853WPKK8OD1ZQTUTXDDU/IMG_20220629_133950589_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Celebrating some people in town with 15+ kids. That used to be common in Quebec prior to the 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138217541-SK9OVY6S4B70VL47H6R8/IMG_20220629_135016784_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Little rental chalets on the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138227922-R3TCM1ANF1K8H7XVVI4G/IMG_20220629_135030968_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - It's a big lake... 20 miles ( 32km ) across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138249789-IB272NUBEZ68ZBHU9AKR/IMG_20220629_135119648.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Life, huh, finds a way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138247264-EMRIIO0OAGOSDWQ867VM/IMG_20220629_140115465.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Little lookout. The area is fairly flat... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138275015-M7W3JP53063IZQFIC5UG/IMG_20220629_161327033_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Literally every town has a church, I told you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138285285-70ZFXJEE3P15KW05QUZL/IMG_20220629_161234143_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - And every church has a big Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138295880-U1ZC9XPNNQOMZMYDV07V/IMG_20220629_161358065.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - A little market in town had this sign. The region is famous for these "tourtieres" which is a variation on meat pies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138311164-INIDGTQ17PX0JZXNJTBH/IMG_20220630_081345181_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - That's one of them... They tend to be just too meaty and dry in my opinion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138342723-DW57WBLYZ8QUVHT1CMAN/IMG_20220630_082528679_HDR.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Another typical Quebec food: Pate Chinois. Base of ground beef+spices, creamed corn in middle and mashed potatoes on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657138296651-HKEQ9HER5141SW4TF81M/IMG_20220629_200650958.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Double rainbow. My reward for quitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8ed49558-771e-4b8c-ae9f-22fbb010ac35/route.JPG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139107092-WXO6COOBLF1M71JDU0ZK/IMG_20220630_073252496.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - A little house spider snuck into my car and made this web overnight. Did not keep him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139153812-7KJVFZJ24X57042HH90I/IMG_20220630_122631032_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Lining up for the ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139157142-EGYX25Q0BBTQYAW66SLV/IMG_20220630_130425702.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Adios north side of quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139178908-BS331I6EOAHXHEGDDHNC/IMG_20220630_135107445.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Only guy in the city with a mask... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139187283-1XQBSFK3U9HHQAWHVQ5T/IMG_20220630_140030348_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - The ferry is 90 minutes and you should bring binoculars... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139320145-F360AHLOE1YH39WEW26P/belinda_beluga_web.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Saw many beluga whales in the distance. ( picture from google... ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139324330-PWHDMY68PQZ6TMXIL0W5/mars.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Also very likely you'll see common porpoises. Sometimes they'll swim in the boat's draft... Not the coolest marine mammal BUT HEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139393752-XTLL9QTBJ7FKMI8UVDEB/seal.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Many grey seals as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139187248-PX4DECU39BIGLDJA3J7S/IMG_20220630_143454778.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Arriving in town. Getting dizzy at that point... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139596446-LFUKDWBADT520E0C0PK6/IMG_20220702_101808941_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Checked myself into a motel in Matane... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657139582889-YSXZSA9TP27OD82XCYZC/IMG_20220630_181604455.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Enjoying civilization as best as I can before I passed out at 7:30pm... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2ff6564e-4f63-4624-8907-8ad6bdfa936a/sick.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/06a9edc4-b423-4e38-b0e3-de60e8586d5b/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Saint Anne des Monts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140095071-UWNVPLRQF59UCVG3L8GE/IMG_20220702_124912525_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - So many of these types of homes all along coastal regions... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140255317-W6Z0AUQDFLPRHIJU6V27/IMG_20220702_140914497_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Simple ride fuel. Whole wheat bread + peanut butter. Don't need anything else if you aren't racing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140257727-1H9LLH39AIJ18CZKTND9/IMG_20220702_142021287_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Town has an iconic red cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140307556-D0RP5Q4YGP1T40Q3RMCE/IMG_20220702_142048589.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - I guess people fish for Mackerel around here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140334136-4IJGNKYYD67V6EFBS4O0/IMG_20220702_142139703.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - View of the shoreline from the town's little harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140345382-U2JCJSMOL414NBU0KA0P/IMG_20220702_142211973_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Quaint, quaint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140350349-VWMC2VTTXINHREX4C4HC/IMG_20220702_142217340.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Lotta boats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140356611-ZO9RCAKDYCV69ASVIVJY/IMG_20220702_142404124.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Wish I could just go fish in the morning any time I want. Don't know why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140365969-Z9739LAF3VYVV68BBPY3/IMG_20220702_142534089_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Heck yeah, random stranger who did this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140375296-KGP7UVNZO73T05NV0JI7/IMG_20220702_145312487.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Guess this explains why the region isn't that populated. Just a coastal road with cliffs in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140405571-FACJKMX5ZD2I1XHBI86Y/IMG_20220702_151657708_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Picture of people taking pictures. New hobby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140392387-VBS30D2QYL7OSCJH5ETP/IMG_20220702_152007447.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Not sure any of these work anymore, but they are dope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140425670-3VDEZZNH4C0XM4WLDQAF/IMG_20220702_152124554_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Reminds me of BC now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140429048-0H4PB2F39F2IBP5Q06WT/IMG_20220702_154114612_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Start of the dirt climb has this giant lumber yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140440186-GAC0FKED91SYJ73ULCEB/IMG_20220702_163531737_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Snow in the distance.... No. Go away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140448190-72XLN6SNTIUM2XJW82BR/IMG_20220702_163607778_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - One of those "Am I getting eaten by a bear?" areas. Just secluded dirt road for 50km... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140470526-OZDYRFJVV1U8R9TX58RI/IMG_20220702_164714876_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140498498-QIERKWI2ZVV0DCBM207P/IMG_20220702_174604554.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Back on the paved road here. St-Anne river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140532258-0YNN4YICPLS7NZAY85GJ/IMG_20220702_175820668_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Roadside has a big carpet of tiny wild strawberries. Would be nice to spend half a day filling a little bucket of these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657140563552-Q95LFTZHY04XEP44C05W/IMG_20220702_185729249_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Sex shop moose, town mascot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8c875c17-c03d-4b1f-b431-c50c5adf3a7c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Make it stand out Bout du Monde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141696859-C9ZWI5RSBYYYOWXGXXGI/IMG_20220703_114204391_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Continuing with the breathtaking drives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141698856-0JNEJKX6AMOME9X2XCSP/IMG_20220703_120001359.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141705940-W5QYFBR2CQ3DV7JXDO6Y/IMG_20220703_120007658.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141728121-H73A1M6LA9MIIQ5ZH0PE/IMG_20220703_141659418.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Started the ride in Riviere au Renard, one of many tiny towns along the coast, all with this same architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141754764-2CCAXRDTXXMX7RM8KZFZ/IMG_20220703_141939468.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Where there's a town, there's a harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141763252-GTUFLTMAIQT4X8NXVXMR/IMG_20220703_142040053.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - In case you're wondering if having seafood right off the boat makes it cheap: No. It does not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141791268-IQ9CD28CLOQJESWV3M7I/IMG_20220703_150517227.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - You can visit this little lighthouse area/ lookout. 3$. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141772909-WVP41AW5VA3O49N6WXRW/IMG_20220703_150534200.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - There's really nothing to add to these pictures is there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141795428-03DHCA0HDTFBELRRGCEC/IMG_20220703_153533189.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Top of the little climb that leads you into the Forillon park south entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141805686-HP2KHODDQ023AML6H3X6/IMG_20220703_153844515.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Imagine you live here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141819747-JXFNNYFDVIOBOTJ1YT4F/IMG_20220703_154942688_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Within the park you come across this BC-like rock/driftwood beach combo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141839692-DR5XG0P6K15BERYVTIA4/IMG_20220703_161425520.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Love this slanted rock formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141841058-JEJK42Y1PAVF4T222JUY/IMG_20220703_162255052.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Just pretend this is me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141873314-2XUBNVI3Q2RIUI1RRRGU/IMG_20220703_162332711_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - That thing on the left is the actual tip. You can do a little hike down to a lookout to point at it from closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141856363-PGB7PFZ061KL8N0O4Z2L/IMG_20220703_162719774.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - Top of a cliff? Build a lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1657141876356-K3HYPBB3VC2V4HLCNPQZ/IMG_20220703_164744990_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 7 - Mauricie to Gaspesie - If you can tolerate isolation you can live in pretty amazing looking areas. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek6 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d701cb95-bf2b-44c7-b81a-29e159cfad9c/week06stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/17022623-1399-49d1-bfbf-9e97d5b07b0f/week06map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ad2b1266-558b-41b7-802f-83b5aef5841a/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out St-Agathe / Tremblant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656542954532-FQSMDDUUIJVXJG2I8PCY/IMG_20220622_164141978_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Typical Quebec landscape anywhere not near large rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656542953696-1NRZNQ8DKD32GH4HYY99/IMG_20220620_155101147.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Sacha wondering why he didn't eat or take any salt for that ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656542952738-P8N9QS1T9FW6FM1HGA6H/IMG_20220622_082110495.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - They have a dog. He will never leave you alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bce37fcb-905e-440e-b709-55528901f63c/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/91929073-6cc1-4deb-ab6d-a5800aaa4992/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out St-Agathe Lake Touring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bbe84155-a497-4955-bdfa-a2863eef64c1/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e8f23e33-050b-44a2-bfc5-b23f34cb1db7/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Montreal / St-Hilaire / Rougemont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543299621-VZU84JVDWE9WSWTCFTV3/IMG_20220624_073122419.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Woke up extra early to go do the coffee Papa ride organized by my friend's Coffee Shop: Club Espresso Bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543305133-PQVYM5M655R43B0ZNUQP/IMG_20220624_090057425_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - That's him, blame him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543300626-V6HAYNPL0UV4C8BYZTFZ/IMG_20220624_084533615.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Went back to the shop after the ride. Only Tim Hortons can supply coffee to this many people in a timely manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543293725-B1BL9GJ6E4U7DIKVYHD7/IMG_20220624_081934258_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - City view in the foggy morning from the Camillien Houde lookout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543305274-P3X9TB5IELPCYOLUP03E/IMG_20220624_134304964.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - View of the city from ile St-Helene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543306317-FVV7II02BBM9S3LN10KH/IMG_20220624_134322050.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - The Old Port seen from Parc Jean-Drapeau ( halfway across the bridge to escape the city ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543309943-8SHHU9TXZN3DOPP2BQXR/IMG_20220624_134326722.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - That bridge there, the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. One of Montreal's iconic sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543316905-MHMJ1GGNVG03O19MAWCI/IMG_20220624_134625250.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - That's the Biosphere Environment Museum. Some would say there's Environment everywhere and you don't need to buy tickets to see some, but what do those people know? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543317953-943KJB5LK0BO0JPYL426/IMG_20220624_155326606.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Third ride of the day was with Pavel! He never trains because he has two kids but he's always just as strong somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543320164-SNSJ05RWFXJ759EPOYUA/IMG_20220624_155344209.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Mont St-Hilaire, just south of the city. Too bad there's no paved roads on it as it rises over 400m above sea level. Come on guys, pave it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656543318784-1FNPMY7RUYX3DUGKLOLI/IMG_20220624_155338280.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - View from that bridge. Lots of little marinas everywhere with athletes pushing buttons to make boats go forward. Keep the training up guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/135e628c-7c36-4349-bf60-a4614c4e2723/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Make it stand out Montreal Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541817973-RO9BC0KO7Q1AUYQEXIIA/IMG_20220625_175953541.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - This is the Olympic stadium which took quebecers 40 years to repay, but got a Mayor to be super cool in 1976! Worth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541817948-IVAMBE3HRHYF1LJQJJX6/IMG_20220625_180423470_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - This is the Biodome, sort of an interior zoo / habitat. Very unique and my #1 recommendation for MTL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541819081-QV6B07YPQSTCJ6H70ZKW/IMG_20220625_181933349.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - This is La Ronde, now a Six Flags park. Great if you love waiting in line in the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541825069-4T4536T2NLP9S61P5UUF/IMG_20220625_181940618_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - People picking spots to watch the fireworks that night for St-Jean, Quebec's "National" Holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541825794-S65RIJP8JPSQUTAGGTSW/IMG_20220625_182609780_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Quebec has a LOT of churches. Almost every town has one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541829708-9P5CI4NA6LUNY4D6EN3E/IMG_20220625_182952045.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Montreal's Chinatown. It's not very large but they still got a cool gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541828920-F8TNJGNDHIB9589GLW36/IMG_20220625_183805082.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - These disgusting Lego buildings, called "Habitat 67" were made for the 1967 World Fair and unsurprisingly approved by many politicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541831081-4M90RH2W0GFR324GX9JE/IMG_20220625_183956262_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - My camera takes horrible pictures... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541835493-7S3BZXBXQVFEPW18UGWL/IMG_20220625_184053077.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - The Old Port was closed up to host the triathlon, likely to the dismay of 99% of locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541836625-L50GDDV2MBBY8LCLGFT3/IMG_20220625_184341263_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Architecture from the Old Port, dating back centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541841341-C3Q6FFVO0K3TJOI9725Q/IMG_20220625_184347728.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Montreal and Quebec have the oldest buildings in Canada, which gives their city core a unique feel in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1656541841521-ZXROAQYCCAWA81EJ8H59/IMG_20220625_184608564.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 6 - StAgathe - Montreal - Cobblestone streets were not designed to facilitate traffic, however. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek5 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ea4f16df-4ba6-4369-a41d-aec2014fd14a/week05stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/11890794-9e63-4ddc-87fa-6e0a1d4239da/week05map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/55764e6b-8998-4dac-84da-2390be5f1af1/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Niagara Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731507336-QI3LUP3C7FUL97EIQZ1Z/IMG_20220613_101351339.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Started on the bike path along this river that connects Lac Erie to lac Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731507668-80TY5JQR79NVKK4TREHP/IMG_20220613_102748515.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - It's called the Welland canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731508461-EJ2EBE0CMEXECVAWJV7W/IMG_20220613_102756147.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Has many bridges and damns that let you cross back and forth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731509566-Y2MSOZ248B2SBNGK2WR6/IMG_20220613_103541269.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - How about just don't built stuff out of garbage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731512325-BT52ZJ3ZB2HUMJ42FAZ1/IMG_20220613_104701544.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - As you turn towards the east you enter Niagara wine country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731510373-243PHE4DYDM2EU18TBLB/IMG_20220613_104134150.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Just one after the other https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731512211-DG7UP7RVW3PZVCCQVNVP/IMG_20220613_104842791.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - There's always lots of fruit stands in these wino areas. Who wouldn't want to bring back a fruit fly infestation? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731513468-C592LLLJ4WOTXA70J0ZA/IMG_20220613_105446375_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Of course you can't own a vineyard if you don't own a castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731513881-44TJGVTD9GSJDE8C9A31/IMG_20220613_105522039.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - These are drunk pods, they lock you in there and you don't come out until you're done with your box of wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731514646-AYENM0BNT03CQDME9UHB/IMG_20220613_105616631.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Sweet view of lake Ontario behind one of these vineyards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731515109-AZ2YRTNGBXNRXFCVBEOJ/IMG_20220613_110719078.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - We have to do this one of these days... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731518175-IVP6FRBO0J7TO2XGIEGO/IMG_20220613_111359579_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This route leads you to the small touristy town of Niagara-One-The-Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731516321-YH1RIN71YC3J9UCIRFIA/IMG_20220613_111207075.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The Canada store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731518284-K0V3NT3YAW8HJMYN60BG/IMG_20220613_111714432.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Further up there's the Fort George historical site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731519641-Q9I9DGTYTQ5A7ILRW8EQ/IMG_20220613_111812287.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Apparently where the war of 1812 was fought, to repel Americans trying to steal the syrup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731520195-DJTH77Y65MDP7K6O9ZYV/IMG_20220613_112008538.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - It was closed though. Nice doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731520990-ZLFCBTM76IMI3U2LJFMU/IMG_20220613_115557903_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The road keeps going along the Niagara River until you reach the tourist attractions. The is the Floral Clock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731524149-HEFISTIDXX9PTBHCW2PA/IMG_20220613_115755304.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The view is pretty spectacular all along the river up to the falls themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731524089-IVUTAZU2OBPWCSC5OV1H/IMG_20220613_120148525.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The USA is on the other side of this gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731526229-H9DR4Y6T1HLKPM97F56E/IMG_20220613_120154124_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731533754-H8GJ9WI8L9VN712NOSX7/IMG_20220613_121415292.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Further up is the The Niagara Falls botanical Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731526139-36KQH8QHIECSYU763EA6/IMG_20220613_120559907.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - They have a Butterfly conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731535698-9486OUSN9691I511F8IG/IMG_20220613_121451185.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The garden's huge, you could spend half a day there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731532833-SUJQRWL9WUZ9VDR371S1/IMG_20220613_121206150_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Testing the macro on flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731529828-G63KBS386S2VCF4KYC05/IMG_20220613_120718558_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731530228-WJPEF78UWYN3KVKOVGG4/IMG_20220613_120806039_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731531865-66FGX7LT18AJ949ZXAXI/IMG_20220613_120905058_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731535394-RWVEK02RNC7R0FEGUY7P/IMG_20220613_121539601.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Teenagers maintain this, don't forget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731537662-MYDUKGZIUKWOPHZI2IZI/IMG_20220613_122451327.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Closer to the falls you have the Whirlpool Aero Car that goes over this... well whirlpool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731537968-I62WP3BDRIJVP48MC5TI/IMG_20220613_122629436.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731545582-Y1NP948EBW9VARMQR3QM/IMG_20220613_124144420.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The actual city of Niagara Falls. It's gotten huge! So much to see there now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731540660-XP673IOA3C8H2LNZ0P8Q/IMG_20220613_122943225_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Biggest carved Moose. Getting a little specific there, chum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731541171-CSIAXTU5NZALK59Y5T68/IMG_20220613_122914711.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Proof of moose legitimacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731542269-BR05VQPS2UIQBPTG8HI9/IMG_20220613_123535861.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Not sure what that's about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731543443-ZQF2Q4JRFBZM4FIGSBZ5/IMG_20220613_123853346.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - There's a huge Hershey store there, like in Time Square. No idea if this is the largest anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731543734-TITV8UAHEM0QV5PN2CX6/IMG_20220613_123924372_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731546119-NFT0LG77Q8TV0OXXXJJU/IMG_20220613_124035871.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The town really is starting to look like Las Vegas or Time Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731547373-9SPRP6DQEAHCQ29XHF47/IMG_20220613_124217685.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - That wasn't there when I was a kid... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731548135-RMEF2LCRM6X7BNP0Y171/IMG_20220613_124242424.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - They have nicer dinosaurs then the museums haha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731548860-X5JAL14CJ0BTGJDN6L20/IMG_20220613_124350072.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - No matter how well you do, you're always the winner if you play at this miniputt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731549999-FQ8I6LQAN681NNEJ0OYT/IMG_20220613_124447821.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731550839-QLOU4KOMRZFX17MZTUG6/IMG_20220613_124503427.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I like taking pictures of unsuspecting people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731551595-A6Z7J5DGM0YGMBF5GB0Z/IMG_20220613_124730773.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - You can go up that tower and get a nice view. Also has a casino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731553658-YJ0YIPFP2WWLRBD74C3D/IMG_20220613_125216856_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - There's like 4 streets of things like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731553564-82LI3428AP560HNKFH75/IMG_20220613_125700945_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Making it to the falls themselves. The entire observation platform is people taking selfies and pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731555351-THKY9JTPRNC1ZAEZ03T3/IMG_20220613_125825848_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Tres beau, tres beau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731556941-NRBH8OQQP41NGQGW7JTJ/IMG_20220613_131017012_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Some tourist asked me to take their picture so they took mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731558220-DEZHQGM7EKZSSK8SI2SU/IMG_20220613_133626395.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Once you leave the falls area the river calms down and you see mansion after mansion like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731556896-1QGHSKXCKNIX05EJDGTK/IMG_20220613_133555505.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - With lots of aquatic wildlife. These are Cormorans, very common bird all along Canada's lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731562387-7BJOSS77ZXM2SZJCCSOP/IMG_20220613_134904657.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I see you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731558872-RVXYEG8NRPB6OH9U7KIJ/IMG_20220613_140442503.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I think these are Royal Terns? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731560307-JQQJSM9WGCXELZ7AKGUS/IMG_20220613_141822994.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - White egret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731561358-D174C8UM2G71P7YOBBXE/IMG_20220613_142053388.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Keep going down and you reach the Peace Bridge to the USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731562908-MYVM8PK7HOPPNT427U3N/IMG_20220613_145636943.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I turned west to go to Crystal beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731563657-EDE5ICHEBKV7Z2RL95HQ/IMG_20220613_152319494.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Always amazing to see how many large sandy beaches are in Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731564716-NFJPWO8HPJY54DH4TMYM/IMG_20220613_160146399_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Heading back up the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655731506720-PEXB1H8AJ2OCQT4HUC0M/IMG_20220612_211154757_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Sunset that night after a long day. Stayed at a farm in the region. Niagara region is definitely worth the detour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d75357b3-d4d8-48e8-aca3-b8c6e1e00cef/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Toronto Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732475763-2DBMX9PE5C40F21M07AU/IMG_20220614_132029483_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - First started along the water and came upon these two gentlemen painting scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732477174-BM7B60E2X0J0UI4R5H4L/IMG_20220614_132106604_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Not a bad way to spend a summer day. Chatted one of them up for a while. If you ever read this, lmk. Enjoy the postcard! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732477198-YM6FQT7GMAU9BTI6TT5U/IMG_20220614_134426447.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This path goes along this surprisingly large beach and marina. Makes you forget that Toronto is impossible to live in probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732478313-F1ROCH557DMJ8VL9IRXM/IMG_20220614_135309722.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Can I just live on this beach? Not buy a dilapidated condo for 700k? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732478523-CZ9HWCZX651WNG1QTLH4/IMG_20220614_140116384.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Sell yourself into chattel slavery, feel just like back home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732483479-C31OI1UVDUVD2BU4A89M/IMG_20220614_141038472.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Toronto is under the protection of Batman ( Adam West's ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732482742-DZS0I147EP6BAFYSNYCM/IMG_20220614_141714213_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - There's a large park in the middle of the city with a path that meanders along the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732485212-LDTVPG4IO5TQRRDI7G3L/IMG_20220614_142112359_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Global warming probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732485927-YLW2ZDKRQYR0HBUV8A5F/IMG_20220614_144006166.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The path goes along this little area called "The Gargoyles" with a few confusing concrete statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732488068-PPDYVDECM0K2RIV93ORK/IMG_20220614_144026497_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I'm kind of impressed this isn't covered in graffiti. Maybe they have a warehouse of these to replace it every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732488346-UGYYXCYEHL7O2X0V258L/IMG_20220614_144203045.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - On the path you're in the woods and you can forget you're in the middle of a huge city. Just a few reminders when you look up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732489542-YVOADB07MJZB27660SK2/IMG_20220614_145140893.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Some kind of cool tramway network they have going there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732491640-0AVWANNM9LD9Y2U0G6OA/IMG_20220614_150614031.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This is Tommy Thompson park, just a little peninsula with a bird conservation area. One of those places that you can basically only access on a bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732491588-2AF4KU218ZYIRVG4VGXC/IMG_20220614_151622719_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Pretty nice and quiet area. Tons of speed bumps to force cyclist to go slow. God forbid anyone could go fast in a city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732493848-S8OBKNFBT5Z6BRKNCBB4/IMG_20220614_151705853_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Behold my macro powers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732495674-6K1LQ90QS4Y5GJR3CLQ6/IMG_20220614_152350321.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Super nice view of the city from over there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732494802-MAEMKWGMSJ0NLPD9NB9O/IMG_20220614_152328106.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Cormorans flying over nonstop. See hundreds of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732496383-WP543SSW0MYWM2NBJQOH/IMG_20220614_152920328.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Girl sketching over there. Mwaha you can't do anything to stop me taking this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732498114-IQ7KNKG66BXBETSPDCTJ/IMG_20220614_153006239.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Quite nice, quite nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732497940-HIZS3FYCHSDPSZ9UTELL/IMG_20220614_162724978.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - No idea who Billy Bitcoin is or what he does. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732499588-WUE9KYR1QGJ4O8AW23KG/IMG_20220614_192156014.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - 2 hours out is the Big Apple, in Colborne. Love it. It was closed and you can't access it after hours but there seems to be some kind of farm/farmer's market thing there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732502740-C8XP2CILZGH6N1G17BUL/IMG_20220614_200618789_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - 45 minutes away from the Apple is The Big Toonie in Campbellford. Looked like a nice little town actually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732503060-IWC2D10EV0F40EMZKOTT/IMG_20220614_200746194_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Same place with a nice river with rich people's boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b109830c-2dd9-464a-b91d-d567ba154591/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Sand Banks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732604681-QFSIINWM6A7J9YFP8TDI/IMG_20220615_104053979.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Started the ride in Belleville, where you can cross into Prince Edward county. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732604986-PQ0DVL7OPI2BSRGRJISF/IMG_20220615_104318213_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I guess you might as well do that with old military equipment? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732605388-TAU9FY87QE9VRZTPYJ3O/IMG_20220615_104608751.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - View from the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732606433-AUZX0ZZ74FELLC53W91M/IMG_20220615_104623383_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Looks natural. Yep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732607461-C6KYGFYYXQTSVUKW9YKZ/IMG_20220615_111748149.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Cows are kind of ripped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732608831-SB7F7UF4UZSG82OUNO83/IMG_20220615_114325325_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Pretty cool separation in the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732610969-65UJ6AEAESMP8BP5XMJN/IMG_20220615_123447543.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - To access the beaches you need to walk over the dunes like some kind of peasant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732611512-7IK3EMSS49E4NIFES0HV/IMG_20220615_123505805_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - No I'm not leaving my bike there while I'm on the other side of the dunes sitting on a beach... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732614124-OOQSOPXM996OEFX87DNQ/IMG_20220615_123711511_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I'm a Dune restorer and my husband is a caterpillar groomer, our budget is 4 million. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732612895-R4LRUCLHVAFO0N7YW7LA/IMG_20220615_123759080.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - They are quite nice beaches though, not going to lie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732615051-9QRN92VKT23G8SFZE7JE/IMG_20220615_124349197.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Can't walk in sand with the cleats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732615457-3N53775ZPIXENS9Y0IY2/IMG_20220615_130034431_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - At the southern tip of the Sandbanks park there's a network of trails that are somewhat bikeable that offer spectacular views of the inlets and lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732619916-8GMVPF429GBSP3BSRGZB/IMG_20220615_130500165.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - You wouldn't get to see this just sitting your ass on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732621832-PCMX71V3EGNKSUO7PZPW/IMG_20220615_130603119.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Nobody else there but you, pretty much. That's right ladies, you can post instagram selfies without that fat guy sunbathing in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732618585-VFLAI2R7LM6DOFPNCTQ6/IMG_20220615_130405443.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Boom caught you. These don't taste great in case you're wondering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732622029-TTBI5AZCNN3V5YXVOYEA/IMG_20220615_130850381_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Where is this? Bahamas? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732623043-XEFPFIJJ4FKVFNTQNJWH/IMG_20220615_130910900.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The water had this long streak of yellowish goop which I assume is tons of pollen that fell in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732625265-INKEW21I4EIXVQPAOO4U/IMG_20220615_132013302_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Further out there's more beaches. No fun allowed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732625655-MZC6JFHZF3V3EMYG3NLD/IMG_20220615_132150954.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I mean. Dunes with plants growing on them? 2/10 sorry. Where's the restauration guy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732627392-8TPJZYW1U9E4J8Z7RH1S/IMG_20220615_132342302.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - These beaches were huge and just deserted because...weekday + threatening sky. More people should retire early. No you're to good for it, forget I said anything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732629325-17D6KCD25F97FI1R27AU/IMG_20220615_132419232.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Beach is littered with tiny shells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732631227-NFENE108LWJD8TCWSKKY/IMG_20220615_133944258.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Last view of the beaches before going back up north to finish this long ride with not a whole lot to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732633828-8R56EKY17GM1DX6JVHIB/IMG_20220615_134813474.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - People dealing with inflation as best they can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732633242-T8L158VX0YAW2ZJ8OMV9/IMG_20220615_141727483.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Pretty quaint tourist destination there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732634240-3ZWA0IVVEL0O2A5W5NZH/IMG_20220615_142332652_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Not everyone is allowed to be handicapped in Ontario. Budget cuts are real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732636317-7318IA4XLRX6PGIVW1VF/IMG_20220615_145530312_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Stopped for a bit of beer/food because the day was getting long and I didn't have much to eat. #deserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732634800-HD7Y3136H3F5JY1IR7ND/IMG_20220615_142720501.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Sat outside in front of a little lake with a swan infestation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732636758-KMA9ZCFLB0EXKS4VS9KV/IMG_20220615_152002452.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Haha nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732637458-T1XWRE8R157OTGTCIGZU/IMG_20220615_154257799.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Saw quite a few vintage vehicles on this ride. This guy wins though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c564b2a3-3f5c-45a0-8051-e6a89c491cd8/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Parc de la Gatineau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732663073-AWO8QEABA6GXHED194NH/IMG_20220617_095856445.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Yeah we're back in Quebec alright. Ottawa region is also like this. No idea how many millions in damage this causes cars in these cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732660711-OI6BABOGWYGX8EAYVDS6/CxbcBExvX_b1BiByZjfaQHSHsQNwVp54BpYbfVFwoVQ-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Just a quick group shot. Thanks for hanging out guys, hope to see you again on the way back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c0ccb5c1-d09d-44e6-bd6a-312bfb57d35a/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Social Riding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732686468-6LJBUFYH17Z1E4Q2Q10T/IMG_20220617_100152082.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - View of the Ottawa river from the Champlain bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732686828-B4SNNDKYRRUG29MHTGZQ/IMG_20220617_100156191.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Been there 40 years, city still not underwater. Hmm. I'm sure any day now, any day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732687755-OTB48F4K0UQ409YZEUV1/IMG_20220617_113917055.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Stopped at a little cafe/bakery that makes cyclist wear covid masks on their feet so the cleats don't wreck the floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732688368-GMXDN4LL1U0DQA7ZVX1E/IMG_20220617_140017953_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This is Lake Pink, one of the few things to see in the Gatineau Parc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732688923-ONMPMXS4FXLM921PYQ5N/IMG_20220617_144431657_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Top of the belvedere Champlain, with a nice view of the Gatineau region extending out west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cb5e63e8-9c31-4b30-921d-1df9171d0f05/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Lac Du Loup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732716416-8XQPUXQANX7VJFRS5NKQ/OFgeci4NbLVwqy9CO9SBx0DgluoRewhsmz3Eaq8rcIc-1536x2048.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Me and Nik. Just proving this happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732716570-TSHYOLDI1463IOY8BX7Z/IMG_20220618_134105291_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The foot of the gatineau parc hills. Very typical Quebec geography now: Rolling farmland and little 100-200m hills covered in forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8fadac2b-499a-4b03-8972-9f2446db66dd/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Make it stand out Ottawa Tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732742491-6MJDK2TM2LV3TC5IMC71/IMG_20220619_131348960_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This is in Hull on the bike path near parc Moussette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732742598-Y3OARI5OZJB7GXWVPMQU/IMG_20220619_132555350.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - This route goes around Lac Lemay and behind the Casino. This is a kid putting a canoe in the water. He suspects nothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732743262-XFP83KOCJ4DV4PTXSUNI/IMG_20220619_134243481.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - View of Ottawa from the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732745140-XGFWTMA9YXX7IPM09ZXB/IMG_20220619_134330633_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - I have to do this some day. What's the throwing up policy on a tiki boat? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732744853-Q3UDSZH1GUQOTCDSQ0YA/IMG_20220619_134819313.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The path will bring you to the Musée canadien des civilisations, one of Canada's most interesting architectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732746251-IBYVENAP0HR8W3FDDU21/IMG_20220619_135649237.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - That's new. The platform was flooded though. Whoops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732746017-I6DSKLZSSIVQI9HWCJK3/IMG_20220619_140321694.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Keep going and you'll pass in font of the Canada War Museum, where they glorify governments throwing taxpayers into the meat grinder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732747509-V5NZYGH3MP7YM4LISG69/IMG_20220619_141907591.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - View of Hull from behind the Parliament in Ottawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732747961-RLJMU5117ZGVM2JVPD7K/IMG_20220619_141913802.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - You can see the Civilization Museum over there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732748908-EPJJOZG2FZ8FUYZ4E555/IMG_20220619_142312044.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The nation's cancer with a bunch of people dancing in front of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732749244-0XHQEOVY85GCND4VC3PT/IMG_20220619_142548149.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - View of downtown Ottawa. Mix of new and old architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732753358-PB6QSCFUEC8ZG86J0SOL/IMG_20220619_144014221.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Lots and lots of lookouts along the river near Parliament hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732755856-P24PMPONL4OYC1DEVW65/IMG_20220619_144017946.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Two gay guys taking a seflie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732758069-S4WH0IXFUBD73E7WS77S/IMG_20220619_144045124.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - More tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732759557-2VCL571WDLVBODL9UQHT/IMG_20220619_144309749.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - National art gallery with the famous spider thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732751279-EIDFYA1DK4LTPT6FR09W/IMG_20220619_143816847.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Has a nice mix of real art and modern art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732761728-BGYC5F9SQNZ3ZZJ7PQOX/IMG_20220619_145232224.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Keep following the bike path/river east and you get to Rockcliffe. Never been there before but it looks nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732762020-46YFCTJ9M33GXMZ0BRMN/IMG_20220619_150134044.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Aviation museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732764348-RC4F1O4CQDFR212L4IMM/IMG_20220619_150251276_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Plane jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732763977-8PPVJ02POHI9ET1F1UCN/IMG_20220619_150329440.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Yeah looks weird I guess. Not sure what they were going for with this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732765960-46KO475J8HOVUETH67YO/IMG_20220619_161413766_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Back in town, going along the rideau canal. I've never seen a boat there, ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732765882-IS7AGINXV6GIX7U8YA1A/IMG_20220619_161811838_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Little restaurant on the Ottawa river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732768430-OLYLU94T8CZW1X4EWZ6Q/IMG_20220619_161931975.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - Canoe/Kayak rental very popular in the Gatineau/Ottawa area. Saw tons of people paddling around the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732768146-DEVPMOQDALALYPBCT7QV/IMG_20220619_163454958.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The canal as you get closer to downtown Ottawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655732770423-YHBTSV75JNNQZ6334LAC/IMG_20220619_163659351.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 5 - The more touristy part of the Canal. Saw tour guides with a group but didn't want to steal all that free historical knowledge without paying for the tour. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/life-on-the-road-1 monthly 0.5 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/06f423d1-b548-4e1f-8c54-b2d7469db939/106_timmies.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out My office for the last month. Almost nobody sits inside anymore, they just use the drive-through. You can bum al the wi-fi you want, even from the parking lot; nobody’s using it but you. Drug addicts/ bums love Tim Hortons. They will sit in them for hours just starring off into the distance or making random noises, going back and forth between the bathroom and their seat. In Calgary one guy was yelling at the cashiers for a solid 10 minutes. They just hid and the back and giggled. Then he sat down with a coffee and jittered / rambled alone for a solid hour. Another day some kid who said he couldn’t hear or talk because of a car accident sat at my table and I still have no idea what he wanted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654905647900-4HYC9VFD9XF5O40VT7MU/IMG_20220530_140027842_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - That’s what a 56$ motel room looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654905647855-WNNV7B567WD9XWHZCRRL/IMG_20220530_140040018_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e04661ac-c1e8-4081-a170-9737017a9364/wipes.jpeg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/756923a1-99f1-40ef-bcb5-308058cb0807/105_sponge.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Glorious sponge wipe down after a ride. I’ll do this anywhere now, I don’t care. Just in some random parking lot. No one’s ever going to do anything about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5d782383-cba6-42a1-af78-7ad1edf2198d/IMG_20220608_124858960_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out If you really want hot water, leave bottles on this side of the windshield cover while you’re out riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/51a304c3-eea8-4e3a-9bbd-a4a8b2b24861/6jar3r.gif Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Sandwich factory process. Still testing the limits of the cooler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5fe37285-3185-478d-bcac-f121e1886995/103_breakfast.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out In Vancouver I went to Bon’s Off Broadway twice. They had 3$ breakfasts. This is two of those stacked in one plated. Still more expensive than buying stuff at Wal-Mart, but it’s something different. Restaurants are just scam-levels expensive most of the time. Still partial to a buffet but I’d need to stop eating jars of peanut butter first. 6000 calories for 5$… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e8b4fdda-e4f9-451f-adff-836e8365861a/108_laundryday.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e965a4e0-89f8-4e27-946f-1fe598c06faa/109_laundry.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Lot of laundry…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/339b497f-2eb1-417e-b0a7-6a8adf85a8dc/IMG_20220608_124911095_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Make it stand out Sometimes I’ll leave wet stuff on the car roof while I’m eating or doing something else. Lot of heat and wind makes things dry relatively fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907688137-8N0S6JV5KWV7R5Z0QPMM/104_doors.JPG Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - I put a lot of stuff in the car doors. These are so damn convenient once you know where everything is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654955504727-Z4FSW78RHMNZKVAWZBNA/spray.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Any time I take off shoes, I spray the inside with this and always wear clean socks. Working okay so far to cut down on foot smell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907689687-UK8LNLIF01ANXPNYOE33/107_carmovies.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Sometimes I just have 30-60 minutes to watch stuff while I eat. This is my movie theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907691270-DYP0037U919J461HUBKZ/chipclip.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - On the fly problem solving. This damn thing would constantly block my view so I CHIP CLIPPED IT for driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907689642-BM8EG2ID8HQGGJZUDL3C/106_cold.JPG Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - I have the bad circulation disease that turns fingers toes white when they get too cold. For that reason I don't mess around with cold weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907704888-DNHIV2PF2AMWFBKRQBSL/IMG_20220528_170711234_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Always good to stop for 5-10mins in a cool spot to brush your teeth or shave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907687762-KFYNQK6FSRMR3A7RW07E/101_battery.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - For longer rides I have a small rechargeable battery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907687342-5A46DB29M8HU2ELYVRHC/101_battery2.JPG Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Can plug the phone or Garmin into it. Sometimes rides are so long the Garmin dies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907692603-2C1L5JHG0H7M43DMWJ0P/IMG_20220530_153919812_HDR.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Garmin says "Off Course" instead of "Wrong Direction" if you choose to go clockwise instead of counterclockwise. It will say this the entire time. Good work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907695503-MHIF4KTO1LA4PJWEA2X2/repair1.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - At some point my roof bag started coming apart so I had to emergency fix it before it just exploded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907699180-0AJF07WYJNDZKJNDXT6B/repair2.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - Got some glue, tape and needle and thread to glue/sew it shut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654907701926-45J5KOFYH97SBWDG31BP/repair3.jpg Posts - Life on the Road - 1 - It worked! Still going strong after 2 weeks. This roof bag wasn't the greatest idea, a solid box would be better... https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/99fc4b81-6308-4096-a00f-3cab1dcc3592/week04stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5bcc948e-251f-43dd-ac7e-a4832c278165/week04map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b06bf5c-c1cd-4942-b7cf-06302c3cf638/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/326689b5-6455-4d42-9058-c569349db31d/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Manitoulin Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389771781-O6RXKYWTYOH9BCM4YQIY/IMG_20220607_082933904_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Right outside Sault Ste-Marie you will pass by the small town of Echo Bay, home to the World's Biggest Loonie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389792111-N6QU1YIQKNKVW27528A9/IMG_20220607_133827241_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - It was a somewhat menacing day but I didn't get rained on, so that's a win. Not a whole lot on this island to be honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389824105-GTWD049GV5ZCOSNCUZ6X/IMG_20220607_135447359_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Treasure Island. The real treasure is the friendships you made along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389828501-C5771KSL9UKNBN1D0MRE/IMG_20220607_141349438_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Very Ontario scene of empty chairs in front of a lake. The people liked the IDEA of doing this but they're inside watching Netflix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389858253-T6N02DRU2UTTYUMRX7JX/IMG_20220607_143442894_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - One of the nicer little towns on there. Don't remember where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389848272-MV7JN0RV8GUSOVRH6QF7/IMG_20220607_143617648_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I see a ton of street art all over the place on this trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389871115-9B0XJW7NWXAU1S1EECQ0/IMG_20220607_151220249_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Moo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389921914-X5P2UN50SC9N7FO9SJBL/IMG_20220607_161350517_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - A cool rusty deer sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389892964-OOF31TTKT2F23MVTXG6W/IMG_20220607_165400525_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - There's a little tourist shop near Assiginack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389957843-MWWG2BC30IKSR5BA6CBX/IMG_20220607_165614433.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - This has a Nickelodeon vibe to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389953262-YNYLBM1MRQE5JZDCFJGN/IMG_20220607_165926680.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Inside you will find all manner of artisanal products to bring back as souvenirs... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389984013-RA3TEAO3JCUXWPZMVL7Z/IMG_20220607_165945723.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Including these intricate little boxes made out of porcupine quills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389988492-3ER7JMZLRA92EFFHN043/IMG_20220607_170000636.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Yes they are expensive, but all unique and hand-made. Look if you're rich, this isn't the least cool thing to gift people, just saying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389923533-I1XYVV4057QPQ05H9NHE/IMG_20220607_165517805.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Close to the shop there's a little lookout. You honestly don't know what lake you look at, ever in Ontario. Everything is a lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655389992421-2PKQPUCD8JU5NQELDA3Q/IMG_20220607_171220324.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The island has a lot of native towns/reserves and that means lots of weed shops in trailer homes. Weed, gas and gambling is what the great Bear and Eagle spirit endorse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1ca04967-e0de-41d9-b855-b3e17fab577c/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Lake Joseph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391182311-DX2F3HN89CREFSG9LCTR/IMG_20220608_090631688_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Had to do healthcare stuff that morning. If you install yourself as a monopoly, you don't get to refuse service, sorry. Too bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391193181-OXN7G17IKVS1K5ZPPIBV/IMG_20220608_132107017_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - When the weather is nice like this you understand the Lake Life appeal. Calm water, cool air, birds screeching. Very nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391216917-47BWKPPFSDS1142I8UIG/IMG_20220608_133425553.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Testing my camera's macro setting. This is great, expect more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391220020-AGOK4RKZ79L04WN4YM6B/IMG_20220608_134605333_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Looks epic but it's a very quiet rural area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391249753-KAHUQDUGIANGMOU68T92/IMG_20220608_135223883.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - #lakelife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391282789-2HD2O450YX07IXT0LZ0K/IMG_20220608_141635451_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - That's the second one of these I'd seen in Ontario. I regret not trying it now. On the way back maybe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391306607-4CQ17R9GIDBC4S711IIJ/IMG_20220608_152228832_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - More lake life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391313381-0G7HT5BDH8XUHZ7Z5OHB/IMG_20220608_152736982_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Seriously look at how much lakelife there is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391352545-PIQDVA61GGBQQVU91H5K/IMG_20220608_153844693.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - #Creeklife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391351502-Z0BETCLZJYA288QO0K0P/IMG_20220608_155338394_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Stumbled upon THE PLEASURE BARN a little bit out of the way. Faint children screams were coming from inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9dbc740c-ec01-427d-8cf5-684a30652575/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Awanda + Georgian Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392032540-O9RJFUMMWA69NPPP8ARC/IMG_20220609_132019538_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - As I began, in the town of Midlands, I came across this seemingly closed ... theme park? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391944762-KKEAM0E7L1P52BYRWDGJ/IMG_20220609_131844101_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - What is this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655391939021-IF3NTIINP6WKF5NDAD2K/IMG_20220609_131923499_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - If you guys are done using it, can I live here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392031109-EYJYT1GC7XZQVVSP3P7T/IMG_20220609_135340256_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The route starts with a little loop in Awanda park. It's nice but you're in the forest the entire time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392050601-FXG6EBSMX3MSCXGDSUZ2/IMG_20220609_141812917.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - However if you take some of the private roads you'll stumble upon these big houses with lake access and their own god damned boat ramps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392059400-J3F7X1T5TQ8Z5NA0J2UE/IMG_20220609_145657780_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The best thing to see here is the town of Penetanguishene. It has a huge cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392079043-ZP4ASYNUTNZI1N1ROSM0/IMG_20220609_150659640.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The town has one central touristy street that leads to the harbor. The street has this sweet ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392072570-HN7LVPDRD6RMO9PNSE59/IMG_20220609_150358038.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The town has a touristy harbor and boardwalk area with the typical fare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392060921-1R1VZU68FR4Q9BN88SQM/IMG_20220609_150029715.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - They offer cruises out on the Georgian Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392066606-7PJEFZ144R3P8HW7YPFT/IMG_20220609_150224564.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I don't know why I had to show you the two boats. You get the idea. Now I wrote this for nothing. And now this. Oh no... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392079482-DYWR6GUBPAEL3XLJ1EK8/IMG_20220609_151900529.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Quite a view from the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392088608-MNUBNOYPEH6GEV9P3FA2/IMG_20220609_152259880.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - How much does this cost anyway? Can I get one of these made? What if I just tax you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392099202-7P1OW5G5NVYNS883ZMTA/IMG_20220609_152730176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Caught this gull sleeping on the pier. People must feed them a lot because they really didn't care about my being here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392129748-AVOCIBMVNXVBIBS717FV/IMG_20220609_152846694.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Can't argue with that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392159911-0J0869INPLPEUFUMPP73/IMG_20220609_154255577.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - More ponds, lakes and marshes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392166999-D0VNF2GW0QBR0FB2M3Z7/IMG_20220609_160925937.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I saw this Mink running around the rocks on the lakeshore. I SEE YOU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ab51e1c7-42f0-4d1b-bb26-4194f02f7535/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Lake Simcoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392919688-HMJU505HNJ1VJ3WIC45J/IMG_20220610_111357755.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I need to take more pictures of these things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392923783-ZXND5PZUR6IGH8NOYIQ5/IMG_20220610_111633367.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Cool Gyarados statue they have at the Barrie harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392934544-17NM0KO2U18GFE2ZN12J/IMG_20220610_111903929.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Another view from Barrie. It's the only "real" town/stop on this route with touristy things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392941541-9S7UP0F0LW33C30ABR56/IMG_20220610_115411201.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Most of this loop is farmlands flanked by woods. Lake views all hogged by private properties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392953299-7EOM9S47T98CP123XCKA/IMG_20220610_120541381.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Along the way you'll see several of these platforms that hope Osprey nests. The birds dive for fish in the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392954365-2FY2DK8AK1J8BKX6D0UX/IMG_20220610_120546747.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - You'll never seen them from closer than this and it's right on the road. Never seen that before! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392979951-AWX1UCWPCM7S4ZFF9Z50/IMG_20220610_121533872.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - This is the quintessential non-lake Ontario sight. Endless green farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392982435-DORUHLPJSBVKSAF7CW13/IMG_20220610_121601206.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Really has its own kind of charm even if it's not as epic as the Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655392996905-YVFRRZ0PVQQXCY2PFEGC/IMG_20220610_135546226.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Saw this sign near a convenience store. Advertising successful, sir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655393012408-C1GPFMTAD6B9HEEPLVFT/IMG_20220610_135720803.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Apparently butter tarts are a Canadian thing. They are just mini pecan pies, usually without the pecans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655393015572-ELLM952Z1HK66JP9M5P3/IMG_20220610_135957578.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - One of the few views of Lake Simcoe. It's damn big. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655393044601-5T0AST1GS1ZPHURWBO1J/IMG_20220610_141323076.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Maybe I'm stopping for pictures, maybe I'm just damn tired... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655393068716-1JJ0HWB6E4WULKMHM5H0/IMG_20220610_141341884.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - 80% tropical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655393065465-XQMM5DIJXLAG1N71XENY/IMG_20220610_162532708.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - More Osprey nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7aacd735-ab07-4150-a96b-3c11fd0f34b5/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Cheltenham Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394214675-ZAUCQ8TJB7ZK5AZONVUN/IMG_20220611_154224190_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Oh boy, I'm allowed to take pictures? How generous of you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394176944-Z0KYTPUUMLBNF5BSJH58/IMG_20220611_154611710.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Look I don't have many pictures of this so you take what you get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394209622-BRI26XAB1EZ9OT95B0IH/IMG_20220611_154628847.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Didn't do the entire walkway on my bike but you can see the badlands from the road / entrance anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394236028-OLO1BU4R9OPM3ROBIEKE/IMG_20220611_154924252.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Pretty unique I suppose? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394238622-7IXKVB1O7UMKGXQMKIZM/IMG_20220611_160818403_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - On the way I spotted a Brewery and decided to stop. Chatted with three Ontario locals for a while. If you're reading this, drop me a line! poxpower@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/408ce3ea-8a41-42bb-ad84-2ee3c9734388/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Make it stand out Pointe Pelee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394708931-I0IJ7QJ1Z6DBBQ6L64IA/IMG_20220612_100816273_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The Niagara region has many areas where wind farmers harvest wind to package and sell at the farmer's markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394713619-FQH810E5HP0FPUNGJVB8/IMG_20220612_101424575_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Using the macro on a wild flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394733945-5KXJ9X1QAHK08ZZWR0F0/IMG_20220612_101734283_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - One of the best things about biking is you can ignore construction that you can't when you're driving. Driving in big cities is infuriating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394745541-DMVM43KDNFUFSUAQ2UTY/IMG_20220612_101538528_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Just gotta hop over a creek and that saves me a 10km random dirt detour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394745823-O0JFCL2CSU2M9ZJA5I72/IMG_20220612_102154594.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394783071-7WFAC4CAQDWUVAD2S8ZO/IMG_20220612_105033722.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Was about to miss a turn on my Garmin's map and I made a quick turn right as a painting truck made the yellow line. What the hell are the odds? Paint went away after 2-3 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394786076-3SSUR8M9FEWKM96M0EL2/IMG_20220612_105422034_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - There's a nice harbor in the little town of Wheatley. Lot of boats being repaired there too. Not pictured: Boats being repaired : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394771222-7T9TVLF8KB9O8T0S14SF/IMG_20220612_105210725_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I swear I saw that guy throw back a boot he'd just caught. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394809167-JTQ4G9LMVZ5FNMKAZHNA/IMG_20220612_110534105_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Little further south is the Hillman Marsh Area. Large lakes are usually flanked by large amounts of wetlands and ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394832188-POY4S7OF5FTUDLBL4EKX/IMG_20220612_110551373.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Sometimes I think the wind just blows trash around but come on, that's half a TV some asshat chucked there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394827798-7YNCNSOYIQJWBPQ6G9AB/IMG_20220612_111624674.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Little bit of farmland before you get to the Pointe Pelee area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394850854-LG4MONNT0AD7T0N4A5TG/IMG_20220612_113216941_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Park entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394904464-ZAJ244H37WK58Q9OIX61/IMG_20220612_113434446_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Okay what's this one going to be. What did "we" do now? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394881162-NOZ0A7L6TN17FXYDVEM9/IMG_20220612_113504924.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Oh boy, so wise. Why live anywhere but in a cave eating mushrooms and sucking moisture out of lichen? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394915529-KJUI5UAQSUT0DMVMYTVI/IMG_20220612_114231977.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - This is a statue of the park's president, Chip Beaverton the 3rd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394936664-TD0KNKKWJ21OCJV7XE8S/IMG_20220612_114626609.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The park is just one road out and back to the tip, but it has several little trails and stops along the way, such as this awesome beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394934046-OXOJD5TSRUM6R5PE5YY5/IMG_20220612_114921049.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - This is the Marsh Board Walk. You can rent canoes and paddle around or just walk along a boardwalk loop on the marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394960915-M3503MMM47F7H32TXKE7/IMG_20220612_115116462.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The observation tower ( and every structure really ) is covered with nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394968430-C5PBP0X9E893NJW8S2SK/IMG_20220612_115405999_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - FYI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394953371-1TK0TJ6SM2J8EUET0F7J/IMG_20220612_115328304.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Some little babies peeking over the edge of their nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394983835-JMUDADRZI7K5UGVJ9FJM/IMG_20220612_115425561.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The zoom function on this cam isn't great. This is like 4 feet away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655394991489-LH7L3L36RAKNI8R7HC13/IMG_20220612_115430156.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - They kind of just chill around there and chirp at tourists. What a life, just being startled all day long by something you see day-in, day-out lol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395009197-R4DTMNLTEKOWJS88L1UF/IMG_20220612_115656715.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - View from the top of the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395028957-D6G43YXTGQ0S6PQT3PJQ/IMG_20220612_120035877.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - What makes you a pond is that you're covered in Water Lillies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395026266-R27LPFA6K2Z5P1EHCHHN/IMG_20220612_121035838.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - If you're lucky you can see some turtles taking a sun bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395056486-N0HV6YQUMNZ2WLNFS1G4/IMG_20220612_121322532.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - You'll also see many Black Terns flying around and diving for fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655396512295-EC9CJY50433U73DHCP95/tern.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - An actual good picture of that bird. My camera can't do this : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395065603-980VVXNM5T36BZUN1MWM/IMG_20220612_123445537.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Keep going and you reach rocky beaches with warning signs telling you of your impending doom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395218049-TQSGP3EA498XWAQPQW42/IMG_20220612_125132346.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The geography creates weird currents that suck you away to the middle of the lake apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395084975-CZZBDXV3Z0EF4FF39J3G/IMG_20220612_123508269.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - This thing was closed sadly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395083956-RYAMH3LRRL6WOKO3BSG3/IMG_20220612_124046593_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - That's it, the actual southernmost tip of Canada! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395136767-W8A03WOTGXGZR53PSNOO/IMG_20220612_124109907_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Literally just a little point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395104092-WUD8EKRPJK7CXQB2KPJ5/IMG_20220612_124308282.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Seagulls hogging the spot, as usual. Just no shame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395191120-0WYIL5B52CODVGCVU9VM/IMG_20220612_124403756.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Proof I went there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395192960-OJHYV9MNL87IYVDHTTL9/IMG_20220612_124525018.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - View as you look back from the tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395218538-WEIVON1NRGE93P7RYS2H/IMG_20220612_124920759.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Really has an odd tropical feel to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395241833-LJS535X01NEW7U793MKZ/IMG_20220612_125439894.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Good luck going to all 4 of these, holy crap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395241599-VV1YQ1GXLMDJ90L0UT4S/IMG_20220612_130113710.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - The visitor center has a little pond with this lonely fish in it. I have to believe animals eat their fish constantly and they replace him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395273003-VU4I7WZYKPIJR3SGZKWC/IMG_20220612_130808630.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Ok you don't need to go to this one, it's some kind of barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395318166-3C0RGGGEC8PFYUTQRA18/IMG_20220612_132541637_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - I thought I deserved some fancy food at this point. There's a restaurant on the waterfront right where the road to the tip begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395281292-MVVU54E52TSAGVA6YSGY/IMG_20220612_132050884.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - They have a pirate with strict personal boundaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395317847-XYDWDT2U1Y5ES3CTW7QH/IMG_20220612_132327090.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Little birds next to me while I was eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395336635-4WXD7OAW5UX7QX6K42XF/IMG_20220612_134342841.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - Nothing much to see on the way all the way back north to Lighthouse Cove, on Lake Saint Clair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1655395342830-9TJSFWA76SSEBX6KRSEO/IMG_20220612_150240990.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 4 - So Many Lakes - That's the lighthouse. When you're out so long you get damn tired even if the ride/pace isn't that hard... https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek3 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8e625d5f-cb23-46d7-8e40-7b82d1dacf00/week03stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/528299d9-2679-4a83-b04c-f9932c14961c/week03map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/82c3d43e-424c-4c83-bdef-6e6ef14f0c7e/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Drumheller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549216153-FN25OFORXOAMJEBVDNXA/IMG_20220530_173401541_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Albertosaur guarding the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549181703-UPSIBWRIHPRFA5NQE407/IMG_20220530_103657722_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The Albertosaur is one of the very few animals who's name just so happened to also be where they lived.Pretty amazing coincidence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549182889-GG8YHI74QXN2HMSCPSPN/IMG_20220530_104702430_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Very cool reconstruction of a dino skull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549190928-2ZM5RI4J6673E4RV12YV/IMG_20220530_105530710_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Fossilized amonites turn into expensive looking gemstones. The 5 pounders make great earrings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549185309-V4K445AKQ07TB3H4OS2A/IMG_20220530_105953226_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Just rocking out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549186943-20K7S6YEJMKHIBXULRPS/IMG_20220530_110048117_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549189263-HDGJUQ76BRM3CJI2YZ0C/IMG_20220530_110709319_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - That one was like two feet wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549191151-FL952ZSYXP1PP4PROJM5/IMG_20220530_110948072_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Yawning high school student for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549192755-Z019TCCSVHFU3H6TO9Q8/IMG_20220530_111825899_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Some HR Giger shit. The dinosaurs are always the flagship attraction but there's thousands of unique weird things that also went extinct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549194670-42Z8J7K06XN9Q2UGRQGJ/IMG_20220530_113600708_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The main dino gallery has a large T-Rex skeleton. That's how you know it's good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549192939-YRPY6Z95KMGKLF8SAE1J/IMG_20220530_113253665_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Mammoth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549194571-AAITNEMNXH9ZFPEMBBY5/IMG_20220530_120203829_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - What the hell is this? Keep in mind how rare fossils are and how many even weirder looking animals we'll never know existed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549196080-9XEH4AFKUQW6RDASM00E/IMG_20220530_121907768_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Well preserved plated dinosaur. You can see skin patterns on some of these dinosaurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549197509-1X5MGU8MVKIPV6EB4DJK/IMG_20220530_122924794_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - One of T-Rex's smaller cousins, compensating for his size by working out his neck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549198789-YVT8KQ76M3JJ9RXLPF34/IMG_20220530_123248137_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Found a mirror! I dropped my phone basically day 1 of this trip so my selfie cam is blurry now. That's why there's almost no pictures of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549199517-SOF45SQKH5HT3MZPOK8H/IMG_20220530_124524553_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Murder Rhino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549201006-5VJOKAFFJEWWK73LKHQN/IMG_20220530_124553779_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Look at this guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549201106-94RQHYBPI7JSVD1HO33E/IMG_20220530_124605220_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - How is this an evolutionary advantage? What the hell was he eating? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549202150-69HUD5VOXXZOKNNNPGJ5/IMG_20220530_124833970_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - A museum visit is never complete without a guilt trip. Take all the money you waste on this and invest it in Jurrassic Park tech, then extinctions will become a non-issue. You're welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549206762-TGZ9OBARHKRH3UTYMMMH/IMG_20220530_153528457_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Now the actual biking portion along the river and into the badlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549202652-HLM9EGUI2WE4FD1VS80D/IMG_20220530_152640310_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The view as you leave the city and start heading north west. Massive headwind not pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549205006-QFFEA5R0VGE8OV9TFE1E/IMG_20220530_160400430_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The road follows the river canyon for a long while. Great views of the geological features on all sides. These rocks are full of fossils. So they say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549206907-SPWRYZRFPTOK0FDEVD5L/IMG_20220530_162023649_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The road occasionally sharply climbs about 120 meters to connect with the land outside of the canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549208167-OILJ520T5XGUZDJ3V2S4/IMG_20220530_162055642_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The canyon is hidden in Alberta's general flatness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549209310-TQHST0EJYU8X8HRC07DJ/IMG_20220530_163837658_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - To cross the river you get on this cable ferry that operates most of the day. Quaint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549210880-1YE5ROELF3OC3I028DT9/IMG_20220530_170352408_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Alburt'a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549210855-8N9X8AW2A8KS2O3TTQLU/IMG_20220530_170814352_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - One of the stops on this route is Horse Thief Canyon, which hosts a little prairie dog colony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549213204-RLCNBP045GVRPIIP1S5Q/IMG_20220530_170944418_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - They'll watch you and screech before escaping into their holes. They will run right in front of you to go into their own specific hole, even if there are closer ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549213127-8KKGRRMJKWI4YGZ58UWH/IMG_20220530_170910129_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Grand Canyon Junior here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549215467-V613LUAZSSBX4G0UWMYV/IMG_20220530_171157168_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - About 120-150 meters deep ( 350-450 feet ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549216755-E6TM7TTLGQCA899SQ41X/IMG_20220530_175309765_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Back in town you can visit the World's Largest Dinosaur! Takes balls to take a dinosaur and just make it bigger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654549218741-KHA832FBKLV1DLQD9RS2/IMG_20220530_175428309_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Proof. I definitely recommend a visit to Drumheller! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e73106fa-dc0a-4768-908d-63916850bcd6/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Buffalo Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551044815-PKYKVKJ383PT1F95L04E/IMG_20220531_103651422_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - You know you're in a good town when you see this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551044902-KEN3L873T0QELKW7BSK6/IMG_20220531_113102442_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Flat forever and ever, with 30-50kph winds blowing constantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551049371-M9R4QLSVAWACM6ATRJW5/IMG_20220531_154646400_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - When you get to the top of the Buffalo Trail "climb" there's a nice view of the flat lands below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551049269-O0128FRFKMNCV6CXL906/IMG_20220531_155203447_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Keep going and you get to a large lake. Saw some deer as well. Ok now you don't need to ever go there, I went for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551046895-9XTOJ1A83HTMGYX93GUZ/IMG_20220531_133859470_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Right before Buffalo Trail you pass through Medicine Hat, where you can view the World's Tallest Teepee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551047348-D4J2ER1T5AUB9AVSXBTR/IMG_20220531_133942249_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - It is indeed huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654551047755-QC1YO78ALS8ZCOQ74IPQ/IMG_20220531_134032187_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Erm yes... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fbe7dc4a-dce8-4f7b-b80c-05da9bf74c4a/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Recovery in Regina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781362239-WB5VRJ4JFCM8B0154QV7/IMG_20220601_110934846_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Ok calm down, calm down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781360166-7IHE9KPEUKUAQCXWF0C5/IMG_20220601_110735712_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Snowbirds are used on Canada day to put on air shows for the masses. Some would say it just wastes fuel. Some would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781362798-07ZSBUN1GGOQ90R6K1N4/IMG_20220601_111310564_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - That's the Moose. What a moose it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781359919-OJI1LRMA64M4277EK7AO/IMG_20220601_110804877_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Moose contests are one of the healthiest forms of competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781370941-VZ84C8ZKMMLQO6OEFPG0/IMG_20220601_133159089_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The route I choose through the city follows the Wascana Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781365001-UVJ95L8NAKYM0N3TBWLI/IMG_20220601_131217303_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I learned that people build towns only near water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781365956-RM4WHOEP0QMZQFJCROO3/IMG_20220601_131228438_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - There's paths / recreational / touristy things all around this lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781381772-HP92OHRFYG0B36NZU7AU/IMG_20220601_132213267_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781367692-KUAFZK8G03PQ0WTQKVTG/IMG_20220601_132831564_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - And pelicans again... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781371798-J3RGMV4AIPULSRX14FNR/IMG_20220601_135001951_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - There's so many. How. Why. This is a tiny lake in the middle of nowhere. How are they alive? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781376191-POOFQGBUFQKM5050B2LP/IMG_20220601_175009488_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - A little out of the way in Kipling, you can find the world's biggest RED paperclip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654781382250-PYI5ZRZ76579JIMW9A42/IMG_20220601_175114313_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I love these things. Build more big things please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fcfe17b1-7214-46f1-9c08-aa38443ca9fd/cancel.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782688378-AN248Z68KJFE5SI5RZ6I/IMG_20220602_132015240_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Dirt road access to the lake covered in washed out trash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782688807-GTZNU1O78BCBE12R6HOE/IMG_20220602_141218276_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Boy you can tell this is a fun place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782689887-K358FZI5WZG2BT46W140/IMG_20220602_141311820_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I swear it was raining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782691424-UY9YZ78YN1GEB1AT77LR/IMG_20220602_141945531_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The thing to see there is Grand Beach, which boasts one of Canada's largest sandy beaches. It's kinda far though honestly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782708699-894WXF9VS18BCODKS3Z5/IMG_20220602_142542609_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Unsurprisingly, not a lot of swimmers on a stormy off season weekday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782710365-QTT69ICMXWTM7H0PDRV8/IMG_20220602_142940492_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - They have a lot of sand. I'm sure there's sign telling you not to pick up any sand or something. Don't disturb the precious sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782711462-LILC3UJLFO3CW7VVM3XA/IMG_20220602_143015170_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - It is a good area for bird watching as well. Saw some pelicans fly over. They're all over the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782709592-SZSLIPM1OH2SV9M6BEL7/IMG_20220602_142926538_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Quite the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782712881-V2TKLBOVCN20L0FLV3VS/IMG_20220602_144121635_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Many of the roads in Saskatwhewan and Manitoba are flanked with these small marshes / ponds lakes that are full of birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654782711639-CSBSE6R1FRAS8IUMS6N0/IMG_20220602_144052951_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Goodbye Lac Winnipeg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fd7e4a15-37d0-468e-b31d-35c08b65f224/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Kenora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783742305-HOQIWRT7VZKC7OANI2JA/IMG_20220603_100440144_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - As you drive through the prairies the yellow grass gradually becomes green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783746368-SX19IXB0KS576S2KITEA/IMG_20220603_144915428_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Here we are, Ontario! Now starts many hours of driving along the Great Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783748166-O9E33CQPG6FRXJJVT2IY/IMG_20220603_154603348_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - You know your town is good when you have a nice sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783743364-VZHDD557M74X9Y51324Q/IMG_20220603_133556461_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Kenora has a little marina with sculptures and tours you can take. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783744643-CA7K84AZO2HN8E2OA5L8/IMG_20220603_133642147_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - There's so many lakes in Ontario. Anywhere you look there's a lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783745327-45I60AB93918KJWJCU50/IMG_20220603_143528819_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The Lake Life is the thing to do in Quebec and Ontario. Get a cottage near a lake. There's more lakes then people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783747903-L2SGY61VS9H64RXB4Q8R/IMG_20220603_155215555_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Pretty much peak Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783750322-MAKN6UGYVP01CM7NXLP1/IMG_20220603_192212552_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I don't remember which city this was, but they also had a Moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783750815-JXCOI7B8C0WTL3NC8I64/IMG_20220603_222631184_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - These signs are everywhere in Northern Ontario. They wait for the darkness to go after your car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654783755309-345YRAS3ZHKCT0DFJGII/IMG_20220603_222637325.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Badass band name though. NIGHT DANGER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/db5a374b-e24c-4b05-8f1c-b8ec7b3c2219/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Thunder Bay / Silver Islet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785270248-TQPOFD55ZH32WBZ102XX/IMG_20220604_112904846.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I don't want to bore you with pictures of little lakes but that's almost all there is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785291472-D0S1GIIZZ9NM2SQSKFJO/IMG_20220604_190230715_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - From Thunder Bay you can see the other side of Lake Superior, which is surrounded by these forested hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785271053-4PG5AX3VWG0SWIOLS5ZS/IMG_20220604_113034176.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Not an uncommon sight. What are you going to do about it? Phone them and complain? hahahaha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785274709-RLEWW5Z25VBC2XZ0EMN8/IMG_20220604_124036538.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - This route just went to this large camping park/area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785277927-3IY9LZQ1R3X9DW4YUR6Q/IMG_20220604_131316079.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Saw a porcupine cross the road to escape oncoming traffic. Fairly rare sight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785281087-GQ6C3VZOOKHK4TRT6CRM/IMG_20220604_131320212.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - When he saw me he got in a little hole and raised his quills. He got bored after about 3 seconds and resumed his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785285060-GKJLZZDZJTNKC9WVQT6R/IMG_20220604_132607742.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - At the tip of the peninsula you read the tiny town of Silver Islet. There was no "World's Biggest Silver Nugget". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785284721-LLX46STCALDHDIUD4R00/IMG_20220604_133018068_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - View of Lake Superior from the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785287325-51D1DJQ7ZRPYJMLEIMQW/IMG_20220604_133055085.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Lakes are awesome and relaxing when the weather is perfect. I get it, I get it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785287468-HQ55M6DFFAOTN4V08INA/IMG_20220604_133203642.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Touristy store near the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785290581-MMF8N9NFJUPYAZVXLKJE/IMG_20220604_134544635_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - You will pass by this lake on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785275386-MMTF3I18148B3Q7WQ8SO/IMG_20220604_130934555.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Yep it's a lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785295338-OLJED7PJWTQVWAKQNGFI/IMG_20220604_190256282_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The drive alongside Lake Superior from Thunder Bay is surprisingly beautiful. Has many lookouts and mid-sized mountain passes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785302266-MFWWWAH8CTMD59Y6N7KZ/IMG_20220604_201246145_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - It passes near Aguasabon Falls/ Gorge near Terrace Bay, ON. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785297964-6888MEBMIYH3DTSNUIR0/IMG_20220604_200119782.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Very easy access to the gorge from the road. Just this little path for a hundred meters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785300320-V4S7VOBY0J0IS7AOAJGS/IMG_20220604_200302111_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Worth the 5 minute detour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785303216-6P9O11PPPJ5ICE8JFLBK/IMG_20220604_202154967.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Along the road I saw this Night Danger feasting in a ditch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785306852-4N0XSB5CNTEGAPFNWX5O/IMG_20220604_202245737_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I stopped the car on the shoulder. We made eye contact. We understood each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785301916-X49SXPC3L89KPF12A5N6/IMG_20220604_202138900.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I had never seen a Night Danger before despite the hundreds of signs to be careful back in Quebec. Quebec is a province of lies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654785312827-VLIPJGC87OTIPPVKG08V/IMG_20220605_080447539.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - That night my Boonddockers host offered for me to stay in his camper van. It was really great, I understand the appeal of camper life now. Sucks about the gas prices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/09e38dc0-ca27-4dcd-b4f7-ab2d6fc1a210/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Make it stand out Sault SteMarie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786545557-MVYEXZHZ01AS6JY6RHEQ/IMG_20220605_082009089_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Have to start my day with a prayer to my lord and savior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786546403-9GF9IOJSGSZ6BW8RX5RG/IMG_20220605_094742297.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I stayed in Marathon, ON the previous night. You'll find this memorial in White River, about an hour east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786547906-OOYZIOZONOZIN0833156/IMG_20220605_094833706_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - You really, really have to want to see this to make this drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786550498-WGKN6OL6DVO13O5PV4PR/IMG_20220605_110115076_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - As you continue you will drive near Wawa, home of the world's biggest Canada Goose! No one beating that one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786559430-8IFHXV4P0ETOSQ2YQ93H/IMG_20220605_110941591.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - If you drive into town you'll find this statue which previously held the record. Doesn't really count if you win against yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786562405-KUXQPCE8ZY5HCB5MNB9D/IMG_20220605_113044561.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - There's also a motel with a goose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786561097-XVMQ7WRQLASZBK0O2L3K/IMG_20220605_111053994_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - They left this truck there so long it became an attraction, not just junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786568598-R4THWWSI4UCOET5JC2P3/IMG_20220605_163500689.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - A fairly typical rural Ontario home. If you don't have to live in Toronto, you get to afford this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786566472-49DNW2S6EGQ0VA1UJK3Q/IMG_20220605_123138739.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - At the western edge of the area there's a little marina and beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786571305-DHTZ4PHDV51PJUA187Q9/IMG_20220605_164715320_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Pretty Ontario-y https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786572388-UWS0THB2QUT2ETJC4OBE/IMG_20220605_172740852.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Then at the southern tip you'll find Pointe Louise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786573113-TDW6BMNRMDECYIA6UDKR/IMG_20220605_172907962_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Just another private/remote community along the lake. Imagine you live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786575279-J1OL5EP3TMZMMR4WB4IY/IMG_20220605_181828523.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - After that I went into the city itself. If you make it through the "meth" part of town you'll reach the boardwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786573252-7IHCB1R3WEVK4H3QKQQK/IMG_20220605_181426028.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - It's right along the border. No weed while they x-ray your junk and inflate the value of your life savings away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786574579-FG4O0FUKAUG2LCBXIO3R/IMG_20220605_181623521_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - That's the bridge to Freedomland over there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654786575652-VGONNHMSSE40NP38KUSX/IMG_20220605_182238347.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - View of the canal from the boardwalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654787693936-N2D9HE81HPRPA4C9LXMV/IMG_20220605_182242719.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - The harbor as seen from the boardwalk. Some speedboating going on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654787695316-ON598U2NDA29L4SKKOI7/IMG_20220605_182615294_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I'm always amazed at the random statues and art installations in every city. I've seen hundreds already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902208463-0VBEQ25OVOHWEI7CO04E/IMG_20220605_182907911.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - on the boardwalk I passed by a Beaver Tails store. That's on my list of "Canadian Foods" to get on this trip. But then... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902208026-1NTJ1GU651R2TTUTMS8E/IMG_20220605_183824245_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - They combined poutine with beaver tails? No one ever asked for this, but thanks for making it and letting me pay 10$ for one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902209551-EA5Q7QK6ZHJ245NZGLYD/IMG_20220605_184150142.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - It was disappointing. Unmelted cheese curds, cardboard fries and the beaver tail was like a fried napkin. Why would you do this to me? Why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902211158-MDSMDSAD21UIYO4PQ41X/IMG_20220605_185336989.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - I don't know what that prison-like building is. Probably a prison. Let's not google it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902210578-QFE9Y5IRZWYJPR85YCZ0/IMG_20220605_185419548.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Little art gallery near the end of the boardwalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654902211678-GIEWJRSX17SDOCHZCZRA/IMG_20220605_185650330.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 3 - Blasting Across Canada - Another thing you see a lot on the road is each town's extremely specific little museums. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek2 monthly 0.5 2022-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/53c09f0e-33a6-4c40-9569-6597cc58f5b7/week02stats.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6393858d-e12b-442d-adc1-7da6a4f49c2a/week02map.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b14188fd-8ba5-423e-adcc-96289ab24f63/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Kelowna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755528026-HD6G6OUJ3NPNUX5WIBGW/IMG_20220523_182152524_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Very touristy wine country scene here. Karenland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755493599-9JIFZA2HGG0DTM2LFAP5/IMG_20220523_152509081_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - West Kelowna and Kelowna have several regions with huge vineyards and orchards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755493564-N8SHN9KFZJLN40IFJ1J5/IMG_20220523_151828518_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - They make all sorts of booze here in the dry climate of the Okanagan valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755499635-ZP3GN5OMZE7T9U1SD56W/IMG_20220523_155739210_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Big change of scenery from the coast. The moss covered hills are replaced with dry dirt and grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755507524-5STRYIBRLDP88L6K9AY1/IMG_20220523_163249343_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Just some bollywood stuff going on. They were dancing swear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755498847-DGWROAUS348P5M0DB20F/IMG_20220523_161643695_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Nice views from across Lake Okanagan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653756428483-4REB0PE6JJWISRZP564Y/california-quail-e4f15989b27649b3a613fd9623bcbf45.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - A real picture of them. The females scurry about with their chicks while the make squeals at you from a perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755503061-R660Q6SEHRWOXDJDLPD8/IMG_20220523_161943027_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - I think this is called a Rocky Mountain Marmot. Their flesh is tender and juicy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755505553-4SVJTUS7IM1RR2AX09L1/IMG_20220523_162601918_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The entire lake is dotted with parks and boardwalks. Feels like a rich town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755511606-GGP3ZZRB39L8UT83QRLI/IMG_20220523_165118258_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755516558-FDBSMPL2UTLBY0B0H59M/IMG_20220523_171012478_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Stopped at Forbidden Orchards to buy some gifts and taste liquor. They just let anyone walk in and drink, suckers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755521456-KGBZ05LQFU5WKVDTPD9Q/IMG_20220523_171902332_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Views up the hill in Kelowna, overlooking vineyards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755497611-IBT16RJLDNVGIH6UMOVX/IMG_20220523_153245849_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Cool statue near the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755525080-0W2COE4JPJ3DGE7XTY5M/IMG_20220523_174628720_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This one is called "Beached Boomers". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755525701-97NU50X3JPO12XVRKYNF/IMG_20220523_175357677_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Oh yeah I guess some monster must live in the lake or some BS, like always. The world is infested with these invisible monsters only drunks can see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755524280-JRQ5M1Z05G2AOO1XETZR/IMG_20220523_174418271_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Wait how rich is this city... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755526999-CCILS83QA07U4GE70XR0/IMG_20220523_175424055_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is 100% elephant tusk ivory. Only left tusks, they throw away the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653755529136-OTWV9SUZ8P56LR6U9KGY/quail.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The Okanagan valley is infested with these goofy little California quails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/528e0239-c4ef-492f-98ef-90230515ef01/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Apex Mountain Attempt... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289147328-WEZKKG006BOWD4ICQKZ5/IMG_20220524_110914195_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Passing through Summerland on the way there. Another beautiful little town on the hills next to lake Okanagan. Everyone there is drunk all the time, probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289242445-2WA7ALS5NX48NN1M4GAZ/IMG_20220524_144938014_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is what the valley is all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289145612-VDYICJA17FMCUT859FG1/IMG_20220524_125717098_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This isn't the mountain. This is basically a 200m high hill. Just so you understand what elevation represents and how high a 1000m thing actually is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289194202-AHKC4Q38WPBLUT5EX115/IMG_20220524_133838517_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - It's a very rural area with these gigantic cattle guards that would completely wreck your bike if you went over them at speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289165584-WK2K6B6LRY9A8JZBY0P5/IMG_20220524_135426594_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - I was turned from the top by two dogs chasing me, so this is back on the downhill. Nice majestic BC lake scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289228473-6251ZJ5GQVSW6H1WFAS0/IMG_20220524_135648734_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Passed by a ranch with ducks and goats... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289195547-JHVJ7REP49RX56VZ6OC6/IMG_20220524_135634724_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Then this majestic Guard Llama crested the hill and started giving me the stink eye as I took pictures of baby goats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289243705-AK2C1SL7JDOQNWYDAL84/IMG_20220524_145516121_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Out of the mountains and along the river back to town. Every road is beautiful in BC somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289265013-A9E29EYSL3I88Y9WPK0A/IMG_20220524_145549665_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Love these guys. We are the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289258231-MX9VHSDGZWGVOO4GQWS7/IMG_20220524_150203293_HDR+copy.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - A Beach near Oliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289293376-BG9UYXUAQFV6DQXZBW87/IMG_20220524_150209623_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The same beach, but 20 seconds later. Woah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289295142-DXGLI86QBINQV4YUV5NO/IMG_20220524_150304631_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Just gonna say it: E-Bikes aren't bikes, they're motorcycles. They should at least strap your feet to the pedals and make the motor turn them so it looks like you're doing SOMETHING. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289350584-1031D8U7RGVAQU88GUVM/IMG_20220524_203018190_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - I couldn't find a spot to sleep that night so I just went to this camping. RIP 50$ for a parking spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289335362-00FJR22QH04RVEGPWTIJ/IMG_20220524_201155338_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This duck showed up within seconds of me arriving. I started to feed him oats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289318790-KAHDYDFGGCQ7XWITBN6B/IMG_20220524_201059763_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - When I turned around he had multiplied ( thanks to the oats ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289336443-1NNHXYH23E8WFOQ5PB43/IMG_20220524_202845039_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Ok that's enough ducks, no more oats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289345366-SF3E3NJZULO1TCY6BBT0/IMG_20220525_080837979_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - When I woke up the next morning this little guy was starring at me through the driver side window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9b7cf353-8084-4054-98a8-2f96e34b5cd3/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Anarchist Pass + Baldy Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290072468-AC31KQGZTFMENFRHYS5Q/IMG_20220525_152500498_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - I didn't think he was a real guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289974876-VR6NOGBI7BPRM3NXL5UG/IMG_20220525_114707717_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Sometimes when I'm driving, I'll spot a lake with some birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289984224-XPAEJPVCEAOPBZY8OE64/IMG_20220525_114935934_BURST000_COVER.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Then use binoculars to watch the birds. That's the story. There's different birds in different provinces, it's like collecting pokemon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290220273-TU4QWBSOXY8LU0EGOTMS/IMG_20220525_182545082_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Osoyoos, where Anarchist Pass begins. Really beautiful little town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290215526-DH9N0Q2UYB6SZEO3KZLD/IMG_20220525_183758075_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This town is also Quail infested. My best picture yet... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654289994784-CYG8V8BS0GZ12L3C13JH/IMG_20220525_132249822_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is in Osoyoos. Lot of western-theme things in the Okanagan and prairies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290006173-MDDEMP0KP8I80BMZM4YK/IMG_20220525_133550495_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The beginning of the climb out of Osoyoos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290039915-J74Y64RJ5CX966TKDHC8/IMG_20220525_145947992_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is less than halfway up, after a few switchback. One of the most stunning views in BC so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290080294-ETXENLYF94DM5AJJER19/IMG_20220525_153423891_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The entire river is flanked by these gorgeous vineyards and orchards Quite a unique sight in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290154062-MQPD48TLQ7JZVWP0RUCG/IMG_20220525_173134495_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The base of the mountain in the Sonora desert. Very Arizona-like. Nothing else like this in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290006645-12N9U283LHYUTFH3A0P8/IMG_20220525_142924034_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Grassy ranches and farmland characterize the more remote areas at elevation in BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290109374-04Q776A0WCAQAGV2S57S/IMG_20220525_155922336_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Afterwards I made my way up to Oliver to do Baldy Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290154062-NAPHAXI954G2XURIHT15/IMG_20220525_171653469_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is the top... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290199122-ZDPLJ9QDHTNIG043MPSC/IMG_20220525_180239581_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The climb has more of these gnarly cattle guards so you need to be very careful when descending. These would explode your frame and wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290173283-2S4JICI2JJYF7V5VPI8M/IMG_20220525_175426630_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Going back to Osoyoos in the evening, along more vineyards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290106820-0RLV9L8P4JCSC4GKFXHV/IMG_20220525_164615338_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Baldy Mountain is in a somewhat remote area on an Indian Reserve. There's not that great views... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290179161-MCKBXKE9UY7I9AVX2YNJ/IMG_20220525_175556365_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Canada's Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290054634-6RGVOU4J118HA8H255W5/IMG_20220525_150342518_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Same lookout. After that you just enter a more inland forested area with not much to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290034930-WNOYEIT0F5QRTHO6S3KT/IMG_20220525_144142349_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The top of the climb is officially marked by this anatomically correct Sasquatch statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290023814-1U4PO61IG04F7T2XVFO0/IMG_20220525_145250436_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is the view from the top on the other side of Anarchist Pass. Not as impressive... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c06c1423-5dbc-43b0-acf3-2c12eff4c5df/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Strawberry Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654291040239-TQT74VLBTTD7Q5V4OJYD/IMG_20220526_183241807_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This ride begins in the small mountain town of Castlegar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290936963-4CA9GWYHB7Z4FE4I5R7N/IMG_20220526_122019769_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Promising start of the day... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290954311-TRJIXR5HS80WSRPPQXP8/IMG_20220526_145508844_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Deer vandalism in the sidewalk concrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290957905-SNLX0P1MX8KC6OVEACI1/IMG_20220526_151721951_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Quite nice views as you follow the river from Castlegar to Trail. No more desert and vineyards though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290972310-5ZFCOTY3DCGBQW4M0A1T/IMG_20220526_153141017_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Beaver dam. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290992422-1ZNI7MJ3ZUP67FA87VNA/IMG_20220526_155450137_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - As I made it to Trail it started pouring like mad. The not fun part of the day was starting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654290991177-WNUKKRG5IW2X8JHF4H9F/IMG_20220526_171233110_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - I think I tried to take a picture of the rolling cold fog sweeping across the pass. It was ominous as hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654291006929-J7A4778LOGZK3WLD5YDS/IMG_20220526_172026732_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - One of the views approaching the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654291013653-200ZMFNPAEQIER1FSBU9/IMG_20220526_172824012_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is why you don't want to screw around with rain on these mountains. The snow banks make it much colder then the weather forecast says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654291030807-5W2NSJSGFK8Z8G8TLLT3/IMG_20220526_174109908_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The entire climb was in the wet and cold, but didn't get snowed on at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654291032815-XL195UQH6B7U5K98YHYH/IMG_20220526_174726272_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Fortunately the way down to Castlegar was dry, although extremely windy to the point I had to pedal the entire way down. Still a win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7922893f-c67a-4fc3-aa77-f05edf7c6901/route.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Recovery because bad weather on Kootenay Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343411540-YOG9TOY7BO3D7HY2F7JA/IMG_20220527_075122930_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Misty morning in Nelson, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343411439-7LH1O6EH0V4HAB8MVYL7/IMG_20220527_080757658_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - View from the Wal-Mart parking. Not bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343413296-QN5D9KRKCQBMVI4HWZ2I/IMG_20220527_125101789_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Started to rain early on. Was going to do Kootenay pass that day. I parked at the bottom and waited... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343413869-QBMHN8DR5QKZPPEBBGZ2/IMG_20220527_104641423_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This guy came to say hi. Just zoomed passed me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343416375-N1MWPWH0HCQ71RYQKI6I/IMG_20220527_125630098_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - After waiting 2 hours and the rain not letting up, I just decided to skip it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343414262-QEIZ1E2F1ZCU7SCDQUFP/IMG_20220527_125613931_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - A view going up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343414929-YVXF6ATU8G7CZXF8E32J/IMG_20220527_125618540_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Must be nice when it's not stormy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343416765-TVNAIVWE2HJU6ERJWJ60/IMG_20220527_130026094_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Closer to the top. 3 degree, heavy rain, snow banks.... Noooooope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343417590-G6D70XB8WMNM29NXYO81/IMG_20220527_161326026_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - By the time I made it to Crankbrook, it was dry, so I went for a little recovery spin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343418184-EB1Z1B6GBN720SYXQKAR/IMG_20220527_161524442_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - My fatigue levels were getting pretty high anyway, but bummer. Nice little town that's half BC, half prairies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/86bf876d-4f0b-4496-a470-3e0c5856258b/route+copy.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Kimberley Valley Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343766977-L45RBF0612BQLQ4IN9AO/IMG_20220528_124900562_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Medium loop planned that day around this remote valley before making it to Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343763774-3QKY6L50VWPWZ9HPJJT4/IMG_20220528_121844076_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Starting to have that Gold Rush midwest town feel now. Lot of these in the USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343764495-CSRSHVN2Z8EA8R0GXNWZ/IMG_20220528_121939833_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is how they clipped their toenails back in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343765504-9JQEW9NIRP5MLA7XR7TF/IMG_20220528_122024768_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - World's smallest train to bring the children to the mines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343765686-UAFITUD5ZS9P2FJOSY2Q/IMG_20220528_122227502_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Wider view of the Fort. I didn't go in, they never let you in when you have a bike and I ain't leaving that outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343767071-KSUEVWIVIZDJ41JUYFLN/IMG_20220528_130211488_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The route meanders around Kootenay River and St-Mary's River, creating this BC/Alberta hybrid landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343770972-N2GDQF1Q2PIB95QRW54M/IMG_20220528_141951216_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it to Kimberley and you can enjoy this little path with a waterfall yay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343771981-UKYO7BUE2DLUF28V18ZO/IMG_20220528_142236440_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Yay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343773308-PAPJHTUCJIXH0PBJ4W1T/IMG_20220528_145548869_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The road snakes back down to Cranbrook and crosses St-Mary's river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343774588-EF1Y3PW4H72XAJK3KE8P/IMG_20220528_173520051_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Lot of driving now. This is looking back at the Rockies from Fernie, BC. Beautiful town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343775257-FTCZKNLJTCBKGZ79LIOI/IMG_20220528_173531566_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is Mount Hosmer, rising to almost 2500m, seen from Fernie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343775782-7CQU66J4RRGZNM3T2L4W/IMG_20220528_175729168_BURST007.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Still in BC you will pass by the World's Largest Tandem Axle truck in Sparwood. I think they just leave it there because it costs 6000$ to fill up now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343782655-XC5PK8BWMZKWKRQ8OPHA/IMG_20220528_182806762_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Coming out of CrowsNest pass highway and into Alberta. You can only look back at the Rockies now as you enter Flatland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654343779989-R8G7W8JZIAUIOOBZ2X0S/IMG_20220528_181947501_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dda412e7-7790-4528-b924-7b0045bd5e10/route+copy.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Make it stand out Touring Calgary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345639916-GPPY3NYLRO8TD5EN73TO/IMG_20220529_100000572_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Spent the day in Calgary. Unfortunately it was Sunday and everything closed at like 5 because reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345639192-M1ELUAGJM0Y6MWRX0UYF/IMG_20220529_102143967_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Calgary, as seen from Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345639981-VRRX2SEXWCPO11HE4KFU/IMG_20220529_102446203_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Magpie. I wish my phone could take better pictures than this :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345641098-XSK35WUOLE8E6UKQEV3U/IMG_20220529_102656126_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - This is "selfie bridge". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345642822-9HNOPCSO0VTI49LM1NDA/IMG_20220529_103051195_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Many parts of town are overrun with herds of Geese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345643874-10SBDETMHDKJK6G3B1BE/IMG_20220529_103430072_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The Calgary Marathon was going on that day along much of my route. Lot of music and high fives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345646418-ED7UNVZB2L3NEKUE3QTT/IMG_20220529_105646275_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Part of a huge lifesize statue called "The Calgary Stampede" near the stadium downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345645724-XS65OSWL5ITS648GAP7I/IMG_20220529_105611418_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Not the whole thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345648077-9HP1SM581WFJ1CU8DU11/IMG_20220529_105704824_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Look at em' go. No wheels at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345650192-XBBB1E8N8IQ7XN1W25E4/IMG_20220529_110545816_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Found a place called a "rock garden". Turns out it's not rocks, just plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345650058-EG3QBZRNL3R3KNEJ9LO6/IMG_20220529_112722217_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The bike path snakes along Glenmore Reservoir. You can take this steamboat cruise along the river apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345652950-2DBXDFGHAH3LYMKD8H3R/IMG_20220529_114914380_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Saw a deer just hiding, waiting for night time to leap in front of a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345653217-ARELXO9A4GMXKAG19Z68/IMG_20220529_122836336_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - There's a dozen of these bridges that just go back and forth over the Elbow River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345655188-AVPROSKWDKMMKT70345E/IMG_20220529_123428467_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The view going back up North towards the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345654915-M8TFXCSNOZ1PSKP3GUJN/IMG_20220529_125222428_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - The outskirks of Calgary are dotted with endless wetland space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345658172-7Y2F1EN83TQY1GWA1U9F/IMG_20220529_131108666_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - Yep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1654345656797-LFKUTSRB42PY1C08XQ2J/IMG_20220529_141154967_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 2- Rockies and Wineries - View from the top of Nose Hill park. Only dirt trails there, and swarming with dogs. Like the entire bike path network. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touringcanadaweek1 monthly 0.5 2022-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/188d4c55-58c6-4e37-bf88-7363e5f4f931/week01.png Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dc8bc922-1408-4f08-bc6f-0b39761cb167/week01map.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1a078a8b-35db-4897-a029-8d11e754414a/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Salt Spring Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410108068-KP8I3VBM64ZET03QZR6N/IMG_20220516_113846118_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - That's me before embarking on the ferry to Salt Spring! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410107671-TVZ5NGQX19159XZIBCTU/IMG_20220516_125824037_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Typical ferry view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410108579-ADVIK784AGMLM5X1GUG4/IMG_20220516_133041860_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The optional mountain that most people likely don't bike. It's STEEP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410110692-0PTT3039WE4NHGAXJB5P/IMG_20220516_134908454_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Flat sad snek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410110393-PP8A2A4568LGTSIZMTJ1/IMG_20220516_143718330_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - More typical West Coast view here. Ocean, forest, hills. Repeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410112729-LPA5E2TIVJWFFQHP0A49/IMG_20220516_143727564_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's many of these quays that people chill on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410112825-KRN21CATMJ3KEHQQRU2H/IMG_20220516_145910589_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Cool rocks. No one complains when the water does vandalism but you try poking holes in rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410115468-RG6Z2VRBI4OOQ6XQO5YX/IMG_20220516_145940706_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Millions of these barnacles on every rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410115255-MP718QF5GTBX7VA003PG/IMG_20220516_150636425_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Most of the non touristy part of the Island are little farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410119652-S95MW2G81QUWXZK1VGMV/IMG_20220516_150854872_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Sheep yearning for freedom. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410117302-7B6LMFFUXJ8AQMJFKO9X/IMG_20220516_151621642_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Tried to take a pic while moving as the deer were crossing. Almost..almost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410119488-O4Y1NVWI6VM1SN85K4NU/IMG_20220516_160228753_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Was really just enjoying the not raining thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410120680-LG3MPGCM7D4HUXGXYU25/IMG_20220516_165425599_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The view from Mount Tuam. Imagine you live there. ( You'd be rich) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410121292-DLJ9QANM7N9YMM35F67U/IMG_20220516_170304214_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Random Swan encounter on the way back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410121692-WQ7NC5J4YR8LZE24QU9B/IMG_20220516_173024420_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The ferry coming to pick me up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653410122757-EYY8YLU5SQZKDHOPYJWR/IMG_20220516_182819523_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Boomer life. Adventure = Sit on /inside motorized thing and look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ff6a7afe-3b28-49e4-9ddc-3cb1f539a0da/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Richmond and Delta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1663984239593-YAZR70DLYU9E9BB35L7C/IMG_20220517_114817776_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Starting out in Richmond, you can see the North Vancouver's 3 peaks in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581479967-U8ARM34RPXC65DB9YKRT/IMG_20220517_115307539_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - BC has a huge Sikh community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581509085-8U2YPF12NCNNAO3WRE5I/IMG_20220517_115329196_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - This is what they believe in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581494043-4KT9GUC8KJDV0TNNOIL7/IMG_20220517_120631658_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Very rural/industrial area around the Fraser river, which they seem to use to transport wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581519663-7YMWA4CHT6ZOLSKF3TF1/IMG_20220517_130529521_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Sometimes Strava calls this "paved roads" and you get flats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581522138-9TXGFRWITF8733TKHQPG/IMG_20220517_144950199_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - More views of the brownish Fraser river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581538469-7U0FIZZLXMIFZV175URK/IMG_20220517_145125932_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Bridge crossing from Delta to Richmond. Quite sketchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581577756-XKWVJ5Q8YNMLBWMHFAXQ/IMG_20220517_161928269_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Stopped at this farmer's market / petting zoo in Richmond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581562944-KHUM4VDQ82PBYY6PLFU4/IMG_20220517_161222932_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - He wanted food or was threatening me, I can't tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581549126-A0IWY2Y9ASPTNEG94XGT/IMG_20220517_161546137_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Random ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581563057-5A80X9WWP143JDRE7L6W/IMG_20220517_161625906_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - They make white turkeys now, did you know? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653581577985-N0SCRR50F8MSSCF44JF2/IMG_20220517_161834101_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - More prisoners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/32115370-bd3d-4f6a-96f1-f2856e93b4a4/ride1.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Kitsilano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5dfaa7a1-775d-4863-a1c2-c18a5d34fdaf/ride2.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Coast and Stanley Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b5b95d89-b683-4abd-8eef-2760b291266d/ride3.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Bigger Loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582311231-FYKY4SLCKN5XFSOQG6BR/IMG_20220519_141419204_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Here we are, the more "real" cool mainland of BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582032332-5RK3Z9S79F14VRLQ3MUZ/IMG_20220518_120653860_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Kitsilano beach. Didn't know BC had so many real beaches. Nobody enjoying it though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582033508-RPFC7Z1SM42PGK3GXCLI/IMG_20220518_120659973_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - You can see the boats with my Amazon packages that I plan to return to China for free. I love pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582041351-EGUD6E48HW391DPS1TA7/IMG_20220518_124357982_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's a nice long bike path along the water with lots of things to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582043922-04IDTY1M8B6CAEKQDPEC/IMG_20220518_124627751_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The path is very busy and full of twists and turns, not good for training but great for recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582052018-9VYPACAYGJDU0JKXWFTL/IMG_20220518_125227773_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Has the usual "how rich are these people?" waterfront dwellings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582056444-3E7W8ZVGLIDW2Z7EH205/IMG_20220518_125303308_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - More views of the mountains and North Vancouver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582094129-7GL4TQF7H6V8GM6RTLCF/IMG_20220518_142656328_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582110243-KX9RH7C7M9NLQXJ5M6RQ/IMG_20220518_143310621_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Stanley park has some legit huge trees. Suck it, Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582063568-PGAYBO1WYEEQD3QB4QR0/IMG_20220518_130809061_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - This is Mechagodzilla's left testicle, turned into a science center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582440069-1IN5RVLM3WLX5IIO1S78/IMG_20220519_155010026_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The science you will learn is that humans are very bad and mean, except Native Americans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582543789-YZ0U39V8DLMSMU0AFBBL/IMG_20220519_155133772_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's so many of these pieces all along this path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582092605-U3OFXMQGBCH0M0XTLER4/IMG_20220518_133619732_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - I found the Coca Leaf Cafe on a random Youtube video. Had to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582078233-N7C3VYSOCLQ0D90GFC52/IMG_20220518_132701146_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - They sell Coca Leaf tea ( it was gross ) and lots of drugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582085034-4X0VW5O2MFK6WQ7O6JVH/IMG_20220518_132540612_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The owner makes these. I only bought 50 for my own personal use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582116599-V0RWSH31NFYVFRFMFEB4/IMG_20220519_113812396_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - If you keep going west you'll enter the pretty charming area of Port Moody / Coquitlam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582117328-XX0HUWF36KC1OC243P5Y/IMG_20220519_114722573_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Marina in Port Moody. Nice and affordable area.... relatively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582161653-6DR8IWRGYTVVEH0YHPJI/IMG_20220519_114826519_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's other things than cycling? lol peasants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582142972-2TD3WS7U1B6ZQDBHKLB2/IMG_20220519_115113497_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Small dog owners love the Canada geese, they get to blame the poops on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582160395-W8J87NTR1ZVTA874FV9N/IMG_20220519_132729393_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Bridge going to New Westminster... I think https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582196931-HRI4V5Z8FS1M59EA9KUH/IMG_20220519_133346086_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - This is a nice touristy area that runs along the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582188052-Z33FYU51DN92GN1WG0CE/IMG_20220519_133500822_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582240133-ZY9VORQGX3HGT06KJ5EE/IMG_20220519_133840319_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Oh. It was Fruits. Well. That's... amazing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582211467-NU3ON5UCH2UKXUZ1051Y/IMG_20220519_133802279_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Every town needs a "World's biggest X". You aren't a city if you don't have one, sorry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582248844-GY3DHHIHFPZE0FF8FFPJ/IMG_20220519_134246175_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - View of the Fraser before it turns too brown.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582272117-R5GGNX0FUI5HIGIJ9YS5/IMG_20220519_134437358_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Imagine you live here. Imagine your dog here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582292243-3WP4HSIW6KYW4ZRADJE3/IMG_20220519_134705870_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - This is a metaphor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582358485-OYR4T4OAH7GGEK9DXOJI/IMG_20220519_145806483_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Back in Vancouver I stumbled randomly on Queen Elizabeth Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582327020-AESICGVZTLY5G5HACEBD/IMG_20220519_145358263_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Has a little lookout with amazing views of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582313011-HDI1ASVWHAS7JSVTSN01/IMG_20220519_144949174_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Free to the public as well. Not free parking though. That's how they get you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582353871-WH1WXLFKN4MUBV1LWQCF/IMG_20220519_145527032_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's a vast network of paths that go through the garden but bikes are banned, as always. What if I killed someone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582340050-1X7TBIH40K1W63PN66AI/IMG_20220519_145237841_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - What's up with this tree? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653582541817-IJCVP7C8VGZIOOM1RP28/IMG_20220519_160824428_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - No trip to a large city is complete without passing through the 20 blocks of homeless people camping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/10abe734-b327-4e5e-9106-033fb8f8790c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Maple Ridge + Mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653583992240-JQ010WSUICANGCDI5RT3/IMG_20220520_123712669_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Start of the ride in Maple Ridge. This train angers the locals by blocking traffic a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653583995799-ZXBO2OWYZASRWBQ39MON/IMG_20220520_125847959_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The farmland views are much more amazing here than in Richmond / Delta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584005104-70P3CATL479LLA6H8QE6/IMG_20220520_131447341_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584014704-DAHDTM3C9INWDOCWNGHI/IMG_20220520_141246222_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - As you cross from Maple Ridge to Mission you'll go over a damn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584014375-TVDQYVIDX6EU21HHJ6OA/IMG_20220520_141444173_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Very nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584039167-YKRH9KU0PDIQ2DCYZMIE/IMG_20220520_141541428_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - There's a visitor center for the power station and some trails if you're into that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584026969-5BEFJC56ROZHQWZ0Q75H/IMG_20220520_142957619_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - You then climb from the damn up into some little hills with a great view of the area below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584039793-5QY00MD4BBTOTGCCIPM5/IMG_20220520_144125776_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - We've moved from totems to random wood carvings now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584062646-YPTA22W9SWHURSGXZBEV/IMG_20220521_154411873_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Mission seems like a nice and quiet somewhat remote mountain town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584051102-UTND0SWULFF0X6AS7WPD/IMG_20220520_170151251_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Bridge connecting Langley to Maple Ridge area. Most dope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/57ae0f81-100e-4364-84df-82204049ab8c/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Chiliwack + Abbotsford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584793811-SBIJP0KPBCQUBT6NR0IY/IMG_20220521_120052762_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Start of the ride. I mean. Pretty awesome right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584793637-K98WP2JBPZYTZID8WASR/IMG_20220521_120728206_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - pancake flat and windy but just beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584807981-EWAB17JH86VAMR27FD5X/IMG_20220521_132256636_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584805972-NV4ZGNS9QDQ0NV94AALD/IMG_20220521_133238851_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Closer to crossing the river into Mission now. Very close to the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584825802-8CDRO2OZ5NH61LYJZT00/IMG_20220521_134224265_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Yep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584818578-J7ZHNXD1BM4XFVD2WEVW/IMG_20220521_134509539_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Little hidden beach area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584891185-Y9SPL7R7XQCX26B2OEGI/IMG_20220521_135150724_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Birdge crossing the Fraser into Mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584838589-F8HZUJ8QMWO489AHS0JC/IMG_20220521_135222526_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Doesn't get more BC than this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584856571-D53UZ90DXPAAOY8GLHPP/IMG_20220521_135530077_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Farming hopes and dreams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653584909831-CMZRFAZ1HP4MXAE41A8V/IMG_20220521_143738929_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Towards the end of the ride. Then entire road that borders the river is gorgeous and full of wildlife viewing areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ee702a5e-c2e7-4bad-8c20-6e7fd7f872a1/route.PNG Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Make it stand out Blackwall + Pennask Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580892106-NRFPIFJESILPZ177RWMM/IMG_20220522_130908686_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Blackwall was still snowed up 1/3 the way up, sadly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580891427-31M3H8A0JE6GVQQRIHXU/IMG_20220522_131045672_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Still a nice view from there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580907438-9XKUEU74GCY4KEURP0M4/IMG_20220522_131107617_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Really one of those "Am I getting eaten by a bear?" mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580935882-IHFO4QMJHTY3P3LDI8T9/IMG_20220522_180309392_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Top of Pennask, which brings you to the Okanagan valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580948183-QGJC8ZCCVQAKKUHLSOGU/IMG_20220522_181058270_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Real sketchy descent with weird road surface and shoulder full of trash... Watch it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580907532-S2DAHHEFV1QFG2G8NRVP/IMG_20220522_162744011_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - The view of Lake Okanagan from the bottom of the pass. No more oceans here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1653580953202-RR40EY56F96WGF9X8C8A/IMG_20220522_185144645_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada Week 1- Mainland and Salt Spring Island - Amazing views everywhere in BC. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/touring-canada-vancouver-island monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dc74c59b-d083-4794-acb7-22b681ade1ed/vanisland.png Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04167b00-fbde-4ed4-8419-19592844b972/lakecow.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Lake Cowichan ride. Caveat: Most of this route is not paved. At all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697907008-558Q078BEOM5EMROYLWW/IMG_20220423_171233838_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Every town on the Island seems to have one or several of these expensive-looking elaborate welcome signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697892494-P2W0SY8T2HKTXMYSY7N7/IMG_20220423_143249795_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island A typical west coast scene of large mountains behind a big lake. Get ready for a lot of pictures of this. Many people have expensive homes around this lake on the parts where the road is actually paved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697897412-NRR28H6OGGTPSWWG3GOX/IMG_20220423_152630684_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island That’s what you have to look forward to for about 50km if you decide on this loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697897025-PBGNVOMQMFNVZ2DBVWXL/IMG_20220423_143728965_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island A sneak peek of the lake through someone’s yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697894786-UDG5CAE1POU9YNOC0IVK/IMG_20220423_145641190_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island View from the top of the dirt climb. Most of this is campgrounds or just nothing. What a waste of real estate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697899037-JZ6YNDO4QTZV8OQI90GM/IMG_20220423_155006391_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Some creative beach trash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697898893-98T9UOQPGYYC0VLAUVTK/IMG_20220423_155014343_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Another lake view from a campground-like area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697901022-3CILLKSC5SPUSQIPHTEI/IMG_20220423_160552054_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Thought this view of emerging from the tree tunnel was cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697901384-EG8S62UH4R1Y1DQZBS29/IMG_20220423_164145142_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Same some elk chilling on the side of the road in the residential area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697904280-NVLOC5D5MNYGQO05W46V/IMG_20220423_165331640_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island One of the 10 billion gravel rivers that cut through Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697903753-PJP6SMDG7Y9JJFAHQOYP/IMG_20220423_170219944_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island View from the north shore of the lake, in the residential area. Everyone on the Island is quite big into Totems as you’ll see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651697907013-GY0E8LPAJOG1ZUK5ZERV/IMG_20220423_171049440_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Okay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f93dcd78-30ff-4726-81d9-978962c43d21/nanaimo.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Nanaimo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699723858-MTCCBGOKY5ZY34FS6MME/IMG_20220424_165910256_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Up next is the quite beautiful albeit meth-y Nanaimo. As with many nice touristic areas in warm climates, it is slowly being overrun with bums. I started the ride from a public park and was almost immediately accosted by a police officer asking me if I slept there once he saw the bed in my SUV. I took this to mean that I look like a bum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699703105-Y9OEOYYDO5DP6DYUJLFN/IMG_20220424_095833000_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island During the spring the entire Island’s residential areas are covered in various species of flowering cherry blossom trees. People love them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699713249-TSV6QR86V31UFTSZI0BL/IMG_20220424_121334981_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The town has nice quiet areas with amazing views of the mainland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699714447-H0H1WU3LYTY6PMIS3T18/IMG_20220424_123726736_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699716782-AAO350LMO9AJ24RHIYM8/IMG_20220424_140045567_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Open quarry. Just stressing that I did these rides before the actual good summer weather so imagine this but with no clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699717319-MA460HGV4HIKNE76FFJI/IMG_20220424_142544143_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Once you move away from the shore, many parts of the Island have small farms, pastures and ranches. The screams of baby goats keep you company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699720050-78M2ISULKPHQ0ORBU1PH/IMG_20220424_150318102_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island As much as the western portion of the Island is populated by rich privileged left-leaning people, many areas also contain the Canadian redneck boomer, zooming about in their $50 000 pickups trucks, hauling nothing but honks and anger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699721888-UC4D22SUOU3HMSHU2NY2/IMG_20220424_151041005_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Tea made with cats, probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699722366-SCRKYEBFX6N3LRTREU2X/IMG_20220424_152113264_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Back in the tourist part of town at the end of the ride. Be warned that a lot of stuff is randomly closed during the off season, which seems to be most of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699722909-SNC4PL2J61QPHQYWCUJZ/IMG_20220424_153555348_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island I still got a god damned Nanaimo bar though. The place I wanted to go to was closed at 4pm on a Sunday. Why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699725341-2ZPABF14RJ3N8YBGAOD5/IMG_20220424_170110382_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The park where I started from. There was a guy parked behind me who stayed in his car the entire time I was gone. I would rate his bum-ness a 7 out of 10. Otherwise the park is a very nice place where endless people went to walk their dog while watching their phone, wishing they didn’t own a dog ( probably ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651699715453-08RJO87WBZZW1A79C4SI/IMG_20220424_135338858_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Some people have weird stuff on their yards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3fb9cc3e-1cff-4b4f-92f8-a017f5d6d48d/portalberni.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Parksville to Port Alberni https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767029613-KTFLRTNFSEFXOIHK598Q/IMG_20220425_115116051_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Start of the ride from Parksville. This high up the Island you start to see the larger mountains in the distance. Canada has gigantic mountains out in the middle of absolutely nowhere whereas the USA’s climate is warm enough that people actually live all over the west coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767029897-UUX8DJZ3EA1AYZG35UI2/IMG_20220425_120013501_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island First thing you see is Coombs, a weird touristy little town that has no right to be there. There’s a restaurant with goats on top of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767031139-CN3OYYASCLTP62WQP44J/IMG_20220425_120135170_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Pretty cool little plaza with a bunch of statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767032853-9DW5IBQ6OJPB5F1Y3M3G/IMG_20220425_120248982_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This thing looks in pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767033264-FHMSA4INGHBBQGSWT8PX/IMG_20220425_131218623_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Continuing with the theme of people having weird stuff on their property. What a badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767034860-DDV2GGK9YLRJDDYQHWAW/IMG_20220425_133755676_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island In the mountains going to Port Alberni you start to see amazing views that keep going if you drive all the way through to Tofino. Always with the theme of lakes and mountains of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767038012-PYD3JYM6EDZX6LC9UIX9/IMG_20220425_143533628_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Had to stop here after being caught in a rainstorm in the mountains. Had to. No choice. Had to be done. The weather is ever-changing on the Island. Tiny clouds hover over random parts of it during the entire winter and shower you with random amounts of rain at random times. It could be 5 minutes or 5 hours, at 5am or 5pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767035655-DBUF5MOF8RVBMNCE1120/IMG_20220425_142236556_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island New love for artisanal fudge as bike food. God damn, son. Pure sugar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767038474-PH3QENIC0QENR3O03KJS/IMG_20220425_144042156_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Sign for Port Alberni, which seemed like a nice quiet town, possibly with affordable housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767040080-6EUQ3E08C4HFZ4S8D2EC/IMG_20220425_151852362_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Yep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767041516-M1FMSWRM4MTLBC4E2HSZ/IMG_20220425_152053209_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Unlike the other cities on the Island who have direct ocean access, Port Alberni’s harbor is much further inland. It feels like it shouldn’t even exist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651767042609-P8JS6C5D28LB0DQC3BJQ/IMG_20220425_152235248_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island You can see smoke coming from an industrial area in the back there, bringing the smell of industry to all. Sure it helps to keep home values down around here. The river has a nice walking path along it with information about the wildlife. That’s a recurring theme here, they really want you to know about the bears and the eagles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9fbde6df-7190-4634-87ec-555e56071710/tofino.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Tofino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770056102-A6L388TKX2VH1TVGVZJV/IMG_20220426_102048569_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island On the drive to Port Alberni you will cross Cathedral Grove, which is a little trail around some of the larger Redwoods on the island. Worth a stop as you can see everything in 20 minutes and it’s freeeeeeeeee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770056043-JT37V55A51O44MTJUO1J/IMG_20220426_101155542_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Looks like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770059068-7JRQJW9HYB6793YDULQR/IMG_20220426_102311972_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island There’s many large fallen redwoods with all sorts of moss growing on them. Moss is also a big theme on Vancouver island. Everything’s covered in moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770058892-H1474NUX222QVDV20KAQ/IMG_20220426_102903174_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island huhuhuhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770061702-D9KM018754O8GEH41UJR/IMG_20220426_103814815_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This is the biggest tree there. I guess you don’t need to go anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770061949-5QHVWEGIZUV48D02DD5Q/IMG_20220426_103840020_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770064187-LM53JDNRQOI00X9KLZ4X/IMG_20220426_103857308_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770064409-0JYMDMVAPBU3R84AEK21/IMG_20220426_145757248_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island After crossing the mountains you finally reach Tofino, Vancouver Island’s prime destination for surfing and the biggest tourist trap around! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770066344-4LQ0W2FIVUBZ2XLGUS2U/IMG_20220426_151920613_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The town itself is very small and quaint but I imagine all those run-down shacks are 7 figures by now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770066288-S99KS5O07XBAF3VOROTH/IMG_20220426_152247916_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Tofino’s harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770067191-X0FYO99KSZV56EUBJBNG/IMG_20220426_152251472_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island A typical Island view. Good spots to observe wildlife, especially sea birds of all sorts that my camera is too crappy to take pictures of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770070553-VBFWLXOZ8DJZ83XWCJWT/IMG_20220426_152752419_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island I don’t know what these are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770070807-GMR0627A1N6QX9KMAJ0F/IMG_20220426_152758374_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Little seafood restaurant on a pier. Also a very Island thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770073670-72Q6V03EZD62JMZA3CIF/IMG_20220426_153620604_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Did I mention they like totems? Because they do. Everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770078112-44V2165DLWB9Q6WE6WO0/IMG_20220426_155253007_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island One thing I didn’t showcase is just how many flowers and gardens people maintain on Vancouver Island. There’s a lot of money and old people around and if you combine those you get lots of old ladies with huge gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770079485-SH0SOS4JUJWLXQ48WTUI/IMG_20220426_155401673_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Pretty sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770079765-MFUR9U5GVYO6T33CO0B6/IMG_20220426_160124649_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Tofino’s main draw is the few sandy beaches on Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770080672-YUD8D74PS92PF4X5S1N2/IMG_20220426_160130683_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Absolutely beautiful and unique views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770080989-FF7H8QJXR5IG8SC44BIO/IMG_20220426_160402251_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Most of the Island’s beaches are made of rocks and driftwood. However the water is still damn cold in Tofino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770082399-QDNGII9SIZ3SWI57U3L9/IMG_20220426_165040327_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island If you make the detour to Radar Hill you can have a little better view of this area, but it’s quite similar to what you’ll see on the drive between Port Alberni and Tofino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770082738-IL7OY3FMK1CBJRW6JAQS/IMG_20220426_171711573_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island A pic of Long Beach. There’s tons of resorts and campgrounds with direct beach access. I paid $82 for my campground however so I can’t imagine the kinds of ludicrous prices beach resorts must have during the high season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770083641-9DCDJHPOOQS4P389XI8Q/IMG_20220427_090656240_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Tofino has many beaches with relatively large waves that people surf on. Cool to watch for a while and likely pretty unique for Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651770083402-4S425JNH4A6L68VU4K9S/IMG_20220426_203311175_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Pic of the beach near my campgrounds at dusk. Many people took their chair to the beach to watch the sunset. Being there in the off season, there were relatively few people around still so I had the view almost all to myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7ccd897b-45df-4cdd-ba3c-8ec0d0f357bf/washington.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Mount Washington This is the only legit paved climb on the entire Island, with very steep sections and over 1000m of climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773758018-4AGQS5DHEA9AMGQB6JIB/IMG_20220427_102028733_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This is on the drive back from Tofino. Very cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773758016-7E16YIYRCGDP4Q2VHSGK/IMG_20220427_105612868_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Ominous weather on the approach… There was no better day to attempt this given the forecast that week, sadly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773759540-8DBW3L9OUPEBDFBATQQH/IMG_20220427_145907033_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Had to go back near the top because the snow storm was getting pretty bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773761795-IPB54EM8VKME9LVYL799/IMG_20220427_150752535_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Very nice view going down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773761706-UEPJQ9BN2E45UGZPXOYQ/IMG_20220427_151558641_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651773762913-XSWFYGVCDZJ5Y2GZXRPI/IMG_20220427_151916558_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This road gets steep in some sections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/88ef2a15-bf0a-4ba2-b284-1f401e0963b0/porthardy.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Port McNeil to Port Hardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774524619-S4XBY4TH3BMR0G57Q04A/IMG_20220428_080216629_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Drive up to Port McNeil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774524623-SENF6OEPS7QIISV9WB69/IMG_20220428_082552248_BURST000_COVER.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The drive from Campbell River to Port McNeil is the most epic on the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774526519-RTUY1GIWF5MKNVHGNRBO/IMG_20220428_083132460_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This for 2 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774541119-WJQPYYE7CPN4FP9FUT4I/IMG_20220428_173425252_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island I believe this is Victoria Peak or Rugged Peak, standing at over 2100 meters above sea level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774540265-0Z5RWU62Q1AP60PQ099G/IMG_20220428_171407084_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Many of the mountains on this highway have logging roads that snake up the side at what seems to be ludicrously steep angles. It’s easy to understand why no one lives there when you do this drive. Just cliffs on all sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774539040-FKF1JKHQSUG5QOQYL7Q4/IMG_20220428_171010404_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The highway has a few rest stops near rivers and lakes, as always. The climate is noticeably colder this far up Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774537494-WBINRARXKWO0SSW9IFJZ/IMG_20220428_145336333_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Eventually you make it to Port McNeil, after over 2 hours of driving through nothing but mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774526284-52IF6AXA6W4BTK8AT41R/IMG_20220428_110131897_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Definitely another little tourist town with great parks near a harbor. Totems, killer whale related statues etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774527698-DV2Z6738J79E7QQJR3R8/IMG_20220428_110205186_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island In the high season I imagine there’s lots going on here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774528018-LRW2UMDABGPRBF6LPJ1I/IMG_20220428_111104966_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Another Island trend is to have 19th century relics lying around just about everywhere, talking about the old logging days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774530051-414JDU96PQD535KMGTVL/IMG_20220428_124450477_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The bear is accurate. I saw many bears. Don’t know that I’d just go on a casual stroll in the woods this far up Island… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774530564-UJWW547DMNJ4SL0KJG5J/IMG_20220428_125614708_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island They really went big with the town signs here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774532280-8FM5IFNOEYEF55I2MJRX/IMG_20220428_131104894_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island They’re all about that town sign. This one is located in town on the waterfront. This city seems to be a mix of well-off people living near the water and closed commercial real estate “downtown”. Would be pretty hard to live there full-time… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774532271-99LDCCEG6EHW0VIAWW1I/IMG_20220428_131334798_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island A view of the little harbor that has like one coffee shop. Don’t think they get that many tourists this far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774540719-NK19D7J9R8JGUABXWYL5/IMG_20220428_133002623_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island The harbor itself, seems to be much more for commercial fishing than you’d see on the rest of the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651774533818-P7RAXWYE49U3XAHVDC0Y/IMG_20220428_131957959_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island That’s it, pretty much the western tip of the Island unless you start to head in the bush or take a ferry/boat to go further out west. Only way to go further west in Canada is to go all the way up to where the Yukon crosses into Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5c0d8ea7-4506-4504-b812-646bd720ac45/campbellriver.PNG Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island - Make it stand out Courtenay to Campbell River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776412056-60CUK875Z4KQFK5GQVMZ/IMG_20220427_191358977_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Made my way back down through Campbell River, definitely one of the nicest places on the Island that may or may not be affordable still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776410239-V4M3RE6MJ6VWD2GSYB8K/IMG_20220427_191124162_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island There’s a long stretch of road that runs along the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776410434-EK1NS3VWIIHYP7AKY3G2/IMG_20220427_191127738_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island This is why people go to Tofino. Another kind of gross rocky beach. Great views, terrible beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776412739-6O9FL8FRONLLSLDTPNEX/IMG_20220429_133924619_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island I dunno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776415134-G3PQG1A4ICIUDTW2VJMD/IMG_20220429_135858181_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Far away view of Campbell River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776415434-1SASQ19T0SJ69T3QUGC2/IMG_20220429_140222487_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island More artifacts and monuments. Many for people who were lost at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776417868-9BHTNGML5LGHVJIS3NFS/IMG_20220429_140741705_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island More totem-like things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776421312-JRW6PBONO8O0LWXCDCPQ/IMG_20220429_140817814_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Or wait is this one a bike rack? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776418870-H2ZXBN42YRMK5UKE2RPF/IMG_20220429_140713477_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Hmm doesn’t fit. Yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776425918-NN45UNR0DR19LIU40W96/IMG_20220429_145449922_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Sometimes you plan loops on Strava and they call things like this “paved”. Then you need to decide if you want to ride 5km on literal dirt trails or just go back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776424949-112VLVFKBG1ZJDK8CVYM/IMG_20220429_184251567_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island End of that long and windy day, I got myself a salmon burger and beer. People say “take yourself out alone sometimes” but it made me feel like everyone was just waiting for me to GTFO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776426809-YBTVDTSF59LZPCF0ODSE/IMG_20220430_114708606_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island Next day I just did a chill wet ride around the same area, with a friend I used to bike with in Montreal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651776427484-0EOE2P2L43WBPPJ9MMQN/IMG_20220430_114716291_HDR.jpg Posts - Touring Canada - Vancouver Island He lives in Powell River so it was hard to time this to work! Happy to ride with people on this adventure. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/investing-in-collectibles-is-it-dumb monthly 0.5 2022-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f2444f27-963e-4a0e-8007-c5c424cc339d/aaaaaaaaa.JPG Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out These things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d33404ad-1b24-488e-8274-d95a28b19a3b/sealedvss%26p.png Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e797fe78-9c11-48fc-9318-c1e1aa477d8a/singles.png Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ae8723e7-a6b6-4d8f-ad47-7e6a2edc8e26/sealed+product.png Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c7b375dd-c83b-4d7e-b5af-88546dc74786/returnsheet.JPG Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/10caf27e-1c62-44d2-b736-8cccd8c223e8/jet.JPG Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/094d918f-135d-4754-aad1-4fd4de5c69c5/vader.JPG Posts - Investing in Collectibles - Is it dumb? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/biking-around-victoria monthly 0.5 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/da6e7e52-e4fe-46b4-b982-3f4248ddf6f8/peninsuloop.PNG Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC - Make it stand out Full Peninsula This is kind of the typical loop everybody seems to ride parts of day-in, day-out. It brings you along the water through downtown Victoria and all the way to the ferry terminal at the northern tip of the peninsula, where you can escape to Vancouver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299761032-YOK39X7NTJC8JEV62JEC/victoria_cityhall.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC City Hall. As usual our government employees deserve nothing but the best. Red Tape is not something you can just concoct in a regular building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652300940916-ZMORQGDA9LMNOD8CLBZY/2zSgLtvXFJUoJk1-1__AgD5gDlRUevOBcSzzwWzC9D8-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299793323-620TRZ374BIMGSFIC9G2/victoria_ferry.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC There is a ferry terminal that connect to several nearby Island and in pre-covid times, the USA. Can’t bring your car on these smaller ones though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299784644-YAFZ4U5R1CTYSQUIDP89/victoria_cruiseship.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC You will pass by Fisherman’s Wharf, where apparently this gigantic ship is docked from time to time. Look at this preposterous boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299803451-NW9ZDU2CGEN5YISVM1B2/victoria_harbourair.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Harbour air also has several terminals on Vancouver Island itself, providing very rapid but expensive travel in the area and also to the USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299809328-CO98YOLJ0809OEN0MI9V/victoria_pirateboats.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Don’t know what the deal is with those old sailboats but they are MOST DOPE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652300941075-N19I3QP0VNJJ73B6IYSS/HRh4p9-q6mBdqGhSdcBtAG5ARME3r-h4N-vMIvVK5aQ-2048x1536.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Downtown harbor view. Lots of things to do if you have lots of money to spend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652300857697-FR8C3EDBAWEPW2Y54AH0/7DZ_2UnrviiP02pvl38Hrjig8uZBsDlyG-ZWh9ewp2Q-2048x1114.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC If you want you can pass by Beacon Hill park which has peacocks, for some reason. They are hilariously loud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299765982-JEJG333C404UHCVIYBA6/victoria_coast.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Once you clear the downtown area you follow along the coast for around 10km. Lot of small one family homes in this ludicrously prime real estate area. Nothing is under a million dollars here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299773302-YCDPMRIDL5IYZTJK2KRS/victoria_coast2.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC I assume people attempt to swim here sometimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299814514-QTINFIWUULYSF3L4DAAJ/victoria_coast3.png Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC You’ll get acquainted with Vancouver Island’s typical beach: Frigid water, jagged sea debris and pebbles, no sand and tons of driftwood. The views are always amazing though. Dog walking seems to be the most popular activity to do on these beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299946314-HZSK1CVKGQ3BA8LFSC80/IMG_20220508_162200261_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC The southern part of this little loop has just one tiny hill, atop which is this lookout. During more clear days you can see Mount Baker, in Washington State, which I actually went to last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299806979-F9IGATU9AF6WP30C9EEL/Victoria_OakBay.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Further up North is Oak Bay, another ludicrously expensive area with the average age is about 99. It has a beautiful marina packed with small boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/209c5349-1ab7-4206-8e9f-9dca3d5331d4/otterpoint.PNG Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC - Make it stand out Otter Point Loop Sooke is an absolutely gorgeous quaint seaside town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299099164-YAOGS7ZWOSV2Y67GUZF0/sookemuseum.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC It has a little museum weeee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299095420-ZYPX6HMK6LG2N86FTSTO/sooke_coast.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC What it sort of looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299097807-0ROU53281GMTX35SRV2E/sookehotel.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC It has this giant hotel next to the ocean. You can go down to the pier and watch the wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652299094888-0N4CWA61XC2J2LSLPA8X/seal.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC You might get lucky and sea grey seals and river otters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3cfe8b82-24ce-44dd-81ab-4cc35754c6de/eastsooke.PNG Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC - Make it stand out East Sooke East Sooke is a punchy bit of road flanked by large cedar trees that pops out on the ocean, where you can walk down little cliffs and watch the waves crash on large rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297475986-75NJH4RL5IXUNBIX0V9I/fortrodd.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC On the way to Esquimalt Lagoon you can pass by Fort Rodd which has a few of these military leftovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297473575-H1T71KCQNNKWD05AA4YL/esquimalt_lagoon.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Esquimalt Lagoon is a popular tourist spot that’s decently close to downtown. In the summer it has many food trucks park along the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297474976-5UTU6FSMTZHRKPW9N4PV/esquimalt_lagoon1.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC A dozen of these driftwood sculptures line the lagoon. Driftwood is not an endangered resouce on Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297483341-ZXKFPEZ0X9Y26HZXJXGD/swans.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC A very good spot for birdwatching, if you’re into that sort of thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297482447-SW98694YN9CSR7MWG6QF/spiritbay.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC There are endless little areas such as this here, with insanely expensive-looking homes with amazing views a stone’s throw away from rural farmland. It’s some sort of zoning shenanigans that helps anyone who already lives here at the expense of anyone wanting to move here. Sure looks nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297480553-1E9OTYTWKDJCTR1S3FYZ/sooke_squatch.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC At the crossroads between East Sooke and going back north towards Victoria, you’ll find the SOOKESQUATCH along with a convenience store and possibly food trucks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297476806-MVFWCA1QIXE3BWUI1ABW/mntmatheson.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Moss everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297473035-9XWUXJXIU5A5DXY3PE5O/east_sooke.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC What East Sooke looks like once you emerge from the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297472800-NFQD6KU7AOA6HJOS3U7Q/east_sooke2.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC The tip of East Sooke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297478186-IPKMF2V3TV4G3JUWZXI5/rochecove1.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC On the way back from East Sooke, as you turn northward you will come across Roche Cove which, on one side, has this view of Sooke Inlet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652297477363-S0SXLZFD8KE207BY0MPS/rochecove.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC But on the other side, check out this ONE HOUSE who has THE ENTIRE DAMN LAGOON TO ITSELF. On Googlemaps you can see there’s nobody else and just one little road at connect this house to the rest of the road network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8bc015dd-5b0b-4825-b76c-31cd02995138/bigloopride.PNG Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC - Make it stand out The Big Loop. This pretty advanced loop sporting almost 3000m of elevation lets you see the beautiful but remove roads between Sooke and Lake Cowichan. There’s virtually nothing there but campgrounds, logging and rocky beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296388495-VNKC2T9KTSGDYURPMDPO/IMG_20220510_092409539_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC This ride brings you along the Malahat, one of the best views you can get on the peninsula. Most sketchy area to ride your bike on this look, however. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296390353-XE2HN3YYRNUJ0V8X87FP/IMG_20220510_101348360_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC First turn off in Duncan, which seems like a dump if you pass through it from the highway but has quite a cute downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296390377-P7DNMQQ51U2Q9HDTIZIN/IMG_20220510_103151659_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC It’s where they store the totems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296395086-FFF24YQ11IGSGJSZWZOQ/IMG_20220510_103202631_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC They’re everywhere downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296627430-QLZ1GLNQQPFFL23AR0W9/IMG_20220423_171233838_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC There’s a little rural stretch of road that links Duncan to Lake Cowichan, before you really turn off into the boonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296395342-A2QY81J38SBOF5BQQ935/IMG_20220510_113742262_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC In the spring, cherry blossoms are all over the place. The entire Island has people planting and cultivating these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296397270-0VTV9GP07QN31JU4FAH8/IMG_20220510_114419246_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Restful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296397083-R1WB73T46Z2IRAGNGJAM/IMG_20220510_122538964_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Between Lake Cowichan and Port Renfrew, there is absolutely nothing. No cell reception, no bathrooms and no gas stations. Just logging roads and a few campgrounds. The road is pristine but you may get eaten by a bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296407031-LD6Z8Z8AYBO6Q6L4PD67/IMG_20220510_135819789_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Beyond the halfway point of the loop you finally make it to Port Renfrew and it’ll make you wonder: Why the hell did anyone build this road? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296399381-H74AKDWO3CE3BEL3CP9N/IMG_20220510_134926485_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC The town has stunning views however. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296399380-LC5J2ZNTD6M68ID60QIJ/IMG_20220510_135038342_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Being a port, it obviously has views of the open Pacific ocean. There’s so many areas on the Island with these sorts of stunning views and nobody around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296402208-ACC3XQDS54IR6XIR591O/IMG_20220510_151022686_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC The road from Port Renfrew to the next town, Jordan River, follows the coast and periodically has amazing views of the ocean. There’s so many potential multi-million dollar mansions you could build here, for hundreds of kilometers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1652296406610-A5C5V75NJPIFG63X0BMC/IMG_20220510_153105809_HDR.jpg Posts - Biking around Victoria, BC Jordan River has a few campgrounds and these long rocky beaches. The most beautiful views on the Island can be found between Jordan River and Sooke in my opinion. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/car-camping-conversion-part-3 monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5ff66013-3fb9-4055-9662-6a115057b6d1/noneed.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3d8a1f6b-430b-4e9d-97d3-477402888d4c/table.PNG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4a8250a8-b50c-46db-a0e5-85a0aee3a7a0/cooking.PNG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fcc619ac-ab4f-41cf-9ae4-1d4e1479b744/cooler.jpeg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a60206b8-359e-4842-af47-15f1fbdf3e1f/bbbb.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550944878-8A58QE1JHKDZIVJEMHU5/001-firstnight.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 First night of car sleep at rideshare spot. Pretty bad, lots of people coming and going in the middle of the night. Would not recommend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550852715-I367X23N0LN3RMOUUA1Q/002-firstcovfefe.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Making coffee in a park in Nanaimo. Everyone looking at me like a hobo and avoiding me. Took way too long. Not worth doing by myself every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550854031-C2JN51IGSYA03LU5TC41/003-sammich.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Road food: Buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery story, eat a bunch of it then use the leftover meat to make sandwiches. Cheap, fast, relatively healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550854349-BIR4S9B1SIMXO0F87K1C/004-testremote.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Me testing the phone camera remote / tripod at a rest stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550855421-IGS3157EYBXYXW6J2MZ6/005_reststopbreakfast.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Me realizing I needed a haircut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550860791-2LQ3VBI9G6GQ2383YORZ/006-starbucksoffice.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 The first day I decided that going to coffee shops to work / internet / charge electronics was a much better use of time/money than making coffee on a propane stove every morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550857676-3J1Q8KKZ9EPDOIZRIKIN/007-pushups.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Keeping up with my 2022 resolution of pushups/ pullups. Made me realize how hard it is to find any spot with no people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550859331-X2Q7JBJWDV911C39AYXD/008-wetshoes.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Stuffing my shoes after getting stuck in a storm. You can use these dirty smelly napkins as Firestarter later on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550861134-5AR4REHOSQ1G1N5TEQR2/009-yogurt.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Protein goo. Greek yogurt + peanut butter + protein powder. This is just so good. Also very cheap, keeps a long time, easy to eat any time, anywhere. Zero cooking time and you can add anything you want in it. Peanut butter also costs like 1$ per 1000 calories. Can keep any bike adventure infinitely fueled for cheap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550862818-XFZAJ9FH7NNALPUBVJYW/010_campcharge.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Charging the Bluetti at a campground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550863025-SEA5UOWTTYHDHI02K6V6/011_campcharge2.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Look at this beauty, you can even shut the door and leave it charging overnight. I bought an extension cord so I can always do this no matter how far the charging ports are from my car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550864723-WJOL0E7USX7WNFM4MGV4/012_campfire1.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 One reason to do this car camping trip is actual campfires. I don’t enjoy sleeping in tents at all and they’re a pain in the ass to set up/ dismantle. They’re cold, all your shit is wet and smells like smoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550866337-B2OKF1NPBBTC69I5SGUW/013_campfire1.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 It was really cold and wet that day in Tofino. I learned that it takes a lot of firestarter and napkins to start a fire on wet ground with wet wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550866137-POQXITVF9RDVELD02VGG/014_campfire1.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 But eventually you have fire that can cook actual things. I love campfire cooking even by myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550869913-7IFJFJ1TPB5ZPJNWMKYU/015_campfire.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 This is where I also learned that one bundle of wood will last long enough for you to cook a week’s worth of meat and then some. Next time I will plan ahead. Love to have everything taste like smoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550870033-KO53S5KNCGVTW0VFYVSU/016_sleepcampbellriver.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Nice sleeping spot near the ocean in Campbell River. Was only disturbed by one passing drunk/hobo at 1am. Really best to avoid any area where people hang out. Bums go to sleep at 2am and then construction workers get up at 4am so you get a very small window… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1651550872237-FI9ECJ47404J8SPNMHB4/017_sleepcourtenay.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 3 Sleeping at a church parking lot. Much better. You have to call and ask first, some have said no, but most will say yes if it’s just for one night. They even had security guards who were told not to disturb me. And they didn’t! 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Waterproof shoes for hiking, flip flops for shower/driving. No need for winter gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e5d97303-f9d3-413c-87da-213dd18d6261/items_misc.png Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 2 - Make it stand out Art supplies to hopefully sketch stuff on the road. Binoculars because birds. Thermos because coffee. 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Carpets to protect the car from dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558548162-TM75JJ9AR9C9CNN293RK/camper02.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I found a prebuilt bed platform on marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558549266-YOJYUZUHE1KMLOK390Z4/camper03.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Saved me a lot of trouble, but it's a bit too long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558549572-8E2ALP0CA5TM4MXLVO37/camper04.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I found someone on Marketplace to cut it and install hinges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558550417-2EX082DDS2XPKNJANCVX/camper05.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - When I flip the hinge, the passenger seat can recline fully again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1646333805789-X6MAJOYNRLCMPWVX246S/kamp1.png Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Problem: The leg keeps falling in between the seats. This will damage the car and be annoying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1646333808089-HQ0L2YR7PH8IGQYG6UKP/kmap3.png Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I screwed in this random shelf I had lying around. Success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558553169-4RFKHB4BC1169YJ46HJE/camper09.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I nailed some little felt pads to the platform so it doesn't wreck the car's floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1646333806050-W6HHP0255BBGUDOI93UQ/kamp4.png Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - For good measure I wrapped these in duct tape so it wouldn't split ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558554271-XSA4734HBO0KFMXIQNJX/camper10.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Found this tablecloth to drape over the platform so there's less splinters/scratching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558554465-1E4CBVHPG141KY8QH86K/camper11.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Just nailed it in, creating little staples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558555129-QM5NO4HR7NZGZGBG7TE1/camper12.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Hopefully it protects.... something... from... something else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558555697-5VCETS1UDON1L3KU5ONJ/camper13.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Back to Marketplace where I got this big memory foam mattress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558556112-YN2ZMVE8E2YQSMSOPVP0/camper14.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Cut it down to size and stacked it 2 layers high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558557255-7P4BNC8B3JF42KTPELHG/camper15.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Used foam because I can roll it back with the hinge, unlike a box spring mattress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558557758-5QUPWVZNQDZX0QENWX8L/camper16.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Found these little curtains that will save me lots of trouble in the next step... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558558354-GSV72O0KHEQCNAFFIQZY/camper17.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - They are easy to pop on/off to restore vision while you drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558560679-X81HZ4NWPRBL5Q50WXHQ/camper19.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Then just get bedding stuff and you're done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558561002-PDSQW61CUT58FH91K9LX/camper20.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - What a good picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558561859-1R0JI1771SS0S3PMS43P/camper21.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Next is making window blockers so people can't peek inside at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558562859-8OQZD1T7DKFBOIYDKPZX/camper22.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Grabbed the huge cardboard box from the mattress to make rough templates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558563538-E8ICWSBTR6JH383GFFG7/camper23.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Try it over the windows and trim it until it fits nice and snug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558564151-KS0NY2I5AVRZ43FYTDBW/camper24.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Like this yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558565441-DQ57A0Q2MTH9GZPGSRAE/camper25.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Templates done. Glad I got the curtain thing to save myself doing the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558565673-GB6ZA1NP63BYJHLYDBGB/camper26.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Got a big roll of Reflectix from Amazon. This will insulate the windows nicely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558566978-5KOKRLVSHWZVRIRMQH0L/camper27.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Trace your template onto the sheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558566979-2AKS9SY4975HC41QV6MY/camper28.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Then cut out your pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558568827-OF764DYA4JDTAE4MDJLP/camper29.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Get black spray paint and cover the side facing outward with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558568822-TUCBBJPEF5VTHW82LOU7/camper30.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I put two coats. Very time consuming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558569888-PFCBFO0QIXBJUB9F56WV/camper31.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Got these strong magnets to stick the pads inside the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558570088-FERARBXJ550WKE61H4TD/camper32.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Check in the car where there's metal around the windows and place the magnets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558570858-A58ECTTK2CM5Z6QI34CR/camper33.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - I taped them with their adhesive strips and packing tape, hope it's enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558570961-UV1KWVDMNHS2FZB7SPTP/camper34.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Now cover each one with black fabric, so it's nice and opaque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558572269-J7MUNLBH1Q9TB7W4FPSG/camper35.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Staples weren't holding this so I just sewed the fabric on there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558572105-U7DQDNNQOZLZ48NRR1HE/camper36.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Was too lazy to go back to the store to get all black thread. Like I said, making it up as I went... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645558572892-G8SDNBPUFBVMV7B3OYGR/camper37.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - And there we go, done and hope it'll be worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645729878652-G3R9L9VAKAVO4Q3ITCL6/camper38.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - The magnets work well and it's pretty dark in there. Good work me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645729878871-4YGA4OHAI0AQTNQJRCF6/camper39.jpg Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - You absolutely cannot see inside when everything is closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1645729879304-OTX00NOGR1QTQZJP5SYR/camper40.JPG Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Finally I measured the space and got large storage boxes that fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1646333807740-W3M1KGQS507DNX0MYD3U/kmap2.png Posts - Car Camping Conversion - Part 1 - Took an inch off the legs so it'd fit flush with this box. 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Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Test Run on Vancouver Island then off to Vancouver area for some exploration rides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958718351-8PG4G82QSLQ6UHT2F577/bikemap02.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Into the Rockies to start with doing the highest paved climbs in Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958722201-370YW3A07F68STMUZ8CW/bikemap03.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - More passes and then popping in Calgary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958720902-TZ616KNMDNU4H1V4X13R/bikemap04.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Planned visit to the Dinosaur museum and the Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958950781-1L7NII09PCXCVZJCGZKU/bikemap05.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Days of mostly driving through the prairies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958725505-PLAWER2F63SWXKO3YPM9/bikemap06.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Making it to Winnipeg where the scenery starts to look less bland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643959064139-15WNNL01XF4FOXX6PCSC/bikemap07.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Many choices of rides on the way out/back, popping by the Lac Winnipeg beaches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958728028-00CW4T9H8Q62ENMTDB4B/bikemap08.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Thunder Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958732240-9RSAFH8IY2ZQNP9Z46RQ/bikemap09.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Following the Great Lakes in Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958732383-APAEGTOPSAZ2WSO3VP2Q/bikemap10.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Ontario southern peninsula area with Niagara Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958738534-TO15QQF5X9IQGPO9UN8Z/bikemap11.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Ottawa and Montreal will be longer stops to visit friends and family. Rides TBD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958737303-J3SMIRXJS1VZNNT8DE9H/bikemap12.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Then long drive into New Brunswick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958739804-BCSVVACMERLPD7MSDQYL/bikemap13.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Many amazing looking rides near the ocean for many days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643959136290-NRJY73U1KHQBZYJF64TM/bikemap14.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Tentative plans for Ile de la Madelaine, PEI and Cabot trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958742972-UPU1XQNOUAIVXUF6C0JJ/bikemap15.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Then taking the ferry to Newfoundland. It's huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958742921-L0K01O2N4MRDYSADILQC/bikemap16.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Big detour to the very Northern Tip. I really don't want to have to come back, just making sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643958745346-7RILNGETULWIAXOU8EV0/bikemap17.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Making my way to St-John's, the easternmost point in Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961931233-E42V9YZHMMPRUFS8MKZ3/bikemap18.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - After a 16 hour ferry back, making my way up to Gaspesie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961933520-OPOLS5DDZVAWQ9TR80MA/bikemap19.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Crossing the St-Laurent then heading to Saguenay to ride around Lac St-Jean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643962037102-9383JZ8CIGB8S3VOPWS4/bikemap20.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - On the way back I head North from Manitoba to Prince Albert National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961936554-L94JWT4GJ0S385D8XX3G/bikemap21.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Then through Edmonton where I learned the mall that used to be the largest in the world is now... 23rd...lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961940784-A39ZPTIW2BOL83DLMXQO/bikemap22.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Finally back to the Rockies and into Jasper and Banff parks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961942561-8JED3S7DQ3CNO7H2WLPJ/bikemap23.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - Lake Louise and Mount Revelstoke, Canada's highest paved climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1643961944904-DN9A6FIS6FEE1X6K8TCQ/bikemap24.png Posts - Car Camping and Biking Across Canada - Route - And finally coming back to Vancouver from the North, through Whistler, ending with the Triple Crown ride https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/how-to-race-a-on-zwift monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/da8cb131-bdd4-4fcb-b24c-7bfe97ba7a42/zwift01.png Posts - 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No, secret super pro bike racer mobile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4f613d3f-df98-40e9-a6e2-fcc9af634804/vanlife.jpg Posts - Got A car! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506984439-M32NELDVYI1QQA4L34CC/244429775_4416746445029567_1013823817678538592_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506984442-6OY8YGAFW4ES4BGO5HNM/244742409_4509457009131394_2324980510135057823_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506985209-C1OZ085GXUVMM4F0R17Z/244921459_4446275675455663_2482740095343226106_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506985181-GCBK1COB2RERGPH0875R/245022247_4303121853130691_2420737769083479389_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506985661-YHE23Z83DOXPTQSFCL06/245626680_6434348533304055_8327803757461582893_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506985937-PZL3T2FLQ6PHMFZKVSL9/246435251_4496592733791882_8408610843246048845_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506986150-NDGNOO7JIJSTOAN29Y4B/250848427_5055193201176339_4588775261581641858_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506986424-V2BVPPL5EQ41O8AYSF8X/251089659_4530798896942635_4617513683797478822_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506986653-UUKHP1HM34A0YHW4T63C/252313731_5238075246208542_1102507077361378536_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1638506986962-R4EGN3TPE89IKO1GFMY0/252737227_4535218246596993_3234042753239722373_n.jpg Posts - Got A car! https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/dad-visit monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143344346-7CYXONRUSPC5H4BNXT06/250824570_172658178402982_576672742919097480_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - Make it stand out To get there you must go through the Malahat mountain pass, which always has the best view on the Island. That’s the USA you can see in the distance there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143343723-YBMZ2490TZ9F0OU4NVXA/250503560_467065264688046_4636177005813550209_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - A retired bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143085337-3LZFQTUYIH95JFNY4VYM/image0.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - First part of the tour was with Harris Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143086048-4K4RFJUOF8FLJ1K2LRG7/image2.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - This is me. The bird doesn't care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143086302-613N16LVDQRS7GRKHHBD/image3.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - Brother-in-law. Birds still don't care. We are trees to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143344623-ZWKADIIA0E8AA9TACUCX/250969815_171960211800848_3029342460301744136_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - Sister. Only food matters to the birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143086890-2IROAHBV7X9BA3UVPO8J/image4.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - Next up was a Kestrel. These guys have very limited magical abilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143346357-WR4YVX2J6SJCP5KN4B5L/251801184_213820927528513_8923120316710015010_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - Look at this thing. Just sitting there. They come back for the food, they're freed to go any time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143087681-3ZTX9LZ3E4OBIAK0L03V/image6.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - All these birds are moochers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143088680-ZTZ1LRSOBTWCZF0CE448/image9.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - This one is a Spectacled owl, from Costa Rica. Part of a bird exchange program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143088413-O1TG47CJASX8XFGWLP2N/image8.jpeg Posts - Dad Visit - If he escapes and breeds, people will hate him for being invasive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143343940-8NS6LH8UV30MTGB5BU3C/250487644_637311790982800_5751318230033850509_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - But right now everyone loves him because he's exotic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636143346166-IQL0QPTR2G9K50D5PIV2/251348773_908308226503283_1685818280985366599_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit Owls have the highest grip strength of the raptors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e496dca7-a22e-4720-bb33-7fab046965f3/malahat-skywalk-vancouver-island-tourism.png Posts - Dad Visit - Make it stand out We then went to the newly opened Malahat Skywalk, which is this corkscrew observation tower they build on top of a mountain pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145830299-YN0C6Z9DGDS0O25AU71U/250910210_554606615606622_3887053094411362144_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - This is the center of it. There's a giant slide in there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145830314-7F33T9MS0TXEPW9DR8KZ/251167662_1272186589890628_3818516336160787022_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - The entire point of the tower is now the slide, I've decided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145830783-379DWVY7VGVM74PCVBDC/251335278_236570885126585_5998716110598895082_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - Horrible cropped faraway pic of the family, taken by me. You are welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145831182-1TNV9IG6UV1JX4M8U0NB/251642293_2130597763772658_7052126742606037381_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - On top there's a net you can walk across. Also cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145832117-G40ZBAQQKJ1QTSQ72CFQ/251929357_629354788446191_1088704689816718453_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - They put a lot of nifty things on that tower, feels like a LEGO set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1636145831460-WY83XG814PM5QFZR8LO6/251749251_1323808121397756_2534090936849046851_n.jpg Posts - Dad Visit - You can see Mount Baker ( I was just there ! ) From the top. https://www.thepoxbox.com/posts/colorado-and-washington-trip monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206220130-7TMMTE2KOR16QFTU82ZV/2021_07_06_almondcake.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Almond cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206220179-D3TTVHEKGLVKOCFA7Q8L/2021_07_06_baobuns.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Steamed Buns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206220697-HZ7O3Y9NRZ5H1EAGTH7A/2021_08_01_pumpkinpancakes.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Sad Pumpkin Pancakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206221787-KU69DCMLZBJEY46DEIXR/2021_08_05_sheperdspie.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Shepherd Pie ( Quebec style) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206221974-LDM4XD2OHSZ15L9X88IN/2021_08_05_sheperdspie1.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Shepherd Pie ( Quebec style) inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206222437-23P826ZUC1RHBXFPW5M3/2021_08_09_baobuns.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - More Buns with Various Sweet Fillings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206222890-I8B1RRQ34RZV38CBVO0V/2021_08_09_fried+cauliflower.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Fried Cauliflower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206236855-BMBOGDXERF1OZ8B57S01/2021_08_18_carrotcake.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206228135-K62R9ACY10X6IRFYSF0K/2021_08_27_pie1.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Banana Strawberry Pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206244282-09UG7IZEGEARMN2SCTYN/2021_08_27_pie2.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Strawberry Banana Pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206240592-TMHGD9BR898SPKRM6LJ7/2021_08_29_biscuits.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Biscuits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206242604-WJXFEMUFS2NU91B29VQ3/2021_08_29_biscuits2.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Biscuits inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206244276-0M0PORBUKFI0KCQ955BV/2021_08_29_shortcake.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Strawberry Shortcake. Love this now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206300025-II2W0QGBE8HGZ5PLABA1/2021_09_10_strawberryshortcake.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - It's Basically Biscuits with cream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206299972-GYIUCTOTNF3TUSG5RZPT/2021_09_10_strawberryshortcake1.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - I need to make more right now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206355137-BZDUEYMIS8BPANF848RZ/2021_09_12_creamcheesecookies.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Cream Cheese Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206351495-PB498NWCN1L9WYWIJ9FD/2021_10_cinnaboncookies.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Cinnabon Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206364087-2T7S8Q88Z3IXT5MD3P3D/2021_10_cinnaboncookies2.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Nutella Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635206380236-XZ6N3B91WCDV4VWG9F3M/2021_10_glutenreecookies.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225748151-X2OWT01RV784LVNNW33B/choccookies.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Levain Style Chocolate Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225468849-OAO7WHM9NU1TLEARZAVE/2021_10_miniputt.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - A Halloween Theme Miniputt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225408358-0KSYMRQZAPKST498NMFW/2021_10_miniputt1.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - It had animatronics. That's nerd tard for "robots". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225422503-FWW166CQVI5G4291MTUS/2021_10_stairs.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - This is called the Manitou Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225424082-FKAR8DH75MCLS42IHUMG/2021_10_stairs1.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - It's 2x the Empire State Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225424503-X36FEOOOQ4LZYX9KUHYK/kussride1.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Some Bighorn Sheep. They Love People. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225427138-MN4WZ8IOV31X18AGIJVP/kussride2.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Guanella Pass in the fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635226081698-HS2JL6Y3BFHCAYE7SJ5F/kussride3.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Top of Boreas Pass. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225429034-0L2J4S94M17BJNYYOCYS/kussride4.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - That Whole Pass was basically a mountain bike trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635225429597-I0MLJ9D19RZ7C5BAOOMG/kussride5.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Some mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363035189-JLRPBFRWM51QFNW6WOAE/dunes.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Dunes national park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363035177-ELP1OLKHAB5X3Y8A736D/dunes2.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Sliding on Dunes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363035723-X1QB47ZMBBZYB7XFBA4K/dunes3.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - This is what that looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363036005-AXLTWJB3AI3NA2E8AOYQ/hiking.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Top of Mount Shavano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635366073487-WGBKA5GGFLS7JIXCW0WM/map2.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Make it stand out A map of the rides I had planned. Washington Pass is the road that goes through the mountains between Okanogan and the coast. If you ever get the chance, do that drive. You lazy bums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363493534-DTFOR8K3N890IQEPJH3G/sep28_lionrock.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Day1: Halfway up Lion Rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363493533-YXV3Z2UKTP7996WHXH31/sep28_lionrock2.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - The top is just a desolate wasteland though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363495974-76HOT11SXU5GG4775WXZ/sep28_lionrock3.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Nice view but temperature was almost at freezing and it was just 5pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363588437-C1Z5PIRSMJTBB85QKO9H/29_missionridge.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Day 2: Badger Rock + Mission Ridge. Two solid climbs. This is the top of Mission Ridge, not much to see there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363588534-5559IMTQX82WCHAIK50I/29_missionridge1.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Sometimes the top of just a ski resort. This is called "getting scammed". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363586976-RYHCIR5DMLB10HMTHCLO/29_badgerrock.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Top of Badger Rock. Very peculiar geography of round hills with hay being harvested on top of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363654502-HGNQ6PGIIID45QR88HJZ/sep30_chelan.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363655955-W24JQLNBKKYM2FPACE5F/sep30_louplouppass.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363589124-0743CYTXPLRH589J5GPD/29_weenatchee.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Town of Wenatchee. Beautiful but prone to bouts of Hobo-ism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363586977-1G7NJQ4WER9EETQY1F9S/29_leavenworth.jpg Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Ate in Leavenworth that night, which is a small Bavarian style town, aka a tourist trap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363657522-7SOU2TRQJJOXMINNQ144/sep30_okanogan.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Day 3: Tour of Okanogan. Starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635364535376-945P8YAK1A9QO8R5YUR5/sep30_louplouppass.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - The inland climate is much more of a desert than the costal rainforests and huge mountains.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635364534301-RWMBND6GC173WM5PH86R/sep30_chelan.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Town of Chelan, where they store all the apples. It smells like rotting apples for miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363659375-06M9VPEOHBAT9XFR2BHP/sep30_twisp.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Ending in some Rain with a view of Washington Pass in the distance. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363754611-1P4SHC2PSBFS3FL35U2V/oct1_mountbaker1.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Oct 1: Mount Baker. 1300m of climbing over 50km. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363751505-ZUZMXGJ18G37E1V1LXKV/oct1_mountbaker.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - The last part before the final switchbacks to the parking. One of the most amazing views in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363757561-8J1H9NRJGLLQIE1N5QLV/oct1_mountbaker3.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - The road doesn't actually go to mount Baker. This is as far as you get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363757427-RIB3BRUFAG9M6ZB2ITJI/oct1_mountbaker4.png Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - You can see this mountain from Vancouver Island on a clear day, which is 200 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1635363782320-H0DYL7MUEDEW1H5YO28G/oct3_sanjuan.PNG Posts - Colorado and Washington trip - Oct 3: San Juan Island. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/09e7b4d1-ea2a-4de9-8396-64e6db89de78/2015_sdlite.png Games and Movies 2017 -- Soda Dungeon Lite --- At this point the Flash era was basically gone with Youtube and Mobile games taking over. I was working mostly on Soda Dungeon and not much else. This is a demo version of the game for Flash intended as mostly promotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c1da6af4-483b-4bd0-9dba-986fa7497d5c/2014_gorilla.png Games and Movies 2014 - Bionic ChainSaw Pogo Gorilla Game was made for Adult Swim! Huge and weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7fe48c84-e0eb-478a-969d-fecce3f24351/2014_hunt4.png Games and Movies 2014 --- Super Rad Awesome--- Deathink made this game where you find stuff from the Good vs Evil Pixel Poster I made with Rog. Those posters are sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f120cd6f-0760-4c2d-9b1e-915b2d105510/2013_twar3.png Games and Movies 2013 -- Territory War 3 -- Made some art for Shawn's game again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b8044c2-03b2-4865-a559-6d0cab86cca1/2013_run.png Games and Movies 2013 - Chocolate Run --- Cute valentine's day theme game. Testing the appeal of a G-rated game for once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4b578013-7b46-4fa9-8d00-97d37841a1c3/2013_hunt3.png Games and Movies 2013 --- Super Rad Awesome--- Deathink made this game where you find stuff from the Spring Pixel Poster I made with Rog. Those posters are sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/40546540-c565-46a7-95c9-2cc14d5d141b/2013_evolvo2.png Games and Movies 2013 -- Evolvo Plus! -- I added a ton of stuff to my basic Evolvo game to try and sell it to a sponsor. It worked. Kinda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6d082e82-62b0-485b-961f-d1f02e39ce85/2012_hunt2.png Games and Movies 2012 --- Frozen Pixel Hunt--- Deathink made this game where you find stuff from the Winter Pixel Poster I made with Rog. Those posters are sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d76ed475-fe0f-4b4f-88f6-cac21fd7d807/2012_horror.png Games and Movies 2012 --- Hunt of Horror --- Deathink made this game where you find stuff from the Halloween Pixel Poster I made with Rog. Those posters are sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f3e27f75-c957-4bfe-af91-652b23aea88e/2012_goon.png Games and Movies 2012 -- GOON: The game --- Adult Swim paid us to make this game to promote the movie Goon! We got to watch the movie before it was release in theatres. That was cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cb47dedd-407a-4256-9056-e9a8c1c7482f/2012_dream.png Games and Movies 2012 -- Dreamalyzer -- I made a game about analyzing dreams. It generates random bullshit, because anlyzing dreams sounds like random bullshit to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/933dd18f-8ad1-4214-9f84-a382692249ab/2012_evolvo.png Games and Movies 2012 -- Evolvo -- A more advanced game fully programmed by me. It's at this point that I discovered that programming is easy, but programming something that isn't a laggy buggy mess is hard. Game was still awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0dfc6692-1d2a-4b72-b816-8371b1f831d5/2012_abobo.png Games and Movies 2012 -- ABOBO'S BIG ADVENTURE --- Probably the greatest flash retro game ever made. It's huge! We worked a long time on this. Follow Abobo through many classic NES games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e2df492e-8733-4016-b248-cc4f871af4c3/2011_insanity2.png Games and Movies 2011 -- Insanity Box 2 --- Solo game I made for a contest. I really dug deep on that one, this game is huge. And was laggy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/28267c94-f94e-46fc-a85d-88b2141d126b/2011_anatomy2.png Games and Movies 2011 -- Anatomy Challenge Part One --- I challenged myself to draw every single photo from an anatomy book, in a month. This is the second half of those drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4dd3b2bb-59fb-45f8-9415-7af5f91f6a12/2011_anatomy1.png Games and Movies 2011 -- Anatomy Challenge Part One --- I challenged myself to draw every single photo from an anatomy book, in a month. This is the first half of those drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d3e17894-8f0e-4492-904b-4cfb71838fb0/2011_genius.png Games and Movies 2011 -- Genius Quiz --- I made this game mostly for myself. Can you tell if someone is a genius or a serial killer based on their face? ( no of course not lol ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6c56ec44-78bc-41ef-99a8-2fa9c9f189be/2011_tsunami.png Games and Movies 2011-- Tsunami Fighter --- We made this little game to raise donations for the victims of the Tsunami in Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/48fcd133-66f4-49b4-868f-ceea1771b77f/2010_winning.png Games and Movies 2011 ---- Charlie Sheen - Winning --- I made this in 3 days based on Charlie Sheen going insane in the news cycle at the time. Game did very well for having taken so little time to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/33346fcf-34ec-4d42-8584-e1a1d9351015/2010_snow.png Games and Movies 2010 --- The Snow Runs Red --- Christmas semi-remake of the arcade game "Smash TV". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7ecb8c0e-bf60-4bf3-97bb-7445926e0c85/2010_oil.png Games and Movies 2010 -- Super Mario Bros BP Oil Spill -- Collab game made about the BP Oil spill that has just happened. Again riding the news cycle. It kind of worked! You could make something short, semi-crappy but topical and it'd get feature a bunch of places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ecbbf095-f8f7-42c6-aeea-9381808c4295/2010_witch.png Games and Movies 2010 --- I am not a Witch! --- Solo game made basically based on a Colbert Report / Daily Show target of the time, Christine O'Donell, who was a conservative Christian running for like.. state office? They gave her the Sarah Palin "look how dum she be" treatment. I made this game in a week to experiment riding on the news cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ccd3abce-a226-49e4-a142-c418d29aa548/2010_carve.png Games and Movies 2010 --- Carve and Share --- Collab game with Evil Dog where you could carve a pixely pumpkin and share your design with the Newgrounds community. Cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/788c7033-0fe1-48ba-adb9-ca56e6ed6087/2010_quiz2.png Games and Movies 2010 -- Skepquiz 2 --- Another quiz made based on skeptic-themed questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f1e43fad-32bb-41cc-9120-c5519a0bafaa/2009_santa.png Games and Movies 2009 --- Santa Fu --- Christmas-themed Kung Fu (NES) remake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/82e14998-2320-44fc-9f2b-0ac94438731d/2009_monstertime.png Games and Movies 2009 --- Monster Time --- Halloween-theme Burger Time remake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b0a5e155-2ce3-4209-8738-590fb0c52190/2009_quiz.png Games and Movies 2009 --- Skepquiz --- Game -- I was big into the Skeptic movement by that point and made a quiz about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8c2620b8-8551-49a6-ad80-992bb8d4d607/2009_shirts.png Games and Movies 2009 -- Vote on the t-shirts --- I think I made a bunch of t-shirts for some reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4a006175-0098-4d03-8e93-9736767a62cc/2008_tom.png Games and Movies 2008 -- Punch Tom Out -- Game -- Solo game I created sponsored by Newgrounds, where you box Tom Fulp, owners and creator of the site. He made voices for it haha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8a50588c-7b53-4f92-b7e2-8e11ef8aca5b/2008_box.png Games and Movies 2008 -- The Insanity Box -- Game --- Full solo game I made as I started learning how to code. Inspired by "The Impossible Quiz" and "WarrioWare". At this point I would make 500-2000$ for a game lol. I considered this "enough". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cfacb05b-2f34-4e09-99c1-837500cb28fc/2008_twar.png Games and Movies 2008 -- Territory War Online --- Game -- I made some art for this game that Shawn created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5e5a9340-1f6f-4910-9e13-8738b045cb27/2007_trick.png Games and Movies 2007 -- Trick-or-Treat Adventure --- Game --- Huge collab with Rog and Nick. Point-and-click adventure like Monkey Island. We made SOME money from this. Enough to where it motivated me to continue with making games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2a670e9c-21fe-4ccb-b16e-9eee9ee65772/2007_deconstructor.png Games and Movies 2007 -- Deconstructor --- Game -- Top down shooter. At this point you could start making mone with Flash games! Not a lot though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/72422f7b-b07e-421c-844d-ac53b5701809/2006_drago.PNG Games and Movies 2006 -- Ivan Dragon Justice Enforcer --- Game --- Another collab with Nick (Bomtoons) and Rog ( I-Mock ). We got a copyright strike for this I think, we had to rename it to "Russian Boxer". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3c74f13c-b6cc-4f5a-b7ff-da032647f12a/2006_candy.PNG Games and Movies 2006 -- Haunted House Candy Hunt ---- Game --- Atari-Style pixel game made with I-Mock and Bomtoons, who I went on to work on many projects with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/394aae3c-5f8b-481d-95fd-b1bcb97fae71/2006_thumb.PNG Games and Movies 2006 --- Pickleman's Green Thumb! ---- Game ----- First pixel game I did the art for. I discovered that it was way easier to make accurate-looking pixel games than good-looking non pixel games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cedea3e1-b82e-499f-8bb6-401643ff2de9/2006_ngm2.PNG Games and Movies 2006 - Newgrounds Museum 2 -- Game ----- First thing I ever made with Afro-Ninja! Turned a sequel to my "popular" NGM2 movie into a more interactive experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8cca5736-2fd6-4629-b4cd-4d6933dfed03/2006_chuck.PNG Games and Movies 2006 - Make Chuck Norris Cry ---- Game ---- This was a student project to learn Flash. Chuck Norris Jokes were big at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b3eb4005-ef68-4760-97d5-6bbc397bfc81/2006_battle.png Games and Movies 2006 -- Pickleman's Breakfast Battle --- Movie ---- This was my final project for an animation class in college. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/31ebcd1d-c3dd-4279-9b07-2d0e594075a2/2005_cousin.PNG Games and Movies 2005 - Pico's Cousin 2 --- Game ---- I made some artwork for this game inspired by Newgrounds's flagship character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2b1fec76-a41b-4b62-a874-6146698b95b6/2004_vdate.PNG Games and Movies 2004 --- Pickleman's Valentine Day Date --- Game ---- Small game I made featuring Pickleman, kind of like a Valentine's day card. If you make holiday-themes things, they feature them more in season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/db934ffb-83de-4c81-908e-bd0ea5c05705/2004_tier.png Games and Movies 2004 --- Tier ---- Movie ---- Music video set to Rammstein's song "Tier". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/77268850-7308-401d-b08a-ea6095c35e04/2004_trio.png Games and Movies 2004 - The Trio ---- movie ----- Set to Enio Morricone's song "The Trio" from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". I drew this on paper, scanned them in and colored them in photoshop before importing it in Flash. Makes it pretty bad. I stopped doing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c7259781-37f2-4ab0-af8e-c02fc50bb7da/2003_ngmt.png Games and Movies 2003 - The Newgrounds Museum Tutorial -- -- I made a photoshop tutorial to teach people the 3 things I knew about Photoshop at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a5e877fd-923f-432c-974b-2ec7f3b18b8d/2003_ngm.png Games and Movies 2003 - The Newgrounds Museum -- Game -- Just badly drew a bunch of Newgrounds' most iconic characters of the time. Was still learning Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a4d4bb76-a3d5-434a-afc1-13af35aabdd7/2003_bard.png Games and Movies 2003 - The Bard's Song ---- Movie ------- Just a redraw of one of Newgrounds' most popular submissions of the time. 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2008 - Alphabet of Manliness Extended Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/12ad7650-a9db-42f5-9b2a-753138dfef4e/toilet.png Artwork - 2008 - Alphabet of Manliness Extended Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b781beb2-70bd-4cbc-9946-331e691dd2a1/vageyeman.png Artwork - 2008 - Alphabet of Manliness Extended Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/28e6426b-3384-44c6-90d5-679f7a159ad2/violence.png Artwork - 2008 - Alphabet of Manliness Extended Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1623266787670-0VBJHUFC1RVBXSWPDCGT/extended.jpg Artwork - 2008 - Alphabet of Manliness Extended Edition Grab a copy on Amazon! https://www.thepoxbox.com/artwork/2012artwork monthly 0.5 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ecfc24e7-4d67-4190-9cbf-c1ce89a1b33e/drawing096.gif Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Game of Thrones season 1 characters in pixel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f11ce0c1-d01e-45c3-bf3d-1d081672beaf/drawing097.gif Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Spring themed pixel poster made with I-Mockery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0f7eafef-892d-4d31-ac45-2b4859a5c694/drawing099.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Castle crasher pink knight as sexy chick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/375f5c5c-d730-4ee9-9793-5de8e30cf4da/drawing100.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Pikachu as a sexy girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f52d80c4-a2cf-4071-a04c-166d9f823e39/drawing101.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Sexy mermaid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6b3f0c5d-6f74-4360-b21c-dbbafd807143/drawing095.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork T-shirt drawing I made for Maddox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/506bb08d-11a0-405a-a246-3e5693fa2ff2/drawing102.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Epic Meal Time was big at the time on Youtube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d4f35666-bdbd-457f-ab80-a478e92de528/drawing103.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Some kind of.. plant.. girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f87fb376-8e1e-4732-b372-e1dff8f9e339/drawing106.JPG Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork T-shirt I made for Maddox, based on the Obama Hope poster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3d1da081-ed12-4642-ae90-9d6bc3a050bc/drawing107.gif Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Good vs Evil poster made with I-Mockery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4dc072c8-233b-459f-88be-35ee7473abc0/drawing109.gif Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Good vs Evil space poster made with I-Mockery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4c5b58eb-6431-466f-9ff4-a79446219411/zeldabean12.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Pixel Link drawn with Jelly Beans on a base of Nutella. Genius I know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/511e519d-fc8a-47cd-9260-0973f99fa94a/finalcab.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Arcade side panel. Don't remember what this ended up being used for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/798107c6-baaf-4584-97c5-983a19627584/gorillacab.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Arcade cabinet panel. We had people playing our game at Comic Con in an arcade type contraption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/97140689-64be-4804-9b22-762277d771ca/abobocade.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork What the cabinet looked like for Abobo ( not my art ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9d26a380-32a0-4b37-a633-5d11688bbb88/shirtconcept5.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Sasquatchtron t-shirt I made. Sold by Maddox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/6be25645-8894-4355-b49f-e397f3d158a1/underwaterposter4.png Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Underwater Pixel Poster made with Rog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a1421181-af25-4878-b8a3-23b26d6fec78/20170129_153629.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork A sculpey statue I made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8cf86f80-ddc2-4678-9dc3-ce29296d7757/20170131_202004.jpg Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Statue painted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4df89622-4e0e-4712-860e-23ca8644322c/fuckwhales+copy.png Artwork - 2012-2020 Artwork Illustration for Maddox's "Fuck Whales" book. https://www.thepoxbox.com/artwork/2009art monthly 0.5 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c489b5da-8691-4f4a-8e0d-11c4d943a69e/drawing004.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Part of Newgrounds art contest to draw old game sprites in high res https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b0686eeb-2ea2-4835-8e2b-e8993e293f8b/drawing005.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Part of Newgrounds art contest to draw old game sprites in high res https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a0d1be4b-5640-4c0e-9212-64832f9523d2/drawing002.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork What mutants would really look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c1ea37e3-8f09-47c5-8045-ac49293fd777/drawing3.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Part of Newgrounds art contest to draw old game sprites in high res https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9699249b-fa94-4246-ba24-ecc4783741a1/drawing006.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f916f6b8-3972-469d-8ba0-ab8aeb7118ae/drawing7.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Random early attempt to learn digital painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/04100582-be7d-4a9b-ade2-6b79838174f6/drawing011.gif Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Early pixel artwork. I believe it was a Newgrounds art contest about vending machines? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e189dd5d-98f7-49e9-a776-4501802113dd/drawing53.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Did for fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/9e9f86d6-dda3-47b8-9299-057cedcc3f9d/drawing55.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Don't remember if this was for anything other than to make the world a better place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/85ac223a-28d7-4d7d-b96b-496f61b8dda9/drawing057.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Part of a Newgrounds art contest relating to Swain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2c5dc8e6-aafe-4285-a062-a7101549db66/drawing060.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Female stormtrooper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/915cca30-ef03-4a10-9d28-43a1df0d311e/drawing061.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Definitely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/eded9959-409c-4057-923c-b174145d25b2/drawing062.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Xena and Arcee riding a triceratops. No big deal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/4a79f0f9-db43-4982-b7a0-8f38558c573b/drawing63.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Color version to celebrate female empowerment through violence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f9ad953f-93d1-4959-976c-128a15399f05/drawing064.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork I believe part of a Newgrounds art contest to redraw video game characters in an inappropriate and weird way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/d61a1305-ef69-47dd-a558-525bbcccefe3/drawing076.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Newgrounds characters drawn for a Halloween art contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5b728045-315c-495e-8eeb-e8fa46fb461a/betterthanmaddox4.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork A better drawing than Maddox can make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7fb727b6-fae3-4580-9c84-4db8d25f2067/drawing12.gif Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Giant beach theme pixel banner. Worked on with I-Mockery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/15e0b962-730d-46d9-a49d-e3572337ba11/drawing77.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork A random female https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e0f3dccf-cc53-4584-8a84-2eb155a64012/drawing81.gif Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Female pixel artwork from Insanity Box 2 game I made on Newgrounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/48481c85-bb52-4653-b8b7-0abe9f621d90/drawing83.gif Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Halloween themed pixel poster made with I-Mockery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ef16b05c-db57-4f79-860c-5b42e55545f6/drawing090.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Newgrounds art contest entry. Maybe St-Valentine's related? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/36457a4f-b1f5-4d0f-9cf2-85a12cb26ca3/drawing092.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Big Abobo's Adventure I made to commemorate the release of that game made with I-Mockery and Bomtoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f322bc64-a5e0-4177-9109-a391d0d2930a/drawing094.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Poseidon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/17ed4a05-6563-4e64-842c-9fca75e681be/goldorak1.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale contribution comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/efee590d-896d-4858-b451-3b06338e686c/goldorak2+.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale contribution comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/64e572ce-6876-47c7-9109-b82a8dee819f/goldorak3.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale contribution comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dc25633e-596b-467c-b790-936e094ed0c0/goldorak4.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e311fa40-bf79-48de-9254-55f51529c69b/kloune1.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2ee9e4a0-5663-4f89-a1f0-6a0f9967931b/kloune3.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale comic -- One of my favourite things I ever drew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8b3533ac-15e7-4f5d-bd2f-16e219e33ed6/rogain.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork 2009 - Bartstool Tale comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c9b3451a-16c3-4674-9e6e-2dcabda9968c/june+copy.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Work on Maddox AOM Calendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a09cc6aa-7674-4cce-a84c-613fed3b9838/junecolor.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork This was June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0f6d214b-2f9e-4e92-9c26-3dd143fd4871/marchink.png Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork AOM Calendar March ink version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/dad1aeab-540a-45a9-8617-9c84f01d0bad/march_pox2.png Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork AOM March, colored version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/58936cf5-9d14-4c4e-828e-5535789f7ef4/drawing087.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Daily Show vs Fox News as Transformers. I replaced them in the colored version with Quebec related TV personalities because it was a thing sold in Quebec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b8ab5616-1b3d-4053-96e4-68c1a878f3e6/drawing104.jpg Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Colored version of the Nintendo Star Wars poster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fa417e45-4ee4-429b-8fee-c4c5886b43df/canalfamillepetit.png Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Contribution for ex student's comicbook. These were the center pages. Cartoon characters from the 80s and 90s as featured on a Quebec kids channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cdd9af76-2c60-4424-a245-ca60a31e91e5/kompagniekreole.png Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Another center page contribution. This one is a Quebec disco band drawn as a Heavy Metal band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/1db77f49-c0c8-4938-8d35-d840f02e7604/x-partout.png Artwork - 2009-2011 Artwork Center page drawing featuring the characters of a French-Canadian kid's show as The X-Men. https://www.thepoxbox.com/artwork/2008 monthly 0.5 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2de85314-4994-4488-83eb-70d87c82ad80/drawing50.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Made for an I-Mockery article for Halloween. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b74e69eb-8597-4a11-8beb-2d0887090c68/cover4.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Fan project I organized with Newgrounds. We all made pinup girls. This was the cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0a3b8437-1e49-4445-9533-4f50e9162c0a/drawing051.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Made for I-Mockery organizing Zombiewalks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/66682339-9310-43d8-9a60-174f042e8afe/drawing052.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older How to use the seashells. I-Mockery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e2d796a3-7dd2-4fc0-bec2-f327adca1188/drawing54.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Made for Maddox book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/bf5a37d1-8c78-4260-80e7-cfefa04407c0/drawing56.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Fan artwork I sent to Seanbaby.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2f8152dc-e000-4c3b-b4dc-bfa2bcc30e53/drawing069.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Local band logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a7d6250d-4239-42ba-ba88-e3b7c3525f00/drawing070.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Something I made in my spare time in College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7bfd84a7-b713-40a0-ac51-786f4da6090c/step24.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Example drawing I made for an art contest I organized on Newgrounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a364ccf0-3aba-4b8b-b7f7-87fca99e8b83/drawing073.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Entry in a Newgrounds art contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5cf8b678-45df-465f-a1dc-e06729310849/port_kloune.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Excerpt from a comic I made for College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/255ca994-51be-4e1b-a831-1334e7d1e76c/drawing071.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older I-Mockery Pickleman secret picture for one of the Christmas comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/fa92c80c-9061-4388-8d38-2033d73e5d44/drawing072.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Chrono Cross characters made as zombies. Did this while in College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/eef0f5de-b1cf-46b2-93e1-84a130d2d5ea/drawing68.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Nintendo/ Star Wars crossover made for local comic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/73d487a7-9c33-4c2b-8dc2-3c18f522ec1c/drawing067.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Scrapped project for local comic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0e96d21f-02d1-4656-b7e7-9aa073ebc2cd/port_planbcover.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Cover of the college publication where students featured their comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f73db735-87fb-47af-a246-64eb096e82f1/cavamal1.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - A comic about what happens if you get to work late. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0fcc2826-648d-42d7-8b85-6719db1fc0a9/cavamal2.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - part 2 of comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/a36a6575-742c-44f1-a5c1-1ca875621336/fishy.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - "If Fish Could Talk" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/ea2336fe-914a-4b2f-82ae-fff6764de920/growup.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Cartoon strip about how you shouldn't be a comic artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/5cb6f740-f05a-4a05-a3f3-95abf98c7560/heores2.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Realistic comic about superhero anatomy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/42a68e5a-2d1f-4ba7-9d70-6a66d4c3d9b2/LOUISFL_samuraijack1.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Samurai Jack type comic about getting a disappointing reward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e3ac1a05-a147-4cd5-8d91-64374da88a9d/LOUISFL_samuraijack2+copy.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - The reward is the student publication which this was printed in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/97878232-6439-4209-be2e-70d401df63d9/6.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - PBF inspired comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2d70cb20-1d91-4a00-8450-bfc43d2429e7/7.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - PBF inspired comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f1714454-c4d9-4403-96c4-38a446fea797/83.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - PBF inspired comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/c70703e8-351b-4b0a-b197-f83ccea4e3dc/BG1.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - background study https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/0db06158-53a3-4f9d-b5d5-33f493b07af1/bg2.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - indoor study https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e1b5d94e-93a8-4b32-a9fb-82041aca563c/DESSIN+06.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - viewpoint of same scene study https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8def3fbd-d2e9-4a5b-9248-a90df9b36993/mondrian.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Character reference sheet design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/3abfd596-fcc7-44f0-aaa8-a2008c371ec9/sparta.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Some comic test page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/251e0411-671c-4f2e-8b52-0e939e386390/vaderemperor.png Artwork - 2008 and older College - Live model drawings turned into Star Wars comic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/82410583-5414-483b-8a83-bcfd185a3f7b/page1.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Comic I made about French people sucking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/2d946d8f-3a7c-4ff7-ad52-749f8a627b94/page2.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older "Phoque" is french for Seal and it's pronounced "Fuck"! This comic is basically called "Fuck the French". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/89aa2290-cf22-4b79-bba3-56bf784f8b20/page1english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Bartstool tales was a little publication former students made after graduation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/474c1606-9a5d-4da0-a101-b569dca054b7/page2english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older I made this comic for it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f533bc09-5c2b-4611-a621-e643ac2f681b/page3english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b1a073f3-b9ad-46f7-b9da-2972f34ef344/page4english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/32048a0e-3607-4dc9-b7b0-51bc77d868fd/page5english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older My inking got better at this point at least https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/e4c01e0e-2331-4247-9af8-0cd68cf67488/page6english.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/8cd272a2-2f93-43e1-b47c-f51a109de390/Costumecritic.psd.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Logo for a now defunct site Rog made where people would rate each others' costumes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/20a6d145-fc8d-4853-91ee-610e199cdbc3/philvoilefeathered.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Made this for a friend's sailing school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/f01277bc-f02a-43cc-89f7-aaa391cb1e40/potentielnoirSANSTEXTE.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Made this for cousin's forest firefighting company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/76830fbd-88fa-4fe4-b132-8742fbde9205/scarmaggedonwhite.jpg Artwork - 2008 and older Logo for Scarmaggedon site that Rog made where people would rate each other's scars. https://www.thepoxbox.com/artwork/pickleman-comics monthly 0.5 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/b085829f-3a84-42ef-8bc8-43a6826a9a8c/pickleman1.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/74b9c22c-002b-410d-96dc-52fd35a5a4b4/pickleman2.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cfbe684b-9932-464e-b377-740060d8057e/pickleman3.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/27d69e5d-0245-4ecd-9e50-1719edb3d3f2/pickleman4.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/cb1c334b-05b4-4002-9b3d-41a0e3d17143/pickleman5.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/38efaa59-a16b-4337-9efd-5fcd9db4cb41/pickleman6.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/7200e8c8-a9bd-430a-bf44-b725cea72465/pickleman7.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b1cc0dda4de55c5339746e/03f59c04-5632-4381-95a8-f3858ee3558c/pickleman8.jpg Artwork - Pickleman Comics