My Atlantis in Victoria I had a great time on this trip both on the group ride and even more so on my solo return home. I said in the past that the reason I do Chilly Hilly every year is to remind myself why I don’t do large group rides. I missed Chilly Hilly this year but RSVP filled that role. I’d wanted to do RSVP for a while as I’d wanted to experience…
Sidney by the sea. The final day of my short little trip dawn mostly clear and windy. After completing my morning routine in pretty short order I set out for coffee and breakfast. I walked down the street checking out my options but the place that immediately appealed was a bakery that had doughnuts mounded up in the window. I got a sugar cake doughnut and a blueberry scone to go as they had no…
My Atlantis on the bicycle path in Stanley Park The day dawned bright and clear and promising to be another hot day. I had a couple of tasks that needed to be resolved in short order: Coffee, Food and collecting my bicycle from the RSVP storage room. I had awoken around 8 and the bicycle storage was open ’till 11 so I wasn’t particularly stressed about that. Coffee and food were much more pressing, so…
Riding across Red Square at WWU. I woke up at 6am with thoughts of breakfast on my mind. Back when I was in high school I stayed at Western a couple of summers for Debate Camp and I knew you could get breakfast in the Student Union and while not great food, there would at least be plenty of it. So I got myself and my bicycle ready and leaving it in my room headed…
Dawn in Kirkland The first day of Cascade Cycling Clubs RSVP ride began early with my alarm waking me up at 4:30 in morning. The starting line for the ride was officially 6:30-7:30 and I planned to start around 7. As I’ve mentioned before I’m always ride to the ride so I needed enough time to make it to Warren G. Magnuson park. There is one problem with this scenario: Lake Washington. I live directly…
So the day has come, my big cycling event for this year: Cascade Cycling Clubs RSVP ride. Packing I’d guess 275 miles of riding into four days, in between about the busiest I’ve been at work in a long time. Tired yes, but I feel pretty good cycling wise. My rides of late really have not taken the toll on me they would have earlier in the year. My conditioning is up but also I’ve…