(June 27 – written by Dave) We’ve made it to Port Hardy.  We had a scenic long day yesterday out on the Inland Passage.  We left the hostel at 5:10, were ticketed and on the ferry at 6:30, sailed at 7:30 and finally docked in Port Hardy at 11PM.  We rode 6k from the ferry … Continue reading The Inland Passage (Prince Rupert to Port Hardy) (11k/2438k)

(June 25 – written by Dave) Greetings from Prince Rupert.  We’ve had a couple nice rest days here in PR – lots of chores done, some good coffee, some nice local beer, some great local seafood and today we even managed to cook egg and bacon rolls for brekkie.  So I think we are ready … Continue reading Rest days in Prince Rupert (0k/2427k)

(June 23 – written by Dave) That’s it, we are out of road on mainland Canada.  We either get on the ferry here in Prince Rupert, or we turn around and go back the way we came – going backwards is not in our DNA – so a ferry it is!  But that’s not until … Continue reading End of the road mainland Canada –Kasiks Wilderness Resort to Prince Rupert (89k/2427k)

(June 22 – written by Dave) First just a quick note on our last post...  Thanks to everyone who commented and gave us so much support.  It really does mean a lot to know that you guys are out there.  Until we “clear the area” we’ll be leaving further details out of the blog.  Just … Continue reading Iconic Canada – Terrace to Kasiks Wilderness Resort (63k/2389k)

(June 20 – written by Nancy) Well, what a day.  It feels like we are in a different world now, with both good things and not so good things.  We started off with a long night of rain, which started yesterday about 4pm and continued for most of the night.  It made for pretty humid … Continue reading Things we haven’t seen in a while – Kitwanga to Terrace (100k/2276k)

(June 18&19 – written by Dave) We woke to mostly blue skies and I was excited for a sunny day bike ride.  Nancy was not as excited as I was – she had an upset tummy overnight and not feeling 100%.  We knew that we only had 75k to ride so we took our time … Continue reading Double day –Meziadin Lake Park to Kitwanga (161k/2176k)

(June 17 – written by Dave) First a message about weather forecasts...  It was not near as cold overnight as they called for and today we were riding part of the day without our coats.  So much for freezing and snow.  We thought we were in for a real struggle and it turned out to … Continue reading 5 bears, a beaver and gaggle of grouse –Bell 2 to Meziadin Lake Park (98/2015k)

(June 16 – written by Dave) It rained a lot overnight but we’d slept so much that I was awake at 5AM ready to get out of the tent, and it wasn’t raining.  I decided to wait until 5:45 so as not to upset my tent mate too much.  Well, on cue, at 5:45 it … Continue reading Long, stormy day –Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park to Bell 2 (118/1916k)

(June 15 – written by Nancy) We had a very quite night in the Mountain Shadow’s tent area.  The only other guest was a Swiss guy who was riding his motorcycle from Alaska to Argentina.  He had a year or so to complete the trip.  He was going back-to-back 1,000k days to get south to … Continue reading Short day on the lakes –Mountain Shadow RV Park to Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park (45/1798k)

(June 14 – written by Dave) We were up early, ready to ride after a nice rest at the Arctic Divide Lodge.  I think we were the second couple down to the brekkie and ate heaps of food.  Just as I was starting to feel like a pig, Sophie came out of the kitchen with … Continue reading Two climb day –Dease Lake to Mountain Shadow RV Park (84k/1753k)