Cycling trips planned this year?

[shootingstar]

Of course, we do out of town bike trips that we've only planned the week before leaving. But thought I'll ask any....

This year we're doing the usual trips Vancouver Island and a Gulf Island for 2 days, another trip in the Banff-Rocky Mtns. area. Each of these trips will have some different changes where we stay, where we eat/see. :) I'm not sure if Santa Barbara, California is on...it depends on a parent's health. If not, then it's cycling about in Toronto.

I have no idea if we will embark on cycling out to Dinosaur country...Alberta Badlands version where truly the dinosaurs did roam.

No trips overseas that we have planned.

He has his own solo bike trip plans, which I can't partake because I work full-time. So I hear about his trips vicariously.

[Blueberry]

My DH is going to a conference in LA, and I'm coming with my bike. We are then going to San Diego for a few days - with bikes. Not a biking trip - per se - but plenty of biking will be done.

[jobob]

This summer we'll be spending a couple of weeks on Vancouver Island & in the San Juan Islands. The first week we'll be staying in Sidney, just north of Victoria, which will be our home base for day trips around the Saanich Peninsula & the Gulf Islands. The following week we'll be staying in a house on Lopez Island in the San Juans. We'll bop around there and load our bikes on the ferry for day rides on some of the other islands, including a ride up Mt. Constitution.

[shootingstar]

When will you be there? Flying into Vancouver or Victoria?

Saltspring Island you would love. Pender Island, Galiano Island.

There are also several wineries on Vancouver Island. Saltspring has one ..with a mermaid in rubber boots as a logo. We're going to Cherrypoint, etc.

[indysteel]

DH and I are doing a three-day ride in Canyonlands, NP along the White Rim Trail this April. That translates to about 30 miles a day on what is, mostly, a dirt road. In September, we're driving to Acadia NP with our touring bikes to ride the carriage roads in the park. I'm scared about the former and excited about the latter. I haven't ridden since November thanks to my hamstring injury so the Canyonlands trip could be, um, "interesting." The injury is healing and I need to find the motivation to get back on my bike. I've felt more like running of late instead.

[missjean]

Cape Cod in Oct!

We are planning a 3 day tour of Cape Cod MA in early Oct. One of the ladies has a family friend who owns a house on Nantucket, and they will let use stay there for free. Woohoo!! So far the plan is to spend one day on Nantucket; then on the second day, down the Cape to Provincetown, and on the last day, back up the Cape to the cars.

[Becky]

Indy, both of those trips sound awesome, but I'm especially enthralled with the Canyonlands trip! Are you going with a group/support, or on your own?

[indysteel]

Indy, both of those trips sound awesome, but I'm especially enthralled with the Canyonlands trip! Are you going with a group/support, or on your own?

We're using a company called Rim Tours out of Moab. TE's Divingbiking went on the same tour (although I think she went on their 4-day version) last year, which is how I got onto it myself. There are a handful of outfits who offer supported White Rim tours, and all of them are well reviewed if memory serves.

I sure hope it goes well. We're spending the rest of the week in Moab with plans to hike in Canyonlands, Arches, NP and Dead Horse Point State Park. We went to Utah last April (Zion, NP) and loved it!

[indysteel]

Cape Cod in Oct!

We are planning a 3 day tour of Cape Cod MA in early Oct. One of the ladies has a family friend who owns a house on Nantucket, and they will let use stay there for free. Woohoo!! So far the plan is to spend one day on Nantucket; then on the second day, down the Cape to Provincetown, and on the last day, back up the Cape to the cars.

That should be awesome!

[indysteel]

This summer we'll be spending a couple of weeks on Vancouver Island & in the San Juan Islands. The first week we'll be staying in Sidney, just north of Victoria, which will be our home base for day trips around the Saanich Peninsula & the Gulf Islands. The following week we'll be staying in a house on Lopez Island in the San Juans. We'll bop around there and load our bikes on the ferry for day rides on some of the other islands, including a ride up Mt. Constitution.

Neato, Jo! Have fun!!!

[maillotpois]

My DH is going to a conference in LA, and I'm coming with my bike. We are then going to San Diego for a few days - with bikes. Not a biking trip - per se - but plenty of biking will be done.

When...?

[Blueberry]

When...?

March 12-19. Coming up fast - we're listing our house at the same time, so my world is interesting....

[jobob]

When will you be there? Flying into Vancouver or Victoria?

Early summer. We'll be driving, and hopefully we'll get to see some TE friends enroute. :)


Saltspring Island you would love. Pender Island, Galiano Island.

Yep, they're in the planz. And Sooke. And we plan to check out some of the nifty tea shops in greater Victoria.

We were originally thinking of doing a repeat of the self-supported bike tour we did in 2005 around the Puget Sound area (Pt Townsend - Pt Angeles - Victoria - San Juan Is - Whidbey Is - PT) but the more we thought about it, the more we realized we'd just as soon load our bikes & stuff up in the car and have a couple of home bases from where we could ride out. We'd have much more flexibility that way, and be able to see & do a lot more stuff. Yeah, we're getting lazy & self-indulgent. ;)

[deeannef]

This August, I plan to do 3 days at Lake Tahoe riding, followed by the Crater Lake Century in Oregon. These have always been a couple of my dream rides to complete. Two weeks before, I think I will do the Tour de Big Bear Century as training for high altitude riding. On a side note, a few summers ago, I did my favorite dream ride so far, riding the Glenwood Springs Canyon Bike Trail, in Colorado, a truly awesome experience that I highly recommend.

[Crankin]

We're also going to the San Juan Islands 7/27 for a week. Flying into Seattle and going directly to Friday Harbor, where we rented a cottage that is part of a B&B. We will do all of our cycling day trips from there, hoping to hit at least 2 islands, hopefully go to Victoria. We have acquaintances in Friday Harbor, an old business associAte of DH, who is retired there. Taking the Gurus, but this is not just a cycling trip, in the strict sense. We will probably ride for 3 days, maybe 4. Then we go to Seattle for 2 days, where I hope to meet some TE people.

[marni]

currently training for a semi cross country going south to north from New Orleans to Lake Itasca Minnesota along the Mississippi river in may and june with my sister. This will be supported tour with Woman Tours.

Looking forward to it as I was only able to accomplish the first third as far as Memphis the year after I started biking. (5 years ago.)

After the southern Tier with the same group two years ago, I feel ready to handle just about anything but I am working on TITS time.

marni

[shootingstar]

We're also going to the San Juan Islands 7/27 for a week. Flying into Seattle and going directly to Friday Harbor, where we rented a cottage that is part of a B&B. We will do all of our cycling day trips from there, hoping to hit at least 2 islands, hopefully go to Victoria. We have acquaintances in Friday Harbor, an old business associAte of DH, who is retired there. Taking the Gurus, but this is not just a cycling trip, in the strict sense. We will probably ride for 3 days, maybe 4. Then we go to Seattle for 2 days, where I hope to meet some TE people.

There is a bike route from Swartz Bay (Ferry dock. drop off in Sidney) that will take you 35 km. one way into downtown Victoria. Part on path, part on road with lanes. It's actually a lovely way to see the area. There is a winery..Muse winery about 10 km. from ferry dock.

Photos, my blog posts. Remember Maidei went there. :)

http://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/an-idyllic-summer-escape-to-vancouver-island-for-maidei/

http://www.velo-city2012blog.com/?p=7 Saltspring Island

I am "adminvelo" for any blogposts that you see for velo-city blog below. We wrote several blog posts on various areas of Vancouver Island. There are more photos, trip suggestions and destinations. Might be worth checking out a zodiac boat or kayak trip for a few hrs. The west coast is quite different from the east coast of North America.

This is info. to help you plan in more detail. Yes, I miss Vancouver area!!

http://www.velo-city2012blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mermaidwinerysign.jpg

[shootingstar]

Love to hear more cycling trip plans this year.

[aka_kim]

I'm doing a tour in the Texas Hill Country with Adventure Cycling in early April. It will be the first time in decades that I spend 6 straight nights camping, but I'll try to HTFU. :)

[Veronica]

I'm doing a tour in the Texas Hill Country with Adventure Cycling in early April. It will be the first time in decades that I spend 6 straight nights camping, but I'll try to HTFU. :)

I looked at that trip. We were in that part of Texas the first of May for niece's wedding a couple of years ago and it looked lovely. Have fun!

We're doing a White Rim tour that week.

We've been kicking around some other ideas, but haven't really settled on anything.

Veronica

[shootingstar]

One summer, we cycled out from Quebec City and used the Velo Quebec bike routes to make up our own local /goat cheese tour. Yummy...which of course, meant sampling some. We couldn't carry some cheeses for so long without refrigeration.

But Quebec actually does promote its local cheese farms in southern Quebec. The cheeses are like the stronger European cheeses.

White Rum tour sounds cool.

[pll]

I will be riding 6 days in the Rimini area in June, doing this:

http://www.battaglin-usa.com/road/travel_itinerary.php

Someone posted a Living Social offer in the forum last October and bought... It is a bit intimidating, but should be fun.

[maryellen]

I did a WomanTours Texas Hill Country trip last April and was surprised by how much I enjoyed the area. Beautiful landscapes (if you go for stark countrysides]. It was my first experience w cattle guards--of which there are many! I look forward to cycling in that area again some time.

In mid-March I'm doing a WomanTours trip in the Tucson area. :D

[maillotpois]

March 12-19. Coming up fast - we're listing our house at the same time, so my world is interesting....

So close.... We have a conference in SD the last week of March. You DO have a lot going on. Have a great trip!

[Savra]

I'm signed up for the Great Big FANY ride across New York. It's a week of 70 mile rides crisscrossing NY state. I haven't worked up to a self supported tour yet, although, I probably have most everything I need for one now.

[shootingstar]

Bicycling Magazine just published an article on this area of Quebec by bike with the local cheeses, etc. http://www.bicycling.com/ride-maps/featured-rides/saddle-table

You don't even have to go to European. Out in the rural areas, more people speak French more often daily. (Yes, there will be some folks fluenty bilingual.)

[tulip]

Natchez Trace
Toronto - Quebec City
GAP / C&O Canal

[AppleTree]

My husband and I are planning a two week trip to California, to Santa Rosa to see the opening stage of the Tour of California! We are taking our bikes and plan to take several side bicycle trips. One that I have been wanting to do is along the America River. I am not sure of the name of the trail, but it goes for many miles through the California countryside. I can hardly wait to explore it!

We'll stop in Lompoc, in Santa Barbara county where we used to live and ride through the hills and flower fields of that area.

We'll catch another stage or two or the race along the way south and then go through Arizona to see family.

We are still in the planning stages of this trip, so will know more details later.

My absolute dream would be to meet Chris Horner and/or Levi Leipheimer! :)

[Savra]

@AppleTree That sounds like a wonderful trip!!! Would love to see the Tour of California. Have fun!!

[jobob]

My husband and I are planning a two week trip to California, to Santa Rosa to see the opening stage of the Tour of California! We are taking our bikes and plan to take several side bicycle trips. One that I have been wanting to do is along the America River. I am not sure of the name of the trail, but it goes for many miles through the California countryside. I can hardly wait to explore it!

It's the American River Bike Trail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith_Memorial_Trail), also known as the Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail.

My husband and I rode the entire length of it this past Saturday; it was about 68 miles and a whopping 1500 feet of climbing. :D It's quite lovely, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

[jobob]

AppleTree, I was looking at your avatar and thought "I just saw that ... but where?" and then I remembered this blog post I read earlier today.

Vashon Island Bike Tree: The True Story (http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2012/03/vashon-island-bike-tree-true-story.html)

:cool:

[AppleTree]

AppleTree, I was looking at your avatar and thought "I just saw that ... but where?" and then I remembered this blog post I read earlier today.

Vashon Island Bike Tree: The True Story (http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2012/03/vashon-island-bike-tree-true-story.html)

:cool:

THANKS so much jobob for the info on the American River Bike Trail! Sounds like a heavenly bike ride...I think even I can handle that altitude gain. :rolleyes: I love that part of California.

I was very interested in the story of the bike tree! I "borrowed" the photo from a bike blog, and maybe it was even that one, I can't remember now, but I never did see what the story was. What a coincidence!

[jusdooit]

Tulip when are you doing the Natchez Trace? It is a beautiful place to ride.

[Thorn]

Tulip when are you doing the Natchez Trace? It is a beautiful place to ride.

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! [We're set to go this fall]

Hmm...and "Toronto - Quebec City" Vraimant? That was on our short-list for summer, but it doesn't look probable. I loved Quebec City and the Quebec country side.

[tulip]

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! [We're set to go this fall]

Hmm...and "Toronto - Quebec City" Vraimant? That was on our short-list for summer, but it doesn't look probable. I loved Quebec City and the Quebec country side.

Mississippi in the Spring. Thorn, send me a PM if you want details for your trip planning. For the Canada trip, it's been shortened to only Ottawa to QC so we can spend a few days in QC afterwards. Its one of my favorite cities. I would consider living there if it weren't so cold in the winter!

[Koronin]

Our only trips are the two weekend trips to Bristol, TN for the NASCAR races. However we are planning on buying locks (once we decide/figure out the best locks on the market) so that we can take the mountain bikes with us for transportation from where we park the truck to the track and back. The track as install are nice long fence along the front area where there are tons of people who lock their bikes to that fence for the day while inside the track for the day. We are planning on joining those people. We aren't sure, but we think that bike parking is part of why they put that fence in, because there are no bike racks anywhere at the track.

[tulip]

That's a funny combo: NASCAR and bicycles. I live a few miles from a major NASCAR track; I never would suspect that NASCAR fans would bring their bikes to the races, but it's a good idea.

[Koronin]

We go to Bristol every year and for the most part you're parking at least a half mile from the track if not farther away. Plus the farther away the more reasonable prices people charge you to park in their yards or businesses. The other tracks I've been to (Charlotte, Michigan, Indianapolis, Rockingham, and Darlington) I've never seen people using bikes as transportation, but it's actually very common at Bristol. I really think the layout of the track and not having a lot of parking right at the track is part of it.

[jobob]

This summer we'll be spending a couple of weeks on Vancouver Island & in the San Juan Islands. The first week we'll be staying in Sidney, just north of Victoria, which will be our home base for day trips around the Saanich Peninsula & the Gulf Islands. The following week we'll be staying in a house on Lopez Island in the San Juans. We'll bop around there and load our bikes on the ferry for day rides on some of the other islands, including a ride up Mt. Constitution.


Family stuff has come up so we had to postpone this trip. :( Maybe we'll try to take it this fall.

[Veronica]

Oh what a bummer Jo!

Veronica

[SadieKate]

Oh, that's too bad, Jo. It's just going on and on, huh?