Bored in the saddle...

[jobob]

Geeze, PN, you have such lovely riding up there!

Perhaps what Grog suggested, heading out to a coffee shop or ice cream shop? I often plan my rides around available food options It breaks up the ride and is a destination. Plus, calories don't count when you're biking, we all know that ...!

When I was up in Victoria a few summers ago, I remember a really nice coffee shop a bit north of Victoria, just off the Lockside Trail. They had scones to die for.

Have you ever ridden out to Butchart Gardens? Or ridden up to Sydney & hopped on a ferry for a day trip to the San Juan Islands?

Dang, you're making me want to go back there!

[Starfish]

Dang, you're making me want to go back there!

Hey, if you get up this way, let us know!

PN, I was just reading about Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island...maybe that's your next challenge!

[jobob]

Been there, done that.

It's a pretty demanding climb, but the view from the top is gorgeous !

My husband had a spectacular blowout as we were descending Mt. Constitution - it was moderately steep with a lot of switchbacks and we had to brake a lot, so he probably overheated his rims.

I was up ahead of him and at at first I thought it was a gunshot

Happily, he had just gotten around one of the tight switchbacks and was on a straight stretch of road when the blowout happened. Even more happily, it was the rear tire, not the front.

But, come to find out, he was carrying narrow 700c tubes (as was I), but he was riding his Atlantis with wide, 26" tires. idjit. So he pumped up his tire best he could and we hightailed it to the bike shop in town just before it closed so he could buy some tubes that were actually the correct size for his tires.