Amtrack Cascades?

[lauraelmore1033]

That sounds like so much fun! Let us know how it goes!

[AppleTree]

That sounds like so much fun! Let us know how it goes!

I will Laura! We are really excited about this trip. We've been wanting to do this for a long time!

We have all our reservations made, including the reservations for two bicycles. I was just wondering if they made you take off the panniers when you boarded? Did you have to remove panniers shootingstar? We are leaving next Thursday, actually staying just outside Vancouver proper I think, at the Abercorn Inn in Richmond. I am not familiar with the geography up that way, so I am guessing that is a suburb in close proximity. We'll only be there for one afternoon and then leaving the next morning. Hopefully biking through the area AFTER the morning rush hour.

I've only biked through Vancouver once and that was on RSVP...it was quite the experience to say the least, but this inn is just off the bike path somewhere my DH tells me, so I'm not too terribly worried about it.

Thanks for the info!

[shootingstar]

Richmond is the city butt against VAncovuer where the airport is located and where there is a huge modern Chinatown area. I am not familiar with the Inn.

I would suggest that you enjoy downtown Vancouver when you get out of the train station and if so, don't feel like cycling out to Richmond which is not far but certain areas might be complicated because parts of Richmond are more car-centric, is to take the Canada Line commuter train and get off at a stop in Richmond close to hotel, in the evening. Don't be embarrassed, VAncovuerites use their bus bike racks (all buses have bike racks on all their bus lines) and get onto the Canada Line with bikes --even if it's not raining.

I removed my panniers. But it might be possible to leave 1 pannier on.

The train station is near many bike routes. Our place is just 2 km. away from train station.

If you cycle up Ontario St. (a long, quiet residential street. It's parallel to Quebec St. near the train station) from the train station (about 1 km. away) towards Richmond which is about 10 km. away, you could drop by Olympic Village, Science World, Granville Market and the Queen Elizabeth Botanical Gardens. At 37th St., latter is lovely and free.

Hope you have great weather.