Hi Folks! I'm in Eureka California taking a rest day. Had a nice week long stay with my daughter and spent a lot of time planning and making arrangements for the next phase of the trip. I have a reservation to fly to Adelaide Austarlia on the 12th! It's been a beautiful ride down the coast so far! The Oregon coast is breathtaking and the California redwoods are awesome! Oregon has been about the best for camping so far with Hiker/Biker sites in the national parks at $4.00 a night with free hot showers and some of the parks having laundry facilities. I met another rider from Australia who's also on his way to San Francisco so we're riding together. I've uploaded more pictures to my Kodak Gallery, but I haven't had time to arrange them ... read more

Hello All, I made it! I cycled off the ferry and onto Vancouver Island at Nanaimo on August 31st. Some incredible country getting to Vancouver and of course a beautiful city, but need I say I didn't spend any time there. Headed for Marine Drive and on to Horseshoe Bay to get the ferry to Nanaimo. Fantastic, salt air, mountains and the sea!!!! I stayed at a Hostel in Nanaimo and took a rest day to walk around and do some bike maintenance. Presently I'm heading north up to Port Hardy. For tonight, I'm staying in the Riding Fool Hostel in Cumberland, a really cool Hostel. OK, take care all!!!!!! ... read more

Hi All, It was time for some time off the bike, so Christoph and Iris and myself rented a car here in Lethbridge and headed north into the Canadian Rockies. Stopped at Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump park to view a cliff edge in the foothills where for 6 thousand years aboriginal peoples have stampeded buffalo herds over a cliff to provide their winter food supply. From there, we drove to Jasper and then to Banff. Beautiful country with lots of wildlife; bear, coyotes, mountain sheep, elk, marmots and badgers. A few short hikes including a hike up the Athabaska glacier to get a view of the Columbia ice field. Unfortunately we didn't get the best views as we had low clouds and rain all but the last day. After a week sealed in climate controled ... read more

Hi All, The weather has finally cleared, a week without rain!!! I'm still biking with the German couple, Christoph and Iris. We're presently in Estavon Saskatchewan. We've been fairly lucky with the infamous prairie winds, a few days with North/North West winds, but then we get a break and get a few days with South/South East winds. Also as 3 we get to trade off leads. In western Ontario we took a short cut around Lake of the Woods and dropped into Minesota for a day to get to Manitoba. Manitoba was a treat with no shoulders on the roads, but the southern route luckily didn't have too much traffic. 5000 Km's so far and the bike is doing well, so far I've just had to replace the chain. Christoph had trouble with his trailor, a ... read more

Hi Folks, I'm in Saul St. Marie Ontario. I actually had 2 days in a row with no rain, of course it's pouring as I type this!!! Wind has been kicking in but no serious climbing yet, the terrain is mostly flat to rolling hills. The ride along the north channel of Lake Huron has been beautiful and everyone keeps telling me the North Shore of Lake Superior is even better. I've got 3200 Km's in now, so I stopped at a bike shop here, Velorution, to get my pedals lubed and tighten the rear cog set, (I noticed some looseness). No charge for any of the work!!! They also offer free camping to tourists, (wish I had known that last night!!!). I've seen quite a few tourists, including 2 guys riding recumbents, heading east, but ... read more