Andrea and I stayed over at our friend Liz’s place Friday (camped in the driveway). This was to combine a dinner and socializing with a mountain bike ride on the secret trails of Erin with some Lapdogs friends. And it was a great evening, stayed up late chatting after a Thai dinner in Dundas. Then […]
Cycling
The Big Tour – le Tour de France (part 1)
A month ago yesterday (July 11th), I landed in Paris and started my assignment with Thomas Cook Sport… to cover their inaugural TdF travel trips. And what a couple of trips they were! I’ve written about the couple of days in Belgium getting ready, a little about getting to the Tour, and about the days […]
The Little Tour (of Elk Grove)
Yes, I will write up my trip report on “that other Tour” complete with lots of photos. I’ll finish this one first though… Let me start with the Alexian Brother, who are the title sponsor of the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove. They describe themselves as “a lay, apostolic Catholic Order whose Brothers, bound […]
Buses of le Tour
One of the many stories of this trip is based on the many campers and buses that form a part of the experience. I’ve gone through my photos and picked out a small gallery of bus photos… most are VWs, the ones that aren’t are still part of the story and experience. Here are a […]
Three Trips later…
How time flies… I had meant to write and post here the way I’ve always written in journals when I travel (daily) and find myself at this end of le Tour with lots of untold stories and only a few more days left in Paris. I’m sitting, listening to the traffic on Rue St. Michel […]
From Camper Land to Wonder Land…
Surrounded by massive campers, listening to bingo by the beach… that was camper land. And for some reason the Quebecois love their camping, good on ’em! I was happy to be there for the night, my second visit to Lake Louise (thousands of miles and around 40 years between them). I woke up, had a […]
Happy Canada Day!
I saw a lot of Canadian flags out on the road today as I made my way to Quebec for the World Cup MTB races at Mt Ste Anne this weekend. Including ones on cars pulled over for speeding violations… there were a lot of police out today! My last post was part one of […]
A Weekend Off, Getting Ready For a Busy Few Weeks
This past weekend was my first one in months without an assignment, so don’t say “retired” to me! And it wasn’t a relaxing weekend spent at home weeding the garden or puttering about, seems I don’t have time for those activities these days. Instead we loaded up the camper and tried to beat rush hour […]
A weekend of Buses, Bikes and a birthday
What a great weekend! (warning, this is a long post).Well, to be fair it was a great long weekend since we set off a little after noon on Thursday with the camper packed and bikes on the back. The weather was not the best, although not as bad as the day before. There had been […]
Journalist, Photographer, Friend, and all the spaces in between
I expected the blog entry from yesterday would stimulate conversation since lots of people in the local racing scene know the folks featured and I certainly saw (and am still seeing) lots of conversations happening. From facebook there are both “like” links and “dislike” comments, supportive thoughts and lots of well-wishing. And I decided to […]