We bikers disembark first and the 'peloton' sets off with enthusiam.
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I search for the Galloping Goose Bike Trail that will bring me into Victoria. But I found out from Swartz Bay to Saanich, it's the Lochside Regional Trail that's the northern portion. I soon reached Sidney, BC and the trail hugged the shore for some miles.
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The cyclists who started up in Vancouver...we kept seeing each other for the rest of the ride at photo opts and watering holes.
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The trail cuts through farm land on rural gravel roads, very wide and flat, and a pleasant grinding portion. A pumpkin patch...ready for Halloween.
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"Old Roy" in Saanich, tending to my bike as I go off to snap a few. Rubbing his shoulder for good luck is a tradition...where's my Mother's Mag Polish?
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Roy's view, Blenkinsop Lake...
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Selkirk Trestle over the upper Victoria Harbor and George Inlet.
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Upper Victoria Harbor
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After crossing the wooden Selkirk Trestle, the Galloping Goose Trail ran into a major road construction project and I got detoured onto local streets and was no longer sure where the detour dropped me back. But a resident pointed out Downtown Victoria was just ahead over the Johnston Bridge. I had arrived.
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