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Looking to do the Selkirk loop this fall maybe, it's about a 280mi (extendable far beyond that with side trips) which takes you through the Selkirk range and through the Kootenays in E Washington, N Idaho and BC. North America's longest free ferry takes you across Kootenay Lake.
I would love to hear anyone's experiences who's done it!!! Hit me up!
I would love to hear anyone's experiences who's done it!!! Hit me up!
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I am in Spokane and am interested in the Selkirk Loop. Have you done it? I just posted about it. I love BC/Alberta!
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I've only done minimal bike touring so I'm glad to be here in Nova Scotia where we have some good options.
Kind of bummed I waited until late fall to get a touring bike though, I had hoped to be commuting more to work on it. Gotta up my game for the cold I suppose.
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Looking to do the Selkirk loop this fall maybe, it's about a 280mi (extendable far beyond that with side trips) which takes you through the Selkirk range and through the Kootenays in E Washington, N Idaho and BC. North America's longest free ferry takes you across Kootenay Lake.
I would love to hear anyone's experiences who's done it!!! Hit me up!
I would love to hear anyone's experiences who's done it!!! Hit me up!
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YES! My wife grew up in Friday Harbor. We lived in Bothell for a a year and I had clients on Kitsap Peninsula! WA State Ferries are the best!
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I actually met Bill Gates out that way once. He likes ( or at least did) to cruise the thrift stores, and hope noone knows who he is. 🙄 I didn’t realize who he was at first, he just started saying some weird stuff, about old records I was looking at. Eccentric, yeah, that’s the ticket. 🤔😉
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Well ... I guess these are off the table this year!!
Did you get out for a long tour before the plague struck?
Do you have any travel hopes for 2021 or 2022?
Did you get out for a long tour before the plague struck?
Do you have any travel hopes for 2021 or 2022?
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So...I got an email from Delta yesterday. At this point, it's only waiving change fees and allowing re-scheduling (for up to 2 years out) for flights through the end of May. Mine is for mid-June. Guess it's waiting to see how things play out.
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Bike trip this year is off.
I do other outdoor activities to. There still is a good chance that I might do a backpacking trip in Aug/Sep in Northern Minnesota. A solo backpacking trip is the definition of social distancing. I did a two week backpacking trip there last year, Superior Hiking Trail. For this year I planned to mostly do part of the trail that was out of cell range but that was before the virus hit. But I think I would want to be in cell range this year, so if I go I will change my route to stay closer to rest of world communication.
And a solo canoe trip in Boundary Waters Canoe Area is possible in Oct, but that is too far in advance to plan.
I do other outdoor activities to. There still is a good chance that I might do a backpacking trip in Aug/Sep in Northern Minnesota. A solo backpacking trip is the definition of social distancing. I did a two week backpacking trip there last year, Superior Hiking Trail. For this year I planned to mostly do part of the trail that was out of cell range but that was before the virus hit. But I think I would want to be in cell range this year, so if I go I will change my route to stay closer to rest of world communication.
And a solo canoe trip in Boundary Waters Canoe Area is possible in Oct, but that is too far in advance to plan.
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Bike trip this year is off.
I do other outdoor activities to. There still is a good chance that I might do a backpacking trip in Aug/Sep in Northern Minnesota. A solo backpacking trip is the definition of social distancing. I did a two week backpacking trip there last year, Superior Hiking Trail. For this year I planned to mostly do part of the trail that was out of cell range but that was before the virus hit. But I think I would want to be in cell range this year, so if I go I will change my route to stay closer to rest of world communication.
And a solo canoe trip in Boundary Waters Canoe Area is possible in Oct, but that is too far in advance to plan.
I do other outdoor activities to. There still is a good chance that I might do a backpacking trip in Aug/Sep in Northern Minnesota. A solo backpacking trip is the definition of social distancing. I did a two week backpacking trip there last year, Superior Hiking Trail. For this year I planned to mostly do part of the trail that was out of cell range but that was before the virus hit. But I think I would want to be in cell range this year, so if I go I will change my route to stay closer to rest of world communication.
And a solo canoe trip in Boundary Waters Canoe Area is possible in Oct, but that is too far in advance to plan.
Back-country hiking trip sounds like a reasonable alternative.
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Yeah. Bike touring, you usually are re-supplying food every few days, and re-supplying in times of uncertainty can be stressful.
But backpacking you are 100 percent self contained for the entire trip. I would probably do some out and back kinds of trips, no more than five or six days to keep the food weight down. Then drive to a different entry point and repeat.
But backpacking you are 100 percent self contained for the entire trip. I would probably do some out and back kinds of trips, no more than five or six days to keep the food weight down. Then drive to a different entry point and repeat.
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No place really far this year due to owning a business, but I plan on taking two trips, each one is a 3 day ride and 2 nights camping on the road. One is from Fort Wayne Indiana to South Haven state park in Michigan (when the parks open of course), spend about 2 days there; and the other is from the same place to Sterling Heights Michigan to see my brother just to surprise him that I came to his place on a bike instead of a car. I will do some shorter ones to go camping and fishing, those are one day to get there and spend two maybe three nights and come back.
I have to wait to retire and hand the business over to a management team, which will be in about 4 years, then I plan to do a trip across America.
I do other short 3 day trips as the years go by till retirement to other places, just haven't decided where yet.
At least these short trips will give me a chance to fine tune my touring stuff, so when I go across America all my stuff will be more than ready to go.
I have to wait to retire and hand the business over to a management team, which will be in about 4 years, then I plan to do a trip across America.
I do other short 3 day trips as the years go by till retirement to other places, just haven't decided where yet.
At least these short trips will give me a chance to fine tune my touring stuff, so when I go across America all my stuff will be more than ready to go.