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Cindie's Daily Journal: British Columbia, (BC) Canada

Valdez, Alaska to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada (July 1st - Aug. 1, 2008)


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July 30 Junction 37 to Beaver Dam Rest Area 78 km. We woke to a sunny day and took our time packing, I could not resist the nice weather and decided to ride rather than rest another day. The day turned into a challenge with headwinds and rain storms. But hey I did get to ride. I was nervous for a while, I know that shingles can be really serious and painful.

July 31 Beaver Dam Rest Area to Simmons Lake 61 km. Ok, riding was hard today, climbing is harder and slower than usual. For me it was the worst day on the bike. The thing that kept me going was the scenery. We stopped at Jade City free coffee and continued on to Simmons lake.

Aug. 1 Simmons Lake to Rapid Grizzly Rest Area. 75 km. Bears don't shit in the woods they shit in the road. We saw a huge pile of fresh bear dung on the road into our camp site. Yikes, it sent chills down my spine. Not a kilometer away we smelt an awful dead animal smell and later learned that a semi carrying fish went off the road there. Great a bear magnet right next to our camp site.

Gravel road

Aug. 2 Rapid Grizzly Rest Area to Dease Lake 32 km.

Aug 3. Dease Lake Nice grocery store Sunny day

Aug 4. Dease Lake to Lake M Recreation site 65 km.

Aug. 5 Lake M Recreation site Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park 62 km.

Aug 6 Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park to Little Bob Quinn Lake 75 km.

Aug. 7 Little Bob Quinn Lake to Bob Bell II Lodge 44 km.

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INDEX #6: Alaska, Canada, and USA
5-3-08 to 4-30-10

1North and Central America 3-30-02 to 4-17-03	2 South America 6-3-03 to 6-17-04	3 SE Asia / China 11-22-04 to 9-15-06	4 Australia 9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand 9-16-07 to 5-2-08	6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA 5-3-08 to 4-30-10	7 India. Nepal, and the Subcontinent 5-1-10 to present	Where am I now Subscribe to Email Newsletter

Alaska, USA
Valdez, Alaska to Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada (July 1 - 13, 2008)

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- Valdez Alaska, USA: home of the oil pipeline
- Valdez to Glenallen, Alaska
- Glennallen, Tok, Alaska to Beaver Creek Canada

Yukon, BC, Canada

Cindie's Daily Journals for Canada

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- Canadian Border- Beaver Creek to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
- Northern (BC) British Colombia, Canada
- Bob Bell II to Prince Rupert British Columbia, Canada
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Washington, Oregon, and California

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- Bicycle Touring in Washington State on the Adventure Cycling route and maps
- Oregon #1: Pacific Coast bicycle touring route
- Oregon: #2 Pacific Coast Bicycle touring
- Northern California and the Red Woods National Park
- Northern California #2, Red Wood National Park and avenue of the Giants scenic drive
- Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, and the wine vineyards
-San Francisco Bay Area
- Phil Wood bicycle hub Factory
- San Jose to Santa Cruz, California.
- Santa Cruz to Oxnard, California

Arizona
Tucson/Yuma to Jacob's Lake, USA

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Computer Crash and Selling Books at El Tour De Tucson
Return to America
Winter Break in the Arizona Desert
Mp3 interview download and itchy feet
A quickie before I go
Back on the road and you are invited to our public appearances.

LETTER Seven Years DownTheRoad: What has changed and what we have learned.

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- Tucson City and El Tour De Tucson Bicycle Expo
- Winter Break in Yuma Arizona
- Yuma to Phoenix Arizona
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Why and Ajo, Arizona
- Phoenix to Prescott to Flagstaff
- Flagstaff to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park
-Grand Canyon NP to Jacobs Lake the Utah border

Utah

Kanab to Monticello, USA (May 2009)

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- Kanab to Bryce Canyon, Utah
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Bryce Canyon to Torry, Utah on Adventure Cycling's Western Express
- Capital Reef National Park to Lake Powell National Recreation Area
- Lake Powell to Blanding and Monticello, Utah on Adventure Cycling's Western Express

Colorado
(June, 2009)

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- Delores to Telluride, Colorado on Adventure Cycling Western Express
- Telluride to Montrose to Monarch Pass, Colorado
- Monarch Crest Pass, Salida, Pueblo
- Pueblo to Sheridan Lakes, Colorado and the Kansas border

Kansas Nebraska
(June/July, 2009)

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- Colorado Border, Tribune, Kansas on Adventure Cycling Trans-America Bicycle Touring Trail
- Fort Larned, Kansas
- Scott City, Kansas to the Prairie Grasslands National Monument and the green Flint Hills
- Council Grove, Manhattan, University of Kansas to the Nebraska boarder
- Nebraska

Bicycle Touring in the Mid West: Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario

(July - August, 2009)

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- RAGBRAI Bike Ride Across Iowa
- Cycling in Indiana
- Ohio: bicycle touring on Adventure Cycling's Northern Tier
- Ontario Canada, Bicycle Touring Lake Erie Coast, Canada

East Coast

New York State - Niagara to Albany

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- Niagara to Ithaca On the Erie Canal bicycle touring trail and Tow Path
- Ithaca to Fort Stanwix in Rome, upstate New York
- Fort Stanwix in Rome, NY
- Rome to New York City - NYC
- Bicycle Touring in New York City NYC
- Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York City NYC
- 9/11 Trinity Church near the Twin Towers Terrorist Attack Site Under Construction
- Wall Street and the Manhattan Financial District in New York City
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Liberty Bell, Independence Hall on the C&O Canal Tow Path Bike Trail.
- Valley Forge National Park and Historic Site through the Amish lands to York and Gettysburg
- Gettysburg National Historic Site and Civil War Battlefield Park #1
- Bicycle Touring in Gettysburg National Park and Civil War Historic Battle Field Site.
- Gettysburg - York - Maryland - DC
- Washington DC District of Colombia Capital of the USA United States of America
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC

1North and Central America 3-30-02 to 4-17-03	2 South America 6-3-03 to 6-17-04	3 SE Asia / China 11-22-04 to 9-15-06	4 Australia 9-15-06 to 9-15-07
5 New Zealand 9-16-07 to 5-2-08	6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA 5-3-08 to 4-30-10	7 India. Nepal, and the Subcontinent 5-1-10 to present	Where am I now Subscribe to Email Newsletter