I sure wouldn't trust this guy.

It’s like Mt Sopris at home, I can’t get too many photos, especially with a snow blanket.

I totally agree with you about the friendships and social importance of Cycle Blaze friends. I think it is finding the network of people with same interests. I used to work with some very nice people, but beyond work, weather, the price of gas, that sort of stuff, we didn’t have much to talk about.

I thought this to be a great secret, perhaps it isn’t. With Medicare, you get a Silver Sneakers membership. Depending on your plan? With Silver Sneakers, you get a free gym membership. I am not quite old enough for Medicare, but my retirement plan gave me a Silver Sneakers. I periodically tell myself I need to lift weights and go to the gym. I’m pretty much a gym failure, but I do like having that free membership.

I think so too. I never tire or this bridge.

The arches are even underneath. Okay. That's cool bridge!

Gothic arches are a nice touch!

Great! We’ve got a place booked already that we might as well stay with, but we’d love to meet up. We’ll get in touch when it gets closer. Why don’t you drop us a note to scoracand at gmail.

You should be getting homesick! It has a long road ahead yet, but it really does seem to be recovering.

You're making me homesick!

Yay! Your persistence pays off.

I've finally caught up on your news. I should be in Revelstoke July 23/24, and look forward to catching up with you. You are welcome to stay at my house if you like. The downside is that it's not within walking distance of downtown - I'm north of the highway. The upside is no train noises!

If you're here in August, I'm afraid I'll miss you. I'm heading to Ontario on August 1 for a visit and some time on lakes (warm ones!). I'm afraid that most of the bike riding around Revelstoke is hilly. But if you head south past the airport, it's relatively flat. And it's a beautiful ride along the Columbia River. Hiking-wise, there are too many to mention. But starting at the top of Mount Revelstoke and heading to Eva Lake and/or Miller Lake is a favourite, because you're in the sub-alpine right away. And then up to Jade Pass for an even better view.

Thanks for the detailed info! I have been using Komoot for trip planning and have paid for maps, but haven't forked out for the version that would let me plan a multi-day route. I also have the free version of RideWithGPS, but haven't used it much. Maybe it's time to pay some money for one of them :-)

I hope that one day I won't need multiple tools and apps. I'm using paper maps for the big picture, RWGPS and/or Komoot pushed to the Garmin for most navigation, but viewed on a phone when a bigger screen is desired, and then Google Maps in a pinch (better at re-routing and finding urban addresses, it seems to me). Argh.

Fantastic that this worked out with the Passports....and a visit to Boise!!!!
We've got those tentative date of 08-04 to TBD marked on our calendar!

We’ll figure out Tucson once we get a surgery schedule, and start looking for AirBnB then. We expect at least a month though, and maybe six weeks. We like to save some time on either end for the drive down and back to Portland, and it depends too on how soon we decide to get back into Europe again next spring.

My passport sympathies to you. Whenever I bicycle past Speedway on the bike path in Tucson, I think of how easy it would be to ride over there and get a passport - if only you could walk in to the office. How much of the winter are you thinking to spend in Tucson? For the next ten days the temperature there is around 110!