November 13, 2019
ABOUT the ORIGINAL TOUR IDEA:
"Starting the truck is freedom." by Jamie Davis, Motor Truck & Auto Towing
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Tour Theme Song: Towman by Travis Kidd
NOTE: COVID postponed this trip, but it didn't cancel it! The 2021 version will be better than it could have been in 2020.
The Canadian "Heavy Rescue" Solo Bicycle Tour 2021 was designed around the reality TV series “Highway Thru Hell." The show highlights the professional heavy rescue towing experts of British Columbia and Alberta. The 35-day bicycle tour will start in West Seattle, WA and enter Canada north of Sumas WA at the Canadian border town of Abbotsford, BC.
From there east to Yahk, then north to Banff (approx. 850 miles / + elevation 54,068 feet). From Banff ....
... the route then runs popular "Icefields Parkway" to Jasper. The route will include the long climb over the Sunwapta Pass, the 2nd highest point on the Icefield Highway.
From Jasper west to Tete Jaune Cache and the Robson Valley. The route will include spectacular views of Mount Robson, the most prominent mountain in North America’s Rookie Mountsin range, and the highest point in the Canadian Rookies. From there southwest to Kamloops and the Nicola Valley to Whistler (approx. 560 miles / + elevation 33,475 feet).
The final leg from Whistler BC to Seattle, WA, will include a public bus from Whistler to Squamish to Horseshoe Bay, Canada. In Horseshoe Bay I will take two ferries to Nanaimo and then onto the southwestern corner the Tsawwassen Peninsula and of the City of Delta. From there I'll ride to the Peace Arch, Historical Park and cross into the U.S. and finish in Bellingham, WA. There, I plan to grab Amtrak to Seattle.
The final leg home (Pennsylvania) is scheduled for September 15, when I board Amtrak again for a trip across the United States! What a way to end the tour right!
* Special Link: Song to Wifey - Thank you for supporting my adventures, it means so much. See you soon; keep dancing while I'm gone!
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