Dreaming of Bike Touring

As Spring  has turned into Summer - this year I have been sinking all my time into being mountain fit for two things: 1) my mountaineering course at the end of June, and 2) making sure I am bike fit and getting out on the bike as often as possible. After having our bikes stolen just before Christmas, having 2 new bikes I am set up for anything - XC, AM and DH riding, as well as getting on the road bike and training and burning whatever is left of my energy out in fitness session before work in the mornings.

I have been madly planning weekends and trip with my riding buddies to pack in around all the weddings that seem to be happening this summer, and looking around I came across these movies for mountain biking in BC:

The Kootnies one especially has me wanting to do several weeks through the mountains and ranges of interior BC, just riding and camping with a good group of friends. (why do we only get three weeks of holidays a year here!!?)

The other bike adventure that I have been talking about with my mate Budro is a bike/camp trip out to the San Juan Islands down in Washington, inspired by another bit of footage I saw at the end of last year:

Getting everything together onto a trailer - walking onto a ferry and heading out for a long weekend over in Moran State Park on Orcas Island, WA.

Lets see how many of my thousand bike related dreams I can pull off this summer!!

JM