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Ottawa Bicycle Club Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour 2011
This year was the 40th year that the Ottawa Bicycle Club sponsored a weekend tour from Ottawa to Kingston and back. I cycled in the 2009 tour (photos by Graeme) but had injuries last year and other commitments this year. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged bikes, Carleton University, cyclists, images, kingston, ottawa bicycle club, photgraphs, photos, rideau lakes, Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour 2011, RLCT, volunteers
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Ride for Dad
Motorcycle Ride for Dad Event – Fighting Prostate Cancer So, I awoke to the sounds of honking and beeping and with my initial glance out the window I saw that the police were at the intersection. I guessed that there … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged advertisements, amnesia, balcony, bikes, can-am, carling ave, closer look, few minutes, Fight Against Prostate Cancer, Fighting Protate Cancer, fundraiser, glance, hadn, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, honking, images, intersection, late night, motorcycle event, Motorcycle Ride For Dad, Motorcycles, photographs, photos, Research & Education, ride for dad
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Watts Creek Trail Revisited – May 21, 2011
The sky was blue again today ( a rare treat these days) so my wife and I headed out for a cycle along the Watts Creek Trail from Kanata over to Britannia Beach. No tulips along this trail but the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Watts Creek Pathway
Tagged apartment building, apple orchard, apple trees, aromas, bikes, Britannia Beach, full bloom, lilacs, mg roadster, Nepean, Ontario, Ottawa, parking lot, photographer's reflection, photographing buildings, residential area, shiny objects, sky, watts creek, Watts Creek Pathway
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Camping in Florida- St. Lucie Lock and Dam, Stuart, Florida
We were happy that we decided to go to a hotel last night. Lots of thunder, lightning and high winds overnight and a tornado was sighted west of where we would have been camping. Today, we would be setting up … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Bald Eagle, berry, bikes, Brown pelican, brown pelicans, butterfly, camping, camping in florida, campsite, corps of engineers, cycling, damselfly, drainage ditch, fence, ferns, flat tire, Florida, flower, Heliaeetus leucocephalus, hot showers, images, Kramer Highway, lake okeechobee, pelicans, phipps, photography, photos, pictures, Stuart, stuart florida, tent site, tents, wetland vegetation
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Cycling in Florida – Anhinga babies and young alligators
Today, while John was doing some final packing, I jumped on the bike once more and pedaled over to the Anhinga Trail for one last visit. Part of the trail from the campground passes over some limestone sections that are … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligator, alligators, American Stork, Anhinga, Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), Anhinga anhinga, anhinga trail, anhingas, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, babies, baby alligators, back entrance, bandwidth, bikes, bird life, Black Vulture, boy scout camp, Boy Scouts Of America., Camp Everglades, claw, Coragyps atratus, cormorant, cute smiles, cyclists, Double-crested Cormorant, Eudocimus albus, Everglades, Everglades national park, ft lauderdale area, great blue heron, Great Egret, having a good time, Ibis, Mycteria americana, Phalacrocorax auritus, photos, rock formation, South Florida Council, spreading their wings, underground river, vultures, White Ibis, Wood Stork
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Cycling in Florida- the Everglades
Once we arrived back at our vehicle in Tarpon Springs and looked at the forecast again, we decided to make the long drive further south and east to Everglades National Park, arrived well past midnight, pitched tent and fought off … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligator, alligators, Anhinga, anhinga trail, bicycle, bikes, Black Vulture, boardwalks, cycling, Everglades national park, Florida, key biscayne, mosquitoes, photos, sun, tent, warm weather
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Cycling in Florida – Pinellas Trail – Tarpons Springs
Late at night, we had pulled into the Tahiti near Tarpon Springs and enjoyed some much needed sleep. In the morning, the weather was still not looking the best but after a nice hot breakfast, we decided to stick around … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged bicycle, bike, bikes, break in the weather, bridge, citrus fruits, covered bridge restaurant, covered bridges, cycling, cycling trails, Florida, food outlets, fruit stand, grapefruit, oranges, photos, pinellas trail, post cards, railroad lines, railway, rain storm, restaurant food, roadside fruit stand, sponge docks, st petersburg, tarpon springs, Tarpon Springs Florida, tarpons springs, trailhead, weather
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Florida Trip – Crossing the Border
We left Toronto early Wednesday morning and headed for the Windsor/Detroit border crossing. The roads in Toronto were pretty messy with a combination of ice and slush making loading the bikes onto the truck and general packing activities a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Michigan, USA
Tagged bikes, crossing the border, detroit, detroit area, detroit pistons, economic downturn, Florida, florida trip, fog, Gainesville, I-75, industry, Michigan, night time, pistons, plows, slush, smoke, Toronto, travel, trucks, tunnel, windsor
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam Amsterdam was our first city on the Contiki – European Inspiration Tour. The city with the Red Light District and Painted Elephant Statues… Canals everywhere, feels a lot like home (Ottawa’s Rideau Canal). There were a lot of bikes … Continue reading
Ottawa Bicycle Club Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour – Spring 2009
Each year, the Ottawa Bicycle Club sponsors and organizes the “Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour”. The event in 2009 marks the 38th anniversary of the event. The tour is a supported tour with cyclists traveling the approximately 177km one-way route from … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Perth
Tagged 2009 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour, 2011 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour, annual event, Ashton, bicycle, bike, bike tour, bikes, Canada, cyclists, dorms, glen coe, highways, hills, images, kingston, kingston ontario, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa bicycle club, ottawa ontario, Perth, perth ontario, photography, Queen's University, rideau lakes, Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour, RLCT, roadways, sporting event, Spring cycling event
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