Some Photo's from Canada (Calgary and Vancouver Area)

I finally got around to putting some photo's together from a great trip back to Canada in August:
- August 10th back to Calgary for Geoff's wedding on the 12th (what a great wedding - Geoff, where are the pics??!)
- August 13th Hang-Over/2544 Reunion hike (sans Geoff - he was a little busy with Maria.....)
- August 20th-25th on the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail on Vancouver Island - what an absolutely incredible place! We had uncanny weather, and hardly anybody there (lots of bear shit though....)

That's all for now - gotta go ride :o) This weekend should be good - going to the Belgian Ardennes for a 70km MTB rally on Saturday and a 120km road ride on Sunday......lets see how my body feels after that MTB ride (since I haven't been off-roading in a long time I predict I'll be in a world of lower back pain).

Here's a shot on the Hang-Over hike to The Fort (Kananaskis Country). There's nothing like this in the Netherlands! We hiked around this lake and then up a scree slope to the summit, where it was warm enough to have a 1 hour nap time (good for the hang-over crew!). That's one of the few times I've made it to a peak and been able to just sit and relax and not worry about the cold :o)






Here's an image from the Juan de Fuca Marine Trial looking at the beautiful sunset. Craig's got a ton of shots from this trip - I hope I can get them from him. The trail was a mix of hiking along the beach, tropical rainforest (was this Canada?), and cedar forests. Absolutely incredible hiking - highly recommended!!!



And finally a classic shot from the Prarie View/Jewel Pass Trail at the head of K-Country. You'll likely remember this shot if you've seen the cover of the MTB Rides of the Canadian Rockies book. I ended up going there on my own (it was a Monday and everybody else had to work!), so I did 2 full loops and loved every minute of it! The downhill is pretty chewed up these days, and Marcos' Kona Kula was not the best performance bike for this, but I was still loving it (too many people just use suspension to mask poor bike handling skills anyway.......Geoff???! - kidding :o)



Keep on ridin!