After a rough night of wild camping and some upset tummies, we had almost completed a redeeming trio of spectacular hikes to a waterfall, an underground cave and a massive rock arch, when Sitka discovered the goopy insides of a seemingly dry, car-tire-sized cow...
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If it rains, go swimming! New Zealand Week Three
Over six months of cycling, it's gonna rain. Despite our lucky track record of great weather on bike trips, we knew we’d be in for the odd string of soggy days. And when it gets wet, we both get a bit grouchy. But Heron...
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Adapting adds to the adventure: New Zealand Week Two
With enough willpower and protein bars, just about any place in the world is accessible by bike. Some fewer, however, if you're towing a 75-lb. trailer with a five-year-old.
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Maori greetings, wave racing and a cyclone: New Zealand Week One
Within the first seven days of our six month adventure across the Pacific, we met a kiwi bird up close, delivered 55 pizzas in our bike trailer to a camp of skydiving competitors, snorkelled with snappers and angelfish, and were rescued from a cyclone...
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Oceania Odyssey!
We're busy in New Westminster planning for our upcoming adventure - a six-month cycling odyssey through Australia, New Zealand and French Polynesia! 6,000 km, two Bike Friday folding tandems, a tent, and two very excited little boys!
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Staying fit as a family in New West
Looking for ways to stay fit as a family? Check out these ideas for fitting family exercise into your daily routine, and some top cycling spots in and around New West. Happy cycling!
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Cycling in the city – with kids!
Cycling is such an amazing way to spend time together as a family, stay fit and healthy, and explore new places - and of course help release some of that endless kid-energy! Here are our best family cycling tips - with gear options from...
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Guest Post: Hide and Seek with Bearspray
Guest Post by Ed Gillis - a travel essay about our families' 2012 Yukon River paddling adventure
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Top Ten Tips: canoe-tripping with kids
The first from our 'Top Ten Tips" series - lessons from the road (and river!) that we hope will make adventuring with your kids all the more likely, and fun!
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