Dude, can we go home now?
Sure can. After one more little ride around the lake you’re free to never ride a bike again.
That was a big pile of fun. No more KVR until next May!
St George’s
St. Georges KVR – Day 3
Is it almost over?
Another rainy morning on the KVR. Well, rainy by Princeton standards anyway. I can only imagine what the other Sea to Sky groups are experiencing (as we found out later, the Juan De Fuca Trail group got over 50mm of rain a day this week).
We started out today with a little basic stunt action in the ruins of Granite City.
Not everyone took to it like a duck to water…
Ahhh, I knew there was a drawback to hybrid wheels….
Once we got warmed up, it was time for the annual relay race. As you can see, these guys hate riding bikes.
No smiles here, either.
Calvin was just glad to not have to carry his man purse for a change.
The other team was soundly trashing us until Evan got into the race. Evan didn’t even want to do a lap, as he was so concerned about being the weak link in the chain. So a few of our guys went out at ran the course with him to cheer him on. Here you can see Evan, about 200’ off the track, totally oblivious to the fact that he’s missed the track completely…
As luck would have it, the guy on the other squad he was racing went even further off track, and is already a half lap behind.
So Evan became the triumphant here, complete with cheerleaders (note to self, don’t date the cheerleaders at an all boys school).
So for the last couple of turns around the track it was smooth sailing for us.
I think it cheered Alex up for the rest of the day.
For dinner, a freshly toasted S’more a la Danika.
Mmmm…that’s a good S’more.
Awww…too many clouds to get a good view with Andrew’s new telescope. I TOTALLY want one of these. It auto tracks celestial bodies for crystal clear viewing. Well, when there’s no clouds it does.
Johanna isn’t really interested in anything but water. Who said this was easy? I did? I must have been lying….
St. Georges KVR – Day 2
OK, so today started with rain. And there’s no showers. But there’s an A&W in Princeton, so the boys are stoked.
Forget the wondrous beauty of nature, the historical significance of the railway, the achievements of mankind wrought against the grandeur of the natural world….we’ve got trans fats.
Besides, we’re having a pull up contest at the gazebo.
At least they’re impressed by dead things in the water.
From the looks of things, there’s a big cougar around here.
I’m pretty sure that the cougar isn’t scared of you guys.
So many dead things on the trail. We saw three dead deer and one headless squirrel in one km of the KVR today.
But they still wouldn’t go any faster….
OK, lunch break. Anyone want to go swimming?
Apparently I’m the only one dumb enough to try that.
Aki at least was into jumping the fire. I think he almost got his rear wheel off the ground and everything.
Oh look, another cougar kill.
Granite City in the rain.
Oh, and someone didn’t do a very good job of setting the tent up before it got wet. Gotta love the organizational skills of the 15 year old male.
Danika gets a moto lesson from one of the Coalmont locals. She hardly came close to hitting the van at all….
No trip to Granite City is complete without a little oral history from the locals on all the ghosts and spirits that haunt the area.
Gotta just let it get a little bit darker….
..and then we can go visit the graveyard. Evan, look out behind you!
Never mind, I think it’s too cold out for zombies.
