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bike park squirrel was not amused

Post author By megan
Post date 5.9.2008
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He sat there looking at me for 20 seconds, then chattered loudly and ran away with his pinecone.

And just to prove it really was in a bike park:

Ok, even that shot doesn’t look that much more bike-parky. Rest assured, there were more log rides, and some jumps, and a see-saw. And a 10km single trail loop that started out fairly smooth, but then seemed to get rougher and rougher as you went round it. My hardtail and I are petitioning against the excess of pine tree roots around Canmore. Also perhaps the rocks.

Tags bikes, canada, canmore, canmore nordic centre, squirrel

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hopi rock art

Post author By megan
Post date 3.9.2008
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If you squint your eyes and imagine really hard, you’ll see the pictographs in this photo, from a wall in Grotto Canyon. They’re not behind bars and mesh, so are all nice and polished from thousands of greasy fingers.

Tags canada, grotto canyon, pictograph, rock, rock art

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testing the lht

Post author By megan
Post date 2.9.2008
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Despite the miserable looking forecast for this weekend, the weather actually turned out ok (apart from the snow on Saturday night/Sunday morning, which cannot possibly count as ok). So when we decided to go for a ride out to Grotto Canyon followed by a hike up it as far as we could be bothered going, my backpack ended up being full of a nice ballast of warm and waterproof layers while we stripped down to t-shirts.

Biking out along the 1A to Grotto Canyon

And we ended up getting to the waterfall tucked in the back of Grotto Mountain, many kilometres up the Grotto Canyon drainage – up where it opens up wide. Hiking along a canyon can be difficult. There were no people, no wind, no noise – just silence and stillness. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and I had to keep fighting the primal urge to go and gain the high ground..

Tags bikes, bow valley, canmore, grotto canyon, long haul trucker, surly

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surly long haul trucker: i has it

Post author By megan
Post date 1.9.2008
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Thanks to the guys at Campione in Calgary, I’m now the happy owner of a very shiny Surly LHT.

It went for its first test ride today, and seems to work. And aaahhh, the smooth gear changes of a brand new bike. All stock components on it so far, no upgrades to fancier parts. I’ll probably keep it that way too, until things actually need replacing… except perhaps the saddle. A comfy saddle is always good.