\nThat we would bike the Goat Creek trail today,
\nAnd all the way to old Banff town — and maybe back again,
\nso we needed one more snow bike for the ride.
\nAll the gear was gathered from the cupboards high and low
\nAnd piled in heaps upon the hallway floor,
\nFor we’d learned to love hard riding through the snow and mountain air,
\nAnd the toddler in his carriage cried for more.<\/p>\n
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The bikes were fully loaded, so we set off up to Whiteman’s Gap,
\nThe old pass that takes forever just to reach;
\nBut from the top the views around could not be beat —
\nOn a day with such a blue and cloudless sky.
\nAs we reached the trailhead we switched the Chariot to skis,
\nThe better then to glide over the snow;
\nFor things were getting tougher as we pedalled down the trail,
\nCould be we’d bitten off more than we could chew. <\/p>\n
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The snowy path we pedalled — staying out of skiers tracks
\nSo the going was as hard as it could be,
\nFor we rode on deep fresh snow, completely uncompressed
\nA straight line was hard to keep, and so we tired.
\nThen we halted for a moment, for a snack and sip of tea,
\nAnd for the wee young toddler to run about,
\nBefore long we returned sore rears to seats and then were off,
\nChurning through the snow with heavy legs.<\/p>\n
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And down by Banff Springs Hotel, where the tourists flock about
\nThe mountains rise majestic up on high,
\nWhere the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze
\nAt midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
\nAnd where around the ski trails the pine trees sweep and sway
\nTo the breezes, and their icy beauty cannot be denied,
\nThe snow bikes are still looked at with amazement and dismay,
\nAnd the people tell the story of their ride.<\/center><\/p>\n
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(My apologies to Banjo Paterson, I have no idea what possessed me.) There was movement at the bike shop, for the decision had been made That we would bike the Goat Creek trail today, And all the way to old Banff town — and maybe back again, so we needed one more snow bike for the ride. All the gear was gathered from the cupboards high and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,24,1,1270,14,17],"tags":[1272,1274,1405],"class_list":["post-3903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes","category-canada","category-general","category-moosling","category-snow","category-trip-reports","tag-chariot","tag-goat-creek","tag-snow-bike"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"megan","author_link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?author=1"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130322-IMG_0265-L-200x300.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["bikes<\/a>","canada<\/a>","general<\/a>","moosling<\/a>","snow<\/a>","trip reports<\/a>"],"unlinked":["bikes<\/span>","canada<\/span>","general<\/span>","moosling<\/span>","snow<\/span>","trip reports<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["chariot<\/a>","goat creek<\/a>","snow bike<\/a>"],"unlinked":["chariot<\/span>","goat creek<\/span>","snow bike<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"1","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 13 years ago","modified":"Updated 12 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 22.3.2013","modified":"Updated on 9.2.2014"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 22.3.2013 8:57 pm","modified":"Updated on 9.2.2014 10:09 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4924,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/4924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Distance covered: 30km, Elevation gain: 750m, we didn’t bike back to Canmore as we ran out of time, and weren’t feeling that<\/em> masochistic anyway)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"