Old Dude Adventures

28/08/2018

Dave got home around 8 last night. So the great ride is over.

27/08/2018

Dave has taken the ferry back to Tsawwassen. I expect he'll be home by about 6 tonight. Latitude : 49.08949
Longitude : -123.02412
Time : 8/27/2018, 3:59:56 PM

27/08/2018

Dave has left Victoria and biked to Saanichton
Latitude : 48.59378
Longitude : -123.39743
Time : 8/27/2018, 11:01:27 AM

26/08/2018

Dave has reached Victoria Latitude : 48.43075
Longitude : -123.36711
Time : 8/25/2018, 9:25:27 PM
He'll visit with his daughter, son in law, and his granddaughter for a day, then come home late Monday

25/08/2018

Dave has now gone past Mill Bay Latitude : 48.6521
Longitude : -123.55722
Time : 8/25/2018, 1:28:57 PM
He'll be home by Monday

24/08/2018

Dave is in Ladysmith Latitude : 48.99777
Longitude : -123.82382
Time : 8/24/2018, 12:04:55 PM

24/08/2018

Dave is finally on the island at Latitude : 49.11334
Longitude : -123.89156
Time : 8/23/2018, 7:52:24 PM
Here's hoping this goes better than the other one 😀

23/08/2018

Dave has left on the last of his trip. We don't know how the smoke will affect him, but he's left today when the winds have changed to give him the best chance

23/08/2018

Dave is actually leaving tomorrow morning

19/08/2018

It has now been decided. Dave will leave on Wednesday for the Island, and bike around there to complete his grand bike for Diabetes. 😍😎

12/08/2018

Due to wild fires, and road work, Dave won't be able to carry on with his ride the way he was doing it. He's thinking of riding from home up to the Sunshine Coast, around Vancouver Island, and back home again. He's having his elbow looked at now that he has recovered from the heat stroke. It was damaged before he started the ride, and is now acting up again. We suspect bone chips. Once that's cleared away we'll give you the updated ride.

06/08/2018

I will have to delete this page I'm sorry. It will be incorporated into our new Adventures of Two Old Farts page, with one for Dave under Old Dude Adventures, and one for Laurie under Laurie's Adventures, as well as Adventures of Two Old Farts

03/08/2018

Dave is mending, but he's still not himself

02/08/2018

Dave is now home. He still gets waves of dizziness from the heat stroke.

01/08/2018

Dave is on his way home, now. He has all of his stuff, including his bike, in his daughter's car. He'll rest here, and heal, and then see about finishing the ride.

31/07/2018

Dave went to the hospital today, in Golden. He does have heat stroke, and they tell him no more of the ride. His daughter, Kathleen will pick him up and bring him home. He'll get here Wednesday or Thursday. He'll rest up, get over the heat stroke, then see about finishing the ride. ☹️

29/07/2018

I talked to Dave over the phone. He'll stay in Golden a few more days, at least two, maybe three or four. He got heat stroke riding into Golden,so he's taking it easy until all symptoms leave him. He's sending home things he doesn't need any more, resting, cooling off, and taking it slowly.

28/07/2018

Dave has made it to Golden!
Latitude : 51.30118
Longitude : -116.9693
Time : 7/28/2018, 2:39:15 PM
He'll rest there for a couple of days.

28/07/2018

Dave has now biked past Mount Hunter, Beaverhead Peak, and Navvy Peak, and is just above Golden, that he didn't expect to reach until tomorrow. Go Dave! He'll be there for a couple of days, having a shower and a rest, charging up his things, and with any luck putting up some pictures.

28/07/2018

Dave has now passed Cathedral Moutain, Odaray Mountain, Mount Owen, left Emerald Lake, gone past Mt Vaux, stopped at Leanchoil, and is now biking past Mount Hunter on his way to Golden.
Latitude : 51.26427
Longitude : -116.73798
Time : 7/28/2018, 9:41:37 AM

27/07/2018

Dave has now biked past Mt Field, and Mt Stephen, and he's going past Walcott Peak as we speak. He went past Yoho Trading Post, the Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, going past Emerald Lake on the Transcanada Highway.
Latitude : 51.40604
Longitude : -116.47583
Time : 7/27/2018, 2:47:30 PM

27/07/2018

Dave has now left Alberta and is in BC. He left Highway 93 just before Lake Louise, turned onto Highway 1, and is now heading to Kicking Horse Pass.
Latitude : 51.45254
Longitude : -116.30183
Time : 7/27/2018, 12:48:10 PM

27/07/2018

Dave is currently at Mosquito Creek Camping Grounds, under Mount Andromache, on Highway 93.
Latitude : 51.63038
Longitude : -116.33096
Time : 7/26/2018, 2:49:05 PM

25/07/2018

Dave is now at Latitude : 52.0673
Longitude : -116.90108
Time : 7/25/2018, 11:22:33 AM
He's gone past Mt Coleman and is now on the way to Mt Sarbach.

25/07/2018

Dave is on the road again. He's at Latitude : 52.20953
Longitude : -117.14911
Time : 7/25/2018, 8:24:27 AM
He is leaving Mt Athabasca, going past Cirrus Mountain, and on his way to Mt Coleman.

25/07/2018

Dave is still at the Ice Fields. He'll set out again tomorrow

24/07/2018

24/07/2018

Dave set off on his marathon bike ride. He's already reached Mt Athabasca, and stopped to look at the Ice Fields.

22/07/2018

We left Richmond by car at 3 in the morning last Friday. We travelled to Prince George with no problems, getting there in time for dinner with Michelle and Aaron, Dave's daughter. We crashed the first night, and set about visiting with Michelle, Aaron and their two boys, Drostan who is 4 and Aizen who is 1 1/2.
The children are exceedingly bright, and ask questions you wouldn't expect from such young ones. They are both in difficult ages, and quite exhausting.
We also visited with Dave and Colleen, and their children, Lindsey who was about to turn 12 and Daniel who is 9. They were more restful. Dave2 was only too willing to take Dave1 up to Jasper, because he could visit with Daniel 1 on 1 and also spend some time with his Dad. Very good.
So we had a plan - I would take care of the boys while everyone was doing what they needed to do, then the next day we would celebrate Lindsey's birthday, then the next day Dave and Dave and Daniel would take off to Jasper.
It all worked out very well. D&D&D set off at 7 am, and I crashed on Colleen's sofa while she was at work and Lindsey too in a sewing lesson.
I stayed the night with Colleen and Lindsey, and took the Greyhound home.
I can report that Dave is now at Latitude : 52.51364
Longitude : -117.57304
Time : 7/22/2018, 9:28:52 AM
I'll report again where he's at, and give you what he says when he gets within cell phone range
Laurie