Le Petit Train du Nord – Day 1
Today I embarked on a two day trip from Mont Laurier to St. Jerome, QC along the Petit Train du Nord (PTN). The PTN used to...
August 18, 2019
Author: Bill Baggs
Is that your tent???
Said my wife when she arrived to visit me at Rideau River Prov. Park yesterday. She had arrived, even though it had forecasted thunderstorms, thinking if...
July 14, 2019
This is my dad
Bill Baggs Sr. He passed away 5 years ago this August and I miss him every day. I thought I would dedicate this month’s blog to...
June 16, 2019
Boy, that’s a lotta gear
It’s now less than one year before my bicycle trip across Canada. Training is in full swing. Thursday Paul and I did some hills in Gatineau...
May 20, 2019
This is Paul
Exactly 13 months to go before my trip. I’m just getting some decent riding in now. Although I have been out and about this past winter...
April 19, 2019
Are you nuts???
Something very common among those to whom I speak about my trip is their concern over my safety. I agree that this trip has inherent risks...
March 25, 2019
15 months to go
In exactly 15 months I will leave BC (starting point to be determined, Vancouver or Tofino) to start my adventure across Canada by bicycle. This is...
February 19, 2019
The plan
The tentative plan is to cycle from Vancouver BC to St. John’s NFLD, over 7,400 kms. I’m throwing around the idea of cycling from Tofino to...
February 1, 2019
My bike
I’m riding a 2016 Kona Sutra which I purchased at Tall Tree Cycles on Somerset Street in Ottawa. It’s a great bike. I have put over...
January 31, 2019
