2009-05-09 49 -125

Location

Near Courtenay.

Participants?

None. Elbie had every intention of doing it, even with a cold, and was packed and ready the night before... only to be thwarted when she woke up at 3:20 with the menstrual cramps from hell.

Elbie earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize

by chickening out on the (49, -125) geohash on 2009-05-09.

Planning

Plan A

3:20 - Elbie wakes up
4:10 - depart UBC
5:20 - get to Homer & Georgia, and hope no other cyclists will be there
5:35 - the 250 departs Homer & Georgia
6:19 - arrive in Horseshoe Bay, get on the 6:30 ferry to Nanaimo
8:10 - arrive in Nanaimo, start biking to Courtenay
~14:00 - arrive in Courtenay, go to hashpoint
15:00 - turn around and start biking to Nanaimo
~20:30 - arrive in Nanaimo
21:00 - ferry departs to Horseshoe Bay
22:40 - arrive in Horseshoe Bay
23:10 - 250 departs Horseshoe Bay, or if the rack is claimed, a long bike ride home in the dark.

Plan B

around 6 AM - Bike to Horseshoe Bay - takes about three hours with generous stops
10:30 - Ferry to Departure Bay in Nanaimo [1] - about a two hour ride
12:30 - Bike from Nanaimo to Courtenay [2] - about 116 km, should take me about five hours
17:30?? - Bike to hashpoint - about 4 km from the trail - and hope it isn't private property.
18:00 - start searching for the Greyhound station in Courtenay
18:25 - Greyhound departs Courtenay to Vancouver
23:25 - Greyhound arrives in downtown Vancouver, bike home from there


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