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* 8:45ish - arrive at Broadway & Granville; the 351 comes at 9:09, 9:39, 10:09, 10:37 | * 8:45ish - arrive at Broadway & Granville; the 351 comes at 9:09, 9:39, 10:09, 10:37 | ||
* 10ish - arrive in White Rock, get off the 351 | * 10ish - arrive in White Rock, get off the 351 | ||
| − | * Have lunch? Bike from White Rock to the border crossing (bike south to 8 Ave, then take | + | * Have lunch? Bike from White Rock to the Peace Arch border crossing (bike south to 8 Ave, then take Hw-99 to the Peace Arch) |
* 11ish - arrive at the border and hope the wait won't be too bad. Let's hope for a two hour wait. | * 11ish - arrive at the border and hope the wait won't be too bad. Let's hope for a two hour wait. | ||
| − | * 13ish - | + | * 13ish - take the I-5 to Peace Portal Drive, and follow that for about 10 km; then take the Birch Bay Lynden Rd for another 10 km. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Peace+Portal+Dr%2FWA-548&daddr=Rathbone+Rd&geocode=FZKi6wIdevKu-A%3BFQGH6gIdA1ey-A&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&dirflg=w&sll=48.993566,-122.73797&sspn=0.026244,0.077248&ie=UTF8&ll=48.940656,-122.649994&spn=0.105087,0.30899&t=h&z=12 ] |
| + | * 14:30ish - Exit on Rathbone Rd, then follow GPS and any roads around. | ||
* 15ish - arrive at hashpoint | * 15ish - arrive at hashpoint | ||
* turn around and hope this route will work on the way back | * turn around and hope this route will work on the way back | ||
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===To pack=== | ===To pack=== | ||
* '''passport''' | * '''passport''' | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 29 May 2009
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Location
Beside (hopefully) a farm on the Nooksack River
Participants
- Elbie, iff she has enough results from the experiment she should be working on right now
Planning
Itinerary
- 8:15 - leave UBC, bike to a 351 stop
- 8:45ish - arrive at Broadway & Granville; the 351 comes at 9:09, 9:39, 10:09, 10:37
- 10ish - arrive in White Rock, get off the 351
- Have lunch? Bike from White Rock to the Peace Arch border crossing (bike south to 8 Ave, then take Hw-99 to the Peace Arch)
- 11ish - arrive at the border and hope the wait won't be too bad. Let's hope for a two hour wait.
- 13ish - take the I-5 to Peace Portal Drive, and follow that for about 10 km; then take the Birch Bay Lynden Rd for another 10 km. [1]
- 14:30ish - Exit on Rathbone Rd, then follow GPS and any roads around.
- 15ish - arrive at hashpoint
- turn around and hope this route will work on the way back
To pack
- passport
- a good book to read while potentially waiting an hour or so to get my bike on the 351, and then at the border crossing
- food & water for the day
- cycling accessories
- GPS, camera
- maps of the area
