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or: Greyhound from Nanaimo to Courtenay. But that's a ca.$50 round trip ticket.
 
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We can combine the biking and the driving -- bike to the point, then to Courtenay/Comox and rent a car and put the bikes in the back, drive it to Nanaimo, and then bring the bikes on the ferry or somesuch. Would this be at all cheaper than splitting a ferry toll for a car? [[Special:Contributions/128.189.245.49|128.189.245.49]] 19:16, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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Revision as of 19:16, 3 July 2009

Sun 5 Jul 2009 in 49,-125:
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Location

Side of Inland Island Hwy, near Courtenay

Participants

  • Elbie
  • Rhonda
  • Xore, whose bike is not in any shape for riding (and who isn't ready for 200km anyway)

Planning

Probably the same as my last Courtenay attempt, unless somebody with a car volunteers.

By bike

Highly approximate times.

  • 3:30 - leave UBC by bike to Horseshoe Bay
  • 6:20 - ferry to Departure Bay
  • 8:00 - bike from Nanaimo to hashpoint (about 100 km)
  • 14:00 - briefly celebrate
  • 15:00 - bike back to Nanaimo (another 100 km)
  • 21:05 - penultimate ferry to Horseshoe Bay [1]
  • 23:00 - bike home and collapse on bed sometime well past midnight.

If somebody has a car

Entirely subject to what the driver feels is most convenient for them. And Elbie will pay gas.

  • 9:00 - pick up whoever is coming at seabus terminal (8:45 departure from downtown)
  • 10:40 - ferry to Departure Bay - plan to arrive at ticket booth ~9:30
  • 12:20 - drive from Nanaimo to hashpoint
  • 13:30 - arrive at hashpoint, celebrate leisurely
  • 15:30 - drive back to Nanaimo
  • 17:20 - ferry to Horseshoe Bay - plan to arrive at ticket booth ~16:30 [2] (note this is expected to be busy - there may be a sailing wait)
  •  ? - drive back to Vancouver, (maybe) get home for dinner

Looks like a good schedule. Rhonda & Xore might make a side trip to Victoria on the way back. If that's the case, we can drop Elbie off at the Nanaimo ferry and she might make the 16:40 ferry as a walk on passenger. Taking the car on the ferry is cheaper (with 3 people) than taking the greyhound to Courtenay and back, too! -- Rhonda 17:43, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

By Public Transit

Doesn't appear doable solely by bus.

  • Translink bus to Horseshoe Bay
  • Nanaimo Route 90 goes from Nanaimo to Parksville [3]
  • the 89 goes from Parksville to Qualicum Beach [4]
  • how to get from Qualicum to Buckley Bay? About 45 km.
  • Comox Valley Route 10 goes from Buckley Bay to Comox [5]
  • Route 2 goes to Cumberland, which gets pretty close to the hashpoint [6]

or: Greyhound from Nanaimo to Courtenay. But that's a ca.$50 round trip ticket.

Another car/bike option

We can combine the biking and the driving -- bike to the point, then to Courtenay/Comox and rent a car and put the bikes in the back, drive it to Nanaimo, and then bring the bikes on the ferry or somesuch. Would this be at all cheaper than splitting a ferry toll for a car? 128.189.245.49 19:16, 3 July 2009 (UTC)