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+ | ==Location== | ||
+ | Near Courtenay. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Participants?== | ||
+ | None. [[User:Elbie|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. | ||
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+ | {{Prize poultry | latitude = 49 | longitude = -125 | date = 2009-05-09 | name = Elbie | image = 2009-05-09 49 -125 packedbike.jpg}} | ||
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+ | ==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 [http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.html] - about a two hour ride | ||
+ | * 12:30 - Bike from Nanaimo to Courtenay [http://www.bikeroute.org/route.php?f=CA-BC-Cortes-Island&t=CA-BC-Nanaimo] - 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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Elbie]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]] | ||
+ | {{location|CA|BC|CM}} |
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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
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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