Talk:2009-07-05 49 -125

Planning

Moving some of the planning talk here, to clear up the expedition page.

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.

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)

I've sent an email to Budget car rentals asking about the cost of renting something big enough for 3 people/3 bikes (probably a pickup truck, maybe a minivan if the seats fold right down) for a one-way rental (always extra fees for one-way rentals). The online booking thing I tried for another company refused to give me a quote for Sunday afternoon pickup and told me to choose a later pickup date. That was after I managed to find a drop off location in Nanaimo that was still open at 5 on a Sunday (airport).

Also, this excludes Xore with the currently-unrideable bike. -- Rhonda 19:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Found another car rental place that would give me a quote; for SUV/minivan sized vehicles, looks like about $130-$170 per day (after taxes). -- Rhonda 19:57, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Alright, sounds like it's not a good option, then. 128.189.233.179 20:14, 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 [2]
• the 89 goes from Parksville to Qualicum Beach [3]
• how to get from Qualicum to Buckley Bay? About 45 km.
• Comox Valley Route 10 goes from Buckley Bay to Comox [4]
• Route 2 goes to Cumberland, which gets pretty close to the hashpoint [5]

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