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==Planning== | ==Planning== | ||
| + | Plan A | ||
| + | * 5:20 - get to Homer & Dunsmuir, and hope no other cyclists will be there | ||
| + | * 5:35 - the 250 departs Homer & Dunsmuir | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
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| + | Plan B | ||
* around 6 AM - Bike to Horseshoe Bay - takes about three hours with generous stops | * 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 | * 10:30 - Ferry to Departure Bay in Nanaimo [http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.html] - about a two hour ride | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 8 May 2009
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Location
Near Courtenay.
Participants?
Elbie is contemplating it.
Planning
Plan A
- 5:20 - get to Homer & Dunsmuir, and hope no other cyclists will be there
- 5:35 - the 250 departs Homer & Dunsmuir
- 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
