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===By bike===
 
===By bike===
 
Highly approximate times.
 
Highly approximate times.
* 2:00 - leave UBC?
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* 3:30 - leave UBC by bike to Horseshoe Bay
* 4:00 - bike to Horseshoe Bay
 
 
* 6:20 - ferry to Departure Bay
 
* 6:20 - ferry to Departure Bay
 
* 8:00 - bike from Nanaimo to hashpoint (about 100 km)
 
* 8:00 - bike from Nanaimo to hashpoint (about 100 km)
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* 15:00 - bike back to Nanaimo (another 100 km)
 
* 15:00 - bike back to Nanaimo (another 100 km)
 
* 21:05 - penultimate ferry to Horseshoe Bay [http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.html]
 
* 21:05 - penultimate ferry to Horseshoe Bay [http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.html]
* 23:00 - bike home and collapse on bed.
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* 23:00 - bike home and collapse on bed sometime well past midnight.
  
 
===If somebody has a car===
 
===If somebody has a car===

Revision as of 16:36, 3 July 2009

Sun 5 Jul 2009 in 49,-125:
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Location

Side of Inland Island Hwy, near Courtenay

Participants

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.

  • 10:40 - ferry to Departure Bay
  • 12:20 - drive from Nanaimo to hashpoint
  • 13:30 - arrive at hashpoint, celebrate leisurely
  • 15:30 - drive back to Nanaimo
  • 16:40 - ferry to Horseshoe Bay [2]
  • 18:20 - drive back to Vancouver, get home for dinner