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The Way Too Long of a Ride Ride….or Smoked out in the Kootenays – September 2020

Posted onSeptember 12, 2020October 29, 2025

In mid September of 2020, several of my riding partners met at McDonalds for breakfast on a Saturday morning and then headed out for a ride towards Hope.  We stopped in Hope for fuel and I noticed that I was Read More …

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Rock Hard Buns Ride – August 2020

Posted onAugust 23, 2020October 29, 2025

In August the GWRRA North West Coast District sponsored a three day ride out to the Kootenays.  Here is my story. The weather was cool and cloudy in the lower mainland on the 21st of August.  Six of us gathered Read More …

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June – July 2020 Vacation Ride……

Posted onJuly 24, 2020October 29, 2025

At the end of June, Giselle and I were supposed to ride down through the States to attend Wing Ding 42 in Springfield Missouri.  Well, that didn’t work out but we still had our vacation time booked off, so we Read More …

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August 2019

Posted onSeptember 20, 2019November 20, 2023

We have finally made up our minds that Ecuador was where we would plan to possibly retire.  We flew down again in August 2019 for another stay.  This time, we decided that we would see more of the small town Read More …

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An Afternoon Walk in Cotacachi

Posted onAugust 13, 2019March 6, 2023

Well, we just can’t get enough of this beautiful little town in north central Ecuador!  After a nice lunch at Hornados “Dona Mary” at the market up by the bus depot. ($2.50 each) we headed out on another ‘discovery walk’, Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Posted onAugust 12, 2019November 20, 2022

On Saturday morning we attended a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Place of Hope soup kitchen in Cotacachi.  This project was started by Micky Enright, a local realtor and expat living in Cotacachi.  They serve breakfast to the elderly and Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

Muyu Raymi – Cotacachi Indigenous Seed Festival

Posted onAugust 10, 2019November 20, 2022

We were kept awake most of the night from the workers setting up tents and a stage in Matriz Park, then the gardeners cleaning the park with their gas powered blowers.  We came out in the morning to a transformed Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

A Walk Around the Block…

Posted onAugust 10, 2019November 20, 2022

Yesterday was one of those vacation days where we did absolutely nothing, except for our usual walk somewhere unspecific.  This time we headed eastward out of town towards Ibarra, at least I think it is east.  My sense of direction Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

Dining out in Cotacachi

Posted onAugust 8, 2019November 20, 2022

Giselle and I love dining out, and today was no exception.  After blogging a bit online and Giselle doing IT support for work early this morning, we headed out after the garbage truck arrived for a walk about town.  We Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

Garbage pickup with a twist!

Posted onAugust 8, 2019November 20, 2022

Every morning except Sunday, we are entertained by the musical garbage truck at precisely 8:00am.  We can hear it about a block away, as it makes its way down the street, picking up the trash on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Read More …

CategoriesAugust 2019

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